| Whirlwind UK tour day 5 Blackpool 12:23 - Feb 1 with 735 views | Pendejo |
Day 3 was Liverpool visit some friends who moved there from London. They live a stones throw from The Kop, so took in a bit of football tourism.
Magnificent stadium, very different to my last visit for 10th anniversary of Hillsborough service.
They are building a new stand behind the old away end, for which they've closed the road, and, if memory serves me, bought and demolished a row of houses.
Felt quite emotional visiting the Hillsborough memorial.
Our friends rent out their drive on matchdays £25 per space, they can fit 4, but only rent 2.
Actually arrived here day 3 and heading to Scotland today.
Blackpool's ground has changed a lot since my last visit, very modern looking with its own hotel and Jimmy Armfield statue and mural. It's not long ago they were a basket case under Oyston.
Next stop, Dumbarton, no rhyme or reason, just randomly selected for West Scotland destination, then onto Dunfermline and Berwick-upon-Tweed via Edinburgh.
Football or general?
Went General as not actually about current season |  |
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| Whirlwind UK tour day 5 Blackpool on 12:45 - Feb 1 with 668 views | GeoffSentence |
Did Liverpool use the compulsory purchase order to buy any of those houses in the end. I know they got the CPO but were hoping not to use it.
CPOs are an absolute evil to my mind. I can kind of accept them when they are in place for the good of society as a whole, but I can't see how they can ever be justified for the benefit of a private enterprise like a football club. |  |
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| Whirlwind UK tour day 5 Blackpool on 20:05 - Feb 1 with 540 views | Pendejo |
| Whirlwind UK tour day 5 Blackpool on 12:45 - Feb 1 by GeoffSentence |
Did Liverpool use the compulsory purchase order to buy any of those houses in the end. I know they got the CPO but were hoping not to use it.
CPOs are an absolute evil to my mind. I can kind of accept them when they are in place for the good of society as a whole, but I can't see how they can ever be justified for the benefit of a private enterprise like a football club. |
They've cleared a massive space around the ground, I dare say CPO were used, can't believe everyone went voluntarily.
Spoke to one guy who was showing his grandson about who had a house behind away end, and his mum where main stand is now. Sold 2 houses, bought 5 now lives off the rent. | |
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| Whirlwind UK tour day 5 Blackpool on 20:25 - Feb 1 with 518 views | solemio |
Have Blackpool got Matthews, Mortenson and Farm statues? I'm not making a point - just interested. |  | | |
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