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THE QUEEN IS GOING TO BLACKPOOL

For only the second time in the history of the Royal Variety Performance Her Majesty is heading up the M6 to the real throne of British entertainment.

It will take place on December at the Opera House and will be shown on ITV.

The last time the Royal Variety Performance was staged in Blackpool in front of the Queen was in 1955 and George Formby and Arthur Askey were on the bill.

So it’ll be a different treat in store for her this time with the amazing boys from Diversity performing their Britain’s Got Talent winning act.

There’s been a fair bit of change in Blackpool since then too. It went from being the jewel in the British showbiz crown to a cheap and tacky piece of costume jewellery.

But Blackpool is on its way back up – and a visit from the Queen is just what we need.

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There is nothing like the hospitality and spirit of the people of Blackpool to make people feel at home.

She’ll get a proper northern welcome. And I for one can’t wait to see Her Maj in a Kiss Me Quick hat and eating a plate of chips!

(Abridged from an article in the Mirror by Coleen Nolan, one of the singing group 'The Nolan Sisters' who will be appearing at the Blackpool Opera House in October)

For those overseas readers who may not know:

"Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. Lying along the coast of the Irish Sea. It rose to prominence as a major centre of tourism during the 19th century, particularly for the inhabitants of northern mill towns.

The inter-war period saw Blackpool attain pre-eminence as a holiday destination. By 1930, Blackpool claimed around seven million visitors per year, three times as many as its nearest British rivals, still drawn largely from the mill towns of East Lancashire and West Yorkshire.

The rise of package holidays sent many of Blackpool's traditional visitors abroad, where the weather was more reliably warm and dry, and improved road communications, epitomized by the construction of the M55 motorway in 1975, made Blackpool more feasible as a day trip rather than an overnight stay."

(From WikipedIa)

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