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A Message from the Founder
Blackpool is a fabulous town with plenty of rich history to boast about, more than most people realise, and that goes especially for those who live here. Despite this, there are numerous websites or social media posts that seek to highlight the town’s faults, but not this website, not when there’s some much great stuff on offer. We’re constantly on the lookout for more content to feed our growing database. What we don’t want is mountains of advertising to spoil the website’s user experience.
Despite our best intentions, we may get things wrong from time to time so we encourage people to reach out and let us know if they’ve found anything that needs putting right. If we haven’t featured something that should be included, we’d love to hear your suggestions. We even have a facility that allows you to upload images for existing or new posts. It’s on our CONTACT page.
I’ve been living on the Fylde coast, mostly Blackpool, for the last thirty-five years and have been continually been amazed by the discoveries I’ve made within the town’s vast cultural heritage. It’s no wonder it was Europe’s most popular attraction before all the cheap flights abroad became available. When the Showtown Museum was announced, I could hardly wait to see it. To say the least, I wasn’t disappointed, far from it. The standard of its presentation can’t be faulted. It focusses on local show business history and does it in a bright, fun and colourful way that’s in keeping with the town’s relaxed, unprententious approach to entertainment. But as much as I was impressed with the museum, I was left wanting more. Still, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to anyone.
Since first coming here from the US, I’ve run a design for print, web and video business called Deeper Blue, and have enjoyed enough success from local clients that I’ve become proud to be here and felt compelled to share that experience with the rest of the world, or at least those nearby. If you’re wondering what the motivation was, I’m not entirely sure myself. If my objective was to purely generate revenue, I’d have designed it like a newspaper or tourism website with space for ads above, below, to the sides and in between paragraphs. But all that clutter tends to make things difficult to read if not downright frustrating. I truly hope everyone who visits this website notices the difference and finds it as enjoyable to read as it was for Deeper Blue to make.
