Blackpool Show 2025

is £1-75 added on to the ticket price David

we'll be going, never miss the trip, and I know it's not what it was 30 years ago but it beats being at home hands down.
Always come back with a few bags of stuff but stopped buying pigeons since I decided to finish with prisoner stock birds.

i used to love the pigeon shows ,a real buzz about the place and met a few members who have sadly passed away in graham(birdy 2011) and steve (the van reet man) blackpool was the best closely followe by donny the epsom show was ok but not as good as the other 2 ,have a great weekend colin

George & Morgan wrote:

is £1-75 added on to the ticket price David

never noticed that george ........"restoration levy" whats that for ?

are we even paying to restore the winter gardens now ...?

looks like it David, I guess it stops Blackpool council having to find all the money. strange that they built a brand new ££££££££ conference centre into the winter gardens instead of using that money to restore the old building?
I always wonder where all the money goes in Blackpool, there's something on at the winter gardens every week, theatres, the blackpool lights, tower, zoo, funfair pleasure beach, ice shows, football ground, multiple attractions all year round. Apparrently 20 million visitors every year!! hundreds of millions £ revenue every year, yet the council can't get their act together and the place is in real decline, shops boarded up, derelict buildings, place is a mess. So where does all the money go, who's running the show ?

what i can't understand why there is not just one price it just don't look right

by what i read the rpra couldnt afford to maintain the readings hence why they sold it, yet they can pay to maintain the winter gardens ....... they also put up member subscriptions yet they find money to support other things , i think they are taking the p*ss

think it's called the last stand

Can't wait . We love Blackpool. We are all booked up . We are going to Doncaster as well plus south shields as well buts that's easier as we live there haha

went to blackpool show in 2012, didnt plan to go but just decided that saturday morning i would go, recently bought a new car so though why not give it a run to blackpool, had no idea where i was going but somehow made it there , seen a couple of pigeon fanciers i knew and had a walk round...... bought a few things and seen some nice birds etc, really enjoyed the day.

might go back again one day .

i went once on my own by train had to change 3 times did not enjoy the show maybe because i was on my own

No good on your own to be honest much better with company it's the same with keeping pigeons much better having help , well until your argue haha .

i think your right about that ray, im a one man band, not in a partnership ...... i do not speak about pigeons or be involved with any pigeon men apart from the members on this site, even though i am a member of a club the interaction i have with other pigeon men is virtually nil .

it does help if you are actively involved with other pigeon men .,

It makes a massive difference yes

i went on my own by train same as you george 3 changes at birmingham,crewe,preston and 6 hours on the train but i quite enjoyed it tbh and it dont bother me being on my own but i did meet a few members and got chatting to some others ,also had a night on the town and met some locals ,it seemed a rough area then in 2014 it had all the hallmarks of "watch yer back" bandit country i would go again for sure and thought it quite cheap to get in to ,well worth it and got some good deals on the sunday ,i went from friday to the monday morning and then got the train back down

About 130 miles by car, but not all Motorway so still takes over 2 and half hours, sometimes more. arrive friday around 5pm and usually go for a pigeon show ticket then an Indians or something to eat. Loads to do on the saturday, always have a really good night out too, Leave after breakfast on Sunday morning, usually takes 3 days to get over the weekend.

why not colin you are only here once eh i went to 2 auctions on the nightime one on friday and one on saturday,plenty p!$$£d to the eyeballs and getting into bidding wars

i bet thats partly the reason why some birds go for high prices darren, the bidder is drunk out of his mind ....

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