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Photo: England's west coast, Blackpool
Photo: England's west coast, Blackpool
Photo: Spumes from the Irish Sea in Blackpool, England
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Dear Prudence, Walked along the seaside. Saw the Eiffel Tower (Ha!). Chilly on England’s west coast. Marvelously tacky here. Gaudy arcades, silly T-shirts. Would you believe 17 million visitors a year? Hitting a disco tonight! Cheers, Cliff.

—From "A Jolly Good Time in Blackpool, England," January 1998, National Geographic magazine
Photograph by Tomasz Tomaszewski

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