Victorian filigree accents a North Pier boardwalk, a hint of the resort town’s 19th-century flowering. As the summer wanes, the Tram Stop Bar indulges a visitor who dozes, perchance to dream of returning yet again next season.
—From "A Jolly Good Time in Blackpool, England," January 1998, National Geographic magazine
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Take a trip to the lively west coast of England with this photo gallery from the National Geographic magazine article "A Jolly Good Time in Blackpool, England."