Gilded splendor sets the stage for a Wednesday morning dance session in the Tower Ballroom.
—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."