Blackpool deckchairs folded away by council

[annie]

Does your favourite seaside town still have deckchairs?



Blackpool has sold off one of the traditional sights of the British seaside - its deckchairs.

The resort's council said its 6,000 chairs had been mothballed for the past three years.

It said holidaymakers would rather sit on the benches on its remodelled seafront.

The stock has been sold to Cheshire company Deckchairstripes which will be hiring out the refurbished chairs elsewhere.

Graham Cain, Blackpool council cabinet member for tourism said: "For decades the deckchairs were a familiar sight along Blackpool's seafront.

"However, over time they were used less and less until the service ceased in 2011.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-la ... e-27870432

[JaneJ]

That's quite sad.

End of an era

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[maureenho]

I haven't seen many deckchairs about where I've been, but when I have seen them they are quite expensive just for a few hours hire.

[annie]

I never got the hang of putting them up, I usually got my fingers trapped or it would collapse in a heap

[Rosalind]

What a shame.