Blackpool World Firework Championship
As many of you have seen, the Blackpool World Firework Championship had its third round yesterday, Saturday the 9th. This week we saw the German team compete, as their set had an homage to Ludwig van Beethoven. We had the opportunity to speak with the German team’s display designer, Stefan Continue Reading
The Return of the Blackpool World Fireworks Championships
Saturday night saw the return of the Blackpool World Firework Championships where an entrant from Russia displayed their choreographed pyro show to a packed promenade with tens of thousands of spectators. The event was held on Saturday night and will continue fortnightly for 4 shows. The next show Continue Reading
Floating like a balloon over the beach
Today we bring you a beautiful video clip filmed from the perspective of a balloon floating away from the shore at Cocker street, close to the metropole hotel in Blackpool. The clip, filmed on a DJI Mini 2 last Thursday by the BPL Bible’s Editor in chief Will Ritchie gives Continue Reading
Police Phone Abuse Woman Jailed
A woman who bombarded Lancashire Police staff with thousands of abusive and threatening messages has been jailed for more than two years. Tracey Partington’s behaviour had a detrimental effect on both the well-being of staff and on the force’s ability to respond to genuine emergencies when they were tied up Continue Reading
Why good CCTV in Blackpool can make all the difference.
CCTV in Blackpool is pretty much everywhere. Not only are we being constantly watched by an army of seagulls waiting to swoop down and steal your sausage roll or sandwich – there are also an army of cameras watching over you. You walk up any of the streets in the Continue Reading
Fireworks Postponed until 28th
BLACKPOOL FIREWORKS // POSTPONED until 28th Oct. The Blackpool fireworks world championship which takes place on the promenade in front of the Blackpool tower will be postponed this week due to severe weather forecasts. It’s expected that the display by Canada will instead go ahead on the 28th with the Continue Reading
Tower Dungeon Video
Last week we were invited by the management at the Blackpool Tower Dungeon to review their VIP and Press evening. We’ve never actually been around the dungeon so naturally we jumped at the chance. We knew this tour would take us around the gory gruesome history of the Fylde coast Continue Reading
Fire Service WARNING After Blackpool Tealight Bath-Fire
Firefighters from Blackpool were called to a house on Milbourne Street around 10PM last night (Sunday). Neighbours could smell smoke and heard a smoke alarm at the property so called the emergency services. At the Scene Crews using Breathing apparatus found that heat from an unattended tea light had caused Continue Reading
Autocorrect gets better of Teacher
Beating autocorrect on your iPhone can be tricky business. You want to say wellies but it corrects you to…. Ducking he’ll. We’re certain that this autocorrect fail wasn’t intentional. It’s funny as heck though. Have you seen our article about the Fake Fivers that have been found in Wales? If Continue Reading