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Welcome to my home town: Why there’s more to Blackpool than its tacky, tawdry image Simon Richmond © Provided by The Independent During lockdown, many of us made the pilgrimage back to our family homes – and rediscovered them through fresh eyes. Part guide, part love letter, “Home towns” is a new series in which we celebrate where we’re from. After all, it could be a while before we can go anywhere else… “All anyone does is make fun of Blackpool”. That’s what my partner Steve had to say about my home town when we first met – and I couldn’t blame him. After all, Bill Bryson called the Lancashire coast resort, “ugly, dirty and a long way from anywhere”. Paul Theroux mocked “the swollen guts and unhealthy fat of its beer guzzling visitors”. And Bill Clinton declared it “kinda sleazy” (“that’s the president calling the kettle black,” was Steve’s apt retort for that one).  

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