Is calling someone a daffodil offensive?

[Rusty Nails]

As already stated I am not comfortable swearing...and my wife only swears when it slips out.
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.As a kid I used to love old seaside postcards

 

[Ianonabike]

This morning's fun links for me:
https://www.countrylife.co.uk/luxur...at-happened-to-saucy-seaside-postcards-269164

https://www.postalmuseum.org/blog/saucy-seaside-postcards-and-censorship/
Under the new 1950s conservative government of Winston Churchill there was a crackdown on this type of racy postcard design. Postcards deemed inappropriate were seized from traders and destroyed. This led to the formation of censorship boards around the country as a way of preventing the sale of excessively rude cards. However, these decisions seem random, based on the personal choices and morals of the individuals.

 

[AndyRM]

Reminds me of this. I think Viz for sued for that. Skegness is actually pretty good if you accept it for what it is. One of the better crazy golf courses I've played too.

 

[Ian H]

Reminds me of this. I think Viz for sued for that. Skegness is actually pretty good if you accept it for what it is. One of the better crazy golf courses I've played too.

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John Hassall should sue.

 

[AuroraSaab]

Skeg has fared better than some seaside towns. If only people would support these old coastal resorts like they do other places. They'll drive hours to walk round some Cotswolds hamlet for 20 mins but the British seaside seems out of fashion, unless it's Padstow.

 

[CXRAndy]

Reminds me of this. I think Viz for sued for that. Skegness is actually pretty good if you accept it for what it is. One of the better crazy golf courses I've played too.

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East coast Blackpool. Both are absolute shitholes now.

They had their place way back when.

Such poverty and social issues that come with that

 

[First Aspect]

Skeg has fared better than some seaside towns. If only people would support these old coastal resorts like they do other places. They'll drive hours to walk round some Cotswolds hamlet for 20 mins but the British seaside seems out of fashion, unless it's Padstow.

Support them how?

Tbh since moving down to the SW I am reminded precisely why they are all in decline in the first place. They make it costly and time consuming to get to the beach, and offer outdated tacky experiences around the beach if you have to endurance to get to it. The beach you get to is then often entirely free of facilities, unless over priced over cooked unimaginative sea food, crap fish and chips, or endless options to purchase uninspiring pasties is of interest. If you are a nature lover, these places are pointless. If you are a foodie these places are pointless. If you like shopping for anything not beach related or made of plastic, these places are pointless.

Since I'm not a Pasty Stuffer (a pejorative I use for people who turn up miserable, with hyperactive children who have never been outside before, get sunburned and go home again to the Midlands) there is no appeal.

Exmouth, Looe, Torquay, I am talkjng to you.

I'm not going to be able to help them unless they help themselves.

Oddly, the places that are worth a visit often don't have a beach of note. e.g Falmouth, Totnes, Dartmouth.

(Vast sweeping statements, but with a ln element of truth)

 

[matticus]

Support them how?

Tbh since moving down to the SW I am reminded precisely why they are all in decline in the first place. They make it costly and time consuming to get to the beach, and offer outdated tacky experiences around the beach if you have to endurance to get to it. The beach you get to is then often entirely free of facilities, unless over priced over cooked unimaginative sea food, crap fish and chips, or endless options to purchase uninspiring pasties is of interest. If you are a nature lover, these places are pointless. If you are a foodie these places are pointless. If you like shopping for anything not beach related or made of plastic, these places are pointless.

Since I'm not a Pasty Stuffer (a pejorative I use for people who turn up miserable, with hyperactive children who have never been outside before, get sunburned and go home again to the Midlands) there is no appeal.

Exmouth, Looe, Torquay, I am talkjng to you.

I'm not going to be able to help them unless they help themselves.

Oddly, the places that are worth a visit often don't have a beach of note. e.g Falmouth, Totnes, Dartmouth.

(Vast sweeping statements, but with a ln element of truth)

This is exactly my experience of most British seaside towns. I've probably only enjoyed the ones that are nice little towns, but happen to have a bit of sea to the side. (Tenby and Whitby come to mind).

[I've never been much of a beach-life fan, but is this chicken/egg?]

 

[Ian H]

Perhaps they're best viewed from a distance.

 

[briantrumpet]

Support them how?

Tbh since moving down to the SW I am reminded precisely why they are all in decline in the first place. They make it costly and time consuming to get to the beach, and offer outdated tacky experiences around the beach if you have to endurance to get to it. The beach you get to is then often entirely free of facilities, unless over priced over cooked unimaginative sea food, crap fish and chips, or endless options to purchase uninspiring pasties is of interest. If you are a nature lover, these places are pointless. If you are a foodie these places are pointless. If you like shopping for anything not beach related or made of plastic, these places are pointless.

Since I'm not a Pasty Stuffer (a pejorative I use for people who turn up miserable, with hyperactive children who have never been outside before, get sunburned and go home again to the Midlands) there is no appeal.

Exmouth, Looe, Torquay, I am talkjng to you.

I'm not going to be able to help them unless they help themselves.

Oddly, the places that are worth a visit often don't have a beach of note. e.g Falmouth, Totnes, Dartmouth.

(Vast sweeping statements, but with a ln element of truth)

Do Budleigh Salterton rather than Exmuff would me my top tip for here. Free parking with free loos by the Public Hall, decent local shops that aren't all rip-offs (they've got lots of resident locals to keep happy year-round), and the beach is photogenic. Good pasties at [the] Spar.

 

[briantrumpet]

Perhaps they're best viewed from a distance.

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Seaton is definitely best viewed from a distance.

 

[Ian H]

Seaton is definitely best viewed from a distance.

If you have a million quid spare you could buy this penthouse flat and look down on Seaton.

 

[briantrumpet]

If you have a million quid spare you could buy this penthouse flat and look down on Seaton.
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I can save a million quid and still look down on Seaton, in more ways than one.

Out of interest, would one have to pay more to have that balcony without a bunch of be-socked cyclists spoiling the view?

 

[First Aspect]

Do Budleigh Salterton rather than Exmuff would me my top tip for here. Free parking with free loos by the Public Hall, decent local shops that aren't all rip-offs (they've got lots of resident locals to keep happy year-round), and the beach is photogenic. Good pasties at [the] Spar.

I know there are okay places, but they are all ruined by having to share them. For me, transient beaches reached at low tide via a kayak are preferable.

 

[AuroraSaab]

Yeah, it is chicken and egg. Some places like Blackpool have made a deliberate decision to go down the tacky route of strip clubs and stag/hen weekends but others are trying to attract families. Unfortunately smaller resorts don't have money for the investment that will bring visitors. Many went downhill from the 80's when they became full of HMO's for the unemployed; get back off the front in Rhyll or Morecambe and it becomes a town of grotty rented bedsits. It's hard to generate renewal once the town has already gone to pot.