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Time Twisters                                                                                              Mood Lifters
















                     BLACKPOOL’S FAMOUS NAMES




                     Ricky Tomlinson                     S U Q J L C Q W L R N W E S U X B
                     Nikki Sanderson                     E D C A T R S O Z L E V O N G K F
                     Lennie Bennet                       P A N T F N N Z O N A R G N U V N
                     Little Boots                        S V R O V O I U G M W B U X K Z Y
                     Chris Lowe                          T I D E S R K X T U L B E N Q C D
                     Syd Little                          O D Q W M N K F G N A U A O B K Q
                     Coleen Nolan
                     Zoe Ball                            O T Y O T M I R D C G F Y D Z E U
                     David Thewlis                       B H Z L G U S L F A K O C V L C P
                                                         E E A S F S A R M Z P U A T O L C
                                                         L W B I M J N Z J O D N T F A H J
                                                         T L R R O O D T P Y T I Z B X P I                                 At last, COVID restrictions are easing! Even so, Blackpool
                                                                                                                           Council  are  asking  residents  to  continue  to  follow  the
                                                         T I K H C M E C T O L Y S Q S N S                                 rules being introduced by Government as we transition
                                                         I S K C B Y R K Z D U J K X Q E L                                 out  of  lockdown.  This  way,  everyone  can  enjoy  a  fully
                                                         L R W S U W S J Y P O T G C L B Z                                 opened Blackpool on 21st June.
                                                         L C H T P N O S E F U W V Z I H Y
                                                         M N A L O N N E E L O C H X X R S                                 Let’s be honest, the last thing we all want to see is another
                                                         K T T E N N E B E I N N E L G A A                                 spike in COVID cases. As we make our way through these
                                                                                                                           last days of lockdown, we asked you to share your thoughts
                                                                                                                           with us about what’s been keeping you going and what
                    CLOUD SPOTTING                                                                                         you’re most looking forward to, when we can all return to

                                                                                                                           what we love doing in the summer.


                     What you need:                                                                                        It will come as no surprise that our pets have really helped
                     •  Paper                                                                                              us through lockdown, especially if they’ve been our only
                     •  Pencil or pen                                                                                      company. Our four-legged friends, in particular, cats and
                                                                                                                           dogs,  have  been  a  joyful  support.  Some  people  walked
                     1.  You can do this activity once, or over a series of days.                                          their dogs, some walked other people’s dogs, and some
                                                                                                                           enjoyed  watching  dog-walking  on  the  internet.  In
                     2.  Each morning when you get up, have a look out of                                                  Haweside, Margaret’s friend from church has been walking
                     your window at the sky. Better still, if you are able to, go                                          her dog, Tizzy.
                     outside on your front step, or in your garden and have a
                     good look at the sky. Take a second to feel what the                                                  “I got him when he was six, he’s nine now. He gets
                     weather is like. Can you feel the wind in your hair, or the                                           everything he wants, he only has to look at me!”
                     warmth of the sun on your face?
                     3.  What clouds can you see in the sky?  Maybe there                                                  Lockdown prevented all of us from seeing our friends and
                     are none, or perhaps there is complete cloud cover.                                                   families, but many people found new ways to keep in touch
                                                                                                                           with loved ones. Instead of meeting in person, video calls
                     4.  Can you draw the clouds you can see?                                                              became  our  norm  on  Zoom,  Facetime  and  other  digital
                                                                                                                           platforms, whilst waving over video replaced handshakes
                     5.  If you do this over a number of days, you will end up with your own cloud library.
                     It might be interesting to look back and see how the weather pattern has changed                      and hugs, cuddles and kisses.
                     from day to day.
                                                                                                                           It’s clear that our outside spaces have been a real boon to
                                                                                                                           our mental and physical health, too. Over in South Shore,
                                                                                                                           Jackie  told  us  that  she’d  spent  lockdown  painting  fence
                     SPOT THE BALL                                                                                         panels,  whilst  April  and  Angela  had  spent  lots  of  time
                                                                                                                           tending their gardens.


                                                                                                                           Keeping up with fitness has been another great support for
                                                                                                                           our wellbeing over the last twelve months. Though gyms
                                                                                                                           and fitness centres have been closed, many of you have
                                                                                                                           enjoyed running or walking or taking part in online classes
                                                                                                                           instead. In Revoe, local young people realised that staying
                                                                                                                           in playing computer games all day, every day wasn’t doing
                                                                                                                           them any good.


                                                                                                                            “Yeah, we realised that we needed exercise and fresh air to
                                                                                                                           stay  healthy  and  activities  to  get  involved  in  to  keep  us
                                                                                                                           busy. Staying indoors and just playing Xbox wasn’t doing us
                                                                                                                           any good at all,” Layton, Tee-Jay and Reece told us. “We
                                                                                                                           reckon if we’d had a gym to attend, we may not have found
                                                                                                                           things  so  stressful  because  exercise  helps  our  mental
                                                                                                                           health.”

                                                                                                                           Fortunately, Layton, Tee-Jay and Reece got involved with
                                                                                                                           Revoelution  Youth,  and  Outdoor  Education  North  West
                                                                                                                           through the pandemic, who provided them with the
                     2009/10 Play-off final v Cardiff City                                                                    opportunity to go kayaking, climbing and hiking within
                     In 2009/10 Blackpool battled Cardiff City at Wembley for promotion to the Premier                      their youth-group bubble and gave them something to
                     League.  Blackpool’s  attacking  style  had  seen  off  Nottingham  Forest  in  the                    look forward to.
                     semi-final with a DJ Campbell hat-trick, but Charlie Adam’s free kick and goals from
                     Gary Taylor-Fletcher and Brett Ormerod saw the Tangerines take a 3-2 victory.                         “When the outdoor visits with youth groups were allowed,
                     Photo by Cath Powell                                                                                  it  was  great;  we  got  to  socialise  with  our  friends,  do
                                                                                                                           something fun and learn new skills, so we’d love to be able


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