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Book specifications:

242 x 210mm (Landscape)
112+ pages printed 4/4 on 170gsm Art Silk + varnished
Ends: 4/0 on 170gsm Art Silk
Case: Imitation cloth, Blind embossing on spine
Jacket: 4/0, gloss laminated

Blackpool:
The People's Playground

A celebratory book putting the focus on this most iconic of Britain's holiday resorts.

FOR countless decades Blackpool has been regarded as Britain's undisputed capital of entertainment.

It confidently asserts that it is the UK's best-loved - and certainly best known - seaside town. Indeed the Pleasure Beach is the single biggest tourist attraction in Britain with 6.5 million visitors a year.

The city is also acknowledged as the biggest and most popular resort in Europe with 10 million visitors annually.

It is a remarkable place of varied attractions - and some contradictions - that has touched
generations of people from all walks of life in so many different ways.

And on the commercial front the Blackpool Enterprise Project is engaged in attracting new businesses and investors.

Naturally the indigenous population hold the city dear to their hearts but it has also been a magnet for holiday makers, day-trippers, conference delegates, political parties and trades unions, and the vast array of the show business entertainers who made their reputations on the city's stages and in its music halls - and perhaps many who still sing, dance and crack jokes on those well worn boards.

Now Blackpool is repositioning itself for the 21st Century whilst continuing to promote it's image for fun, tourism, business, or simply the enjoyment of living in one of Lancashire's finest coastal locations.

Celebratory Photographic Book

In collaboration with the Northwest Regional Development Agency, Blackpool Council and ReBlackpool we are intending to publish this lavish 'coffee table-style' book to celebrate Blackpool's glowing heritage whilst also putting an emphatic focus on the future.

The book will be a panoramic reflection of the city's wonderful attractions since the early days of the 20th century but incorporating a modern slant.

Many of the photographs are being contributed by students from Blackpool & The Fylde College's School of Art & Design, while others are coming from a range of sources.

The book will be published in late summer/early autumn 2009. Further details will be posted at intervals - or contact the publisher: email - info@cities500.com