Photographic Print. Retro illuminated Lucky Star Amusement Arcade was on the promenade at Blackpool.
This was used as a dramatic moody backdrop in the TV series Blackpool
starring David Tennant. I cannot believe Blackpool council allowed
this classic amusement arcade façade to be
destroyed in 2014 to make way for....another Wetherspoons pub when there were
already 3 in Blackpool. If it had to be a pub they could have kept
the façade, or its Las Vegas style illuminated huge
star, signage and stars would have looked cool emblazoned across the bar
building. They must know how fashionable and valuable these metal cut out letters are ? Was it not in enough publicity
to convince them to keep it, that Lucky Star Amusements façade starred
in the award winning BBC hit tv
series Blackpool with David Tennant and David Morrisey and in a pop
video with Robbie Williams ?? Planners said in a report
to the committee, there "is the potential to have a more interesting and
imaginative façade, representing the vibrancy of the resort". That
describes exactly the façade as it was. In heritage terms, for Blackpool, it was
the equivalent of the 'Welcome to Las Vegas' sign. It should have been
listed and protected from bland commercialism. It was demolished and replaced with a paper thin attempt at seaside Streamline Moderne.
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