Lytham St Annes News
BATTLE OF BRITAIN WEEKEND on tourism award shortlist
“People are as aware as ever of that dark period in history and they want to remember it and learn more.
Fylde’s biggest tourism crowd-pullers has been shortlisted for an award as the best tourism event of the year.
“Fylde already has a reputation as a good place to visit, but the modern visitor wants lots to do. This sort of event gives Fylde a reputation nationwide as a quality place to visit – and that is of major importance for a borough that has many people employed in tourism-related activities.
“It is always great fun to go back in time and there were tens of thousands of happy visitors.
Last year’s Battle of Britain weekend, which attracted 30,000 visitors to the area, will be up against Blackpool Illuminations and the Clitheroe Food Festival in the Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board’s annual awards. The good news came as councillors announced that next year will see a repeat of this summer’s 1940’s Wartime Weekend – the successor to last year’s battle of Britain weekend – on 18 and 19 August 2012. Councillor Sue Fazackerley, Fylde Council cabinet member for Leisure and Culture, said: “The wartime theme has proved tremendously popular as it is so wide-ranging.
“The council staff and the hundreds of volunteers at the Battle of Britain Weekend deserve recognition for the brilliant way they made the event the success that it was. Just to be shortlisted for this award is a major achievement for them. “I read recently that Pickering in Yorkshire runs a similar weekend each year – and they claim it adds several million pounds to their local economy. “We’ll be running the 1940s Wartime Weekend again next year and want to see it continue growing so that it is the largest event of its kind in the country.”
“There really is something for everyone. There were Results of the Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Spitfire flyovers, battle re-enactments, displays of 1940s living, historic military hardware, singalongs and Board’s annual awards will be announced on 22 September. exhibitions of 1940s artefacts.
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