Blackpool Civic Week 2012
Civic Day is a national celebration of civic pride. It is a day when communities across the country say "we care about where we live".
In Blackpool we are having a full Civic Week which extends from Saturday June 23rd to Sunday July 1st. Starting with a Street Party in St John's Square and ending with a Scarecrow Festival in the Salisbury Woodland (aka Woodland Gardens) off East Park Drive.
Our full list of events for the week is shown below. We hope you will join us. In 2011 over 2,000 people flooded into St John's Square and there was great music and fun on a great day. In 2012 the weather forced the party indoors but we still had a lot of fun.
Click here to view the report and photos of the very successful Scarecrow Festival.
Photos from the 2012 Street Party that was held indoors.
A months rain fell on the Friday before the party and the forecast wasn't too good so the event was moved indoors to the Winter Gardens Olympia area.
Elaine Smith, Andy Mitchell, The Mayor of Blackpool, Councillor Sylvia Taylor and the Mayoress, Julia Massey.
The Street of the Year Award is to Cherry Tree Court. Collecting the award are Volunteers who work at Cherry Tree Gardens with Neil Froggett MBE (on the left of the photo) of the Independent Living Centre on Whitegate Drive.
Click here to download a copy of the poster below
Blackpool Open Spaces Network. Layton Allotments. The Scarecrow Festival to be held on 30th June / 1st July.
Other stands included the Friends of Little Marton Windmill. The Friends of Layton Cemetery. The Volunteer Centre. The Blackpool Heritage Guides. Beatz Meetz Community Drum Circle
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