Blackpool with low cost flights in the 70s has experienced a great period of recession. Most hotels have closed. Blackpool, one of the Labour party’s bastion, is one of the cities of the industrial north to have massively voted OUT, at more than 67%. This report documents the holidays of those who voted OUT.

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, Blackpool has attracted the working class of northern England. With the "zero hours contracts" and the government aids, a new "underclass" has come to swell the ranks of the popular tourism. It was mainly this Labor electorate that tipped the balance in favor of Brexit.

street scene on the central pier in the seaside resort of Blackpool, in the north-west of England, which welcomes the working classstemmed from the industrial revolution and paid leaves since more than a century.

Blackpool with low cost flights in the 70s has experienced a great period of recession. Most hotels have closed. Blackpool, one of the Labour party’s bastion, is one of the cities of the industrial north to have massively voted OUT, at more than 67%.

scene of life at breakfast time in a small pension of rest in the seaside resort of Blackpool, in the north-west of England

street scene on the central pier in the seaside resort of Blackpool, in the north-west of England, which welcomes the working classstemmed from the industrial revolution and paid leaves since more than a century.

Blackpool with low cost flights in the 70s has experienced a great period of recession. Most hotels have closed. Blackpool, one of the Labour party’s bastion, is one of the cities of the industrial north to have massively voted OUT, at more than 67%. This report documents the holidays of those who voted OUT.

After years of contradictory economic strategies, the city of Blackpool decided to focus on "gray tourism". Hotels are reopening with new services for the elderly. They come here by our talgia but also, more recently, by fear of what is being played across borders.

An employee with perfect traits preparing to welcome the thousands of visitors (more than 7.2 million a year) who flock every day to the Blackpool Pleasure Beach for its biggest roller coaster of the world.

On the large piers, it is not uncommon to meet veiled women, tourists from the Middle East, walking between arcades and candy kiosks. Behind follow the husbands, mostly fortunate businessmen on mission in northern industries.

Blackpool with low cost flights in the 70s has experienced a great period of recession. Most hotels have closed.

The central pier, or Central Pier, opened to the public in May 1968. It is 338 meters long and hosts a Ferris wheel and numerous attractions that fill this clientele with its "cheap fun". One does not come to Blackpool for its museums or its cultural life, but to let off steam, forget its worries, nanciers, family or social. And all this for a low cost.

street scene on the central pier in the seaside resort of Blackpool, in the north-west of England, which welcomes the working classstemmed from the industrial revolution and paid leaves since more than a century.

On the large piers, it is not uncommon to meet veiled women, tourists from the Middle East, walking between arcades and candy kiosks. Behind follow the husbands, mostly fortunate businessmen on mission in northern industries.

street scene in the seaside resort of Blackpool, in the north-west of England, which welcomes the working classstemmed from the industrial revolution and paid leaves since more than a century.

At the end of the great promenade, between the Central and North Pier stands the Blackpool Tower, a replica of the Eiffel Tower, 158 meters high. Welcome to Blackpool, primary seaside resort in the north-west of England, which welcomes the working classstemmed from the industrial revolution and paid leaves since more than a century.

Blackpool is one of the ten poorest cities in England. Unemployment is up to 50% among young people. Almost a third of the 142,000 people live below the poverty line. It is an abandoned population that has protested the referendum to express its opposition to the elites by voting the exit of the European Union.

Blackpool with low cost flights in the 70s has experienced a great period of recession. Most hotels have closed. Blackpool, one of the Labour party’s bastion, is one of the cities of the industrial north to have massively voted OUT, at more than 67%. This report documents the holidays of those who voted OUT.

After years of contradictory economic strategies, the city of Blackpool decided to focus on "gray tourism". Hotels are reopening with new services for the elderly. They come here by our talgia but also, more recently, by fear of what is being played across borders.

street scene in the seaside resort of Blackpool, in the north-west of England, which welcomes the working classstemmed from the industrial revolution and paid leaves since more than a century.

street scene in the seaside resort of Blackpool, in the north-west of England, which welcomes the working classstemmed from the industrial revolution and paid leaves since more than a century.

After years of contradictory economic strategies, the city of Blackpool decided to focus on "gray tourism". Hotels are reopening with new services for the elderly. They come here by our talgia but also, more recently, by fear of what is being played across borders.

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, Blackpool has attracted the working class of northern England. With the "zero hours contracts" and the government aids, a new "underclass" has come to swell the ranks of the popular tourism. It was mainly this Labor electorate that tipped the balance in favor of Brexit.

street scene in the seaside resort of Blackpool, in the north-west of England, which welcomes the working classstemmed from the industrial revolution and paid leaves since more than a century.

Blackpool with low cost flights in the 70s has experienced a great period of recession. Most hotels have closed.

Today, Blackpool is trying to change its face to attract a younger but more demanding clientele. The old hotels are destroyed and real estate projects are re-established.

After years of contradictory economic strategies, the city of Blackpool decided to focus on "gray tourism". Hotels are reopening with new services for the elderly. They come here by our talgia but also, more recently, by fear of what is being played across borders.

On the large piers, it is not uncommon to meet veiled women, tourists from the Middle East, walking between video games, candy kiosks and having fun on the carousels.

On the large piers, it is not uncommon to meet veiled women, tourists from the Middle East, walking between arcades and candy kiosks.

street scene in the seaside resort of Blackpool, in the north-west of England, which welcomes the working classstemmed from the industrial revolution and paid leaves since more than a century.