I know very little about Blackpool except for distant memories of Reginald Dixon and the Blackpool Tower organ and some miserable trips to Bloomfield Road when my team were playing the Tangerines. I dimly recall that there were donkeys plodding along the sands and aggressive seaside landladies who featured in Les Dawson sketches. However, my eyes are now drawn again to the Lancashire coast and to Marton ward in particular. Last Thursday – October 3 – there was a council byelection because of a Labour Councillor, Sarah Smith, being elected as an MP in neighbouring Hyndburn. Hers was a very stro…
