Oh weston-super-mare! Uk seaside town on its last legs?

[@722garage9]

I heard about the Lifeboat Station a while ago. It's taken years for the council to gain ownership, get the funding and a programme together. The new steels for the lifeboat centre go in the summer of next year. Once the pier is done they're talking about town centre regeneration. Westen S-M, and Morecombe are slowing clawing back their heritage again. One day they'll shine again. I love your positivity. Needed a bit of a dose of that today on a gloomy grey day!

[@bushwhackeddos.2703]

Are we feeling enriched enough yet ?

[@tobyjackman3212]

Hahaha immigration 🙌

[@glynwhite6168]

About 1 mile back inland from Weston Super Mare station was RAF Locking, where my dad did his Radio Distance Finding trade training in 1952. The camp was still operational when I was in and may have been a good posting to have for summertime beach life. A good insight into the town Scott and I get my old dad to watch it.

[@PaulRichard-q6d]

Almost 2 excellent full years there during early 90's, at RAF Locking doing my radio trade training. Was last there for an overnight stay with a couple of friends for some beers, in the summer of around 2006. Seems so long in my distant past now.

[@inTheWritingRoom]

Always wanted to go there. Not sure now 😂 Would you go back on a sunny day Scott?

[@AlanHarris-m2h]

Clad you pissed off back to Bristol,,😂

[@martynmiller4247]

Weston-super-Mare is... like many British seaside towns, dying. The last nail in the coffin was the closure of Marks & Spencer. I used to visit often, having lunch at "Tiffanys" at the far end of the pier. The Fish & Chips were excellent, the service very good. Then they sacked their chef (to save money) and went over to "oven chips" and microwave everything else. Crap, and I've not returned. The "Old Fashioned" sweet shop on Regent St were often out of basic sweets. When a town sweet shop hasn't got sweets... then you know you've a problem. The whole town centre is "we aspire to be chavtastic... " Avoid, avoid, avoid.

[@tobyjackman3212]

*Weston*

[@theproperblokesclub]

Corrected thank you 👍🏻

[@ade3628]

Ok for a day trip if the weather is nice, a drop of the hat sort of thing from bristol. But the place is a dump aint it. Was better decades ago tbh, gone proper down hill