Posted by: Blackburn Labour in tourism, blackpool on
May 14, 2009
...or so says the Lancastrian straight out of central casting in this clever bit of city branding from coastal West Lancashire. This arthouse-style film is designed to "show the charming continental side" of Blackpool:
It's on BBC News channel and online so it stands a chance of being the first video produced by local government in the North to go viral (although that is still a big ask).
Well at least they didn't spend £60,000 on copying a logo from a council 90 minutes up the M6 (or across the Irish Sea).
Apparently even a Tory council can get some things right!
UPDATE: Discussing this with Labour social media people @MarkHanson and @luke_bozier on Twitter (we are @blackburnlabour), the similarities with this Boddingtons campaign from 1992 suddenly occurred to this editor. You think it's all glossy and then - bang - there's the North West accent. Great stuff!
