Latest News at the Canasta Hotel |
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| Fri 3rd October 2008 | It's OFFICIAL!!
 It's COOL to stay at the Canasta!!!
Just spent five grand installing air conditioning in the sun lounge....so our Karaoke Nights are guaranteed to be the COOLEST in town!!! (sorry...couldn't resist)
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| Sat 13th September 2008 | Well Done Jen!!
Jenny (Gary's girlfriend) did the Walk For Life last weekend. 13 miles of it!!!
Piccy here
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| Sat 6th September 2008 | 37 Years Together!!
Saturday was our anniversary...37 years. Not married (...thats only 29 years) ...since the day I asked her to go out with me. I was 12...I cornered her on Clevedon Road (not far from here)...and said "Will you go out with my brother?". She said, "No....but I'll go out with you!!" ...and that was that. So thanks Swamps for 37 years.....and I'll look forward to getting old and crinkly with you!!! Thanks to everybody who shared our fun over the weekend - and especially BIG THANKS to Andy (the nutter) and Tom Tom G100 !!!
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| Sunday 31st August 2008 | Blackpool Fireworks World Championships 2008
Top firework companies from around the globe will be invited to stage pyrotechnical displays, bringing an International flavour to Central Promenade during the opening weeks of Blackpool’s World Famous Illuminations season.
To out-shine their opponents, entrants must demonstrate cutting edge pyro-musical design with a display that represents the style or traditions of their country. Each competing company will launch fireworks particular to their homeland and showcase their own pyrotechnical expertise, to win the public vote.
Build up will commence around 7.30pm Fireworks from approximately 8.30pm All displays subject to suitable weather conditions
Piccies here (weather permitting)
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| Friday 29th August 2008 | Illuminations Switch On!!
Yes...Clarkson, the Hamster and May are having a race to Blackpool. The first one here switches on the Lights!!!!
My money is on the Stig!!
Here are some "Stigisms"
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| Thursday 28th August 2008 | Debenhams Has Come To Town!!
It's looking really good....only had time to go around the Menswear section but that was good with PLENTY of choice. I hope they do well because they're sure to bring lots of other investment into the town!! Anyway...after a hard days shopping in Blackpool....you'll always get a nice cuppa at the Canasta!!!
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| Saturday 16th August 2008 | Downtown Annie's 50th Birthday Bash
A great night was had by all...
Piccies here
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| Friday 25th July 2008 | Matt "Superman" Clark
 Matt stayed with us whilst competing at the Stan James World Matchplay. He did well...our brekkies must have helped him along the way. He beat Roland Scholten 10-4 on Monday but was unlucky against James Wade on Thursday for a place in the semi-finals (16-12). Better luck next time Matt!!
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| Thursday 10th July 2008 | Alfie was born today!!!
 Elaine, the beautician at the Canasta became a Nanna when Alfie was born today. Welcome to the world Alfie Green !!!
Pictures on his own website!!
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| Wed 25th June 2008 | Pre-book your Pleasure Beach wristbands and Blackpool Tower Circus tickets
We think the Tower Circus is the best show in town. Avoid disappoinment and Get Your Blackpool Tower Circus Tickets Here and avoid the queues for your Blackpool Pleasure Beach wristbands by clicking here
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| Wednesday 25th June 2008 | I'm a Multi-Millionaire !!!!
...and am considerably richer than yow!! I know...I got too much time on my hands
Details here
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| Friday 20th June 2008 | Just Back From Lake Garda
Well....June was quiet (always is really...and too be honest that's how we like it) so decided to have a quick trip to Lake Garda in Italy. It was our first time there and was SPECTACULAR!!!! The food and the wine were delicious!!!!
Click here for the piccies...
and the snippets from the cutting room floor can be seen here (videos)
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| Wed 4th June 2008 | Its going to be a GLORIOUS SUMMER!!
so we bought some flowers and put the window boxes back out again. Also added some new furniture to the front and even bought a nice new water feature..
Piccies here
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| Friday 23rd May 2008 | Blackpool Tower Circus
We think the Circus is the best show in town...it's not JUST for kids...its great entertainment for adults too!!
Avoid disappointment and book your tickets in advance.
Click here for booking your Blackpool Tower Circus Tickets
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| Monday 7th April 2008 | St Andrews - the home of golf
In March Terry and I joined Andy and Davey in Scotland for a couple of days golf. On the Tuesday we played their course: Leven - great course!! and on the Wednesday we played.... St Andrews. It was the best golfing day of my life. The place was fantastic!!! Terry and I played really well on the front nine but couldn't handle the wind on the way home...and Andy and Davey retained the Anglo Scottish Cup by two points. So well done lads...we'll try a little harder next year!
Pictures here Video here
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| Forthcoming Events | Karaoke Competition
Lets have some fun this year....
What about a couple of cheap weekends in May - and lets throw in a Karaoke Competition with £100 cash to the winner!!
 16th / 17th May
Friday & Saturday nights - £19 pppn (standard rooms - two night minimum) Standard doubles now sold out - family rooms available from £120 for the two nights
Karaoke on both nights 8:30pm to midnight with the most ENTERTAINING singer (as judged by the whole audience) winning £100 cash.
Full Details here
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| Friday 11th Jan 2008 | More web-sites
[Just search engine plugs for some of my other sites....]
Ain't the internet great...in 1998 I became a travel agent....in 2000 I became an internet service provider in 2006 I became a florist and a gym equipment e-tailer. Now I'm working on a store called BargainSaver which will carry over 1 million products and feature a Bargain of the Day - every day - details coming soon.
www.bargainsaver.co.uk here
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| New Years Day 2008 | Phew - what a party!!
Pictures here....
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| Saturday 8th December | Big One - Pleasure Beach
Found this video of the Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Video here
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| Thursday 6th December | Well ..it's that time of year again...season's ended....back from holidays...enjoyed doing nothing for a week now...and now I'm bored, bored, bored. So may as well put another site live...and plug it here to get extra traffic. If anybody is thinking of getting fit as part of their New Years resolution then look no further than: www.gymgadgets.com
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| Friday 23rd November | Back from our holidays
We had a GREAT time in Thailand again. This year we went to Phuket for 16 nights. A WILD time was had by all !!
Kim Amess in Uptown Girl [Broadband required]
Kim...£50 and I'll delete it !!!
Here's a snippet of Terry's Phuket Golf Academy
...and another of Terry, Eddie and I smashing three balls down the fairway
All our pics here......
We know some of you like to look at these....
and
Trev & Joy's pics here...
Not forgetting Lady Daniels of Strathdon....
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| Saturday 6th October | Anna & Paul's Wedding
 Anna sent us some piccies - it looks like they had a fabulous time
Piccies here
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| Monday 24th September | Not much to report....
Regular readers are reminding me that there's nothing new on "Latest News" ..urm thats because...not much has happened out of the ordinary. Swampy's recovering at home (and out from under my feet). All her jobs are covered (that took about 3 minutes). Weekends mad busy (so nothing new there). Midweeks ....just how I like it...not too busy. Vinny's growing fast (as babies have a tendency to do...). Looks like that's the "summer" over and done with....typical Illuminations weather today. The Fireworks Championships are pretty spectacular this year....on Friday nights at about 8:30pm. I'm definitely on countdown now to our holiday....6 weeks, 2 days to go (note to self...get to Driving Range). This year we're going back to Thailand...coz we love it there!!
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| Monday 6th August | Blackpool FC Fixtures
Now that we have gone up a division into the Coca Cola Football League it's worth fishing for a few football supporters so I copied the fixture list here in the hope it will get found by a few suupporters on search engines...and maybe they'll choose to come to us. Couples and families only though please!!
Full Fixture List here
PS....Sea... Sea... Seasiders!!!!
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| Friday 3rd August | We're Grand Parents...AGAIN!!
Vinny was born tonight at 7pm (...ish) weighing in at 7lb 11ounces. Vinny is our third grandson and the first from Jamie (and Faye). So...welcome to the world little one!!
Bigger picture here
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| Friday 3rd August | Discounted Blackpool Zoo Tickets
 We've negotiated a great deal for you at Blackpool Zoo. Well....actually the deal is they give us an attractive £1 off each ticket to entice our guests PLUS they give us £1 per ticket commission but we've decided to pass that saving on to our guests so they get £2 off each ticket!! If the weather is nice it's a great day out and a nice stroll through Stanley Park will bring you back towards town centre. Offer is only open to our guests
Blackpool Zoo website here
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| Friday 6th July | Anna's Leaving Bash
 Anna has been with us for nearly 2 years and is going back to Poland to get married to Paul. She's been very popular with guests so we threw her a party...well it was more like a three day binge!!
Piccies can be viewed here
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| Monday 2nd July |
Fancied something different to the normal Italian and Chinese last night and paid a visit to Kwizeen. We've been a couple of times and always had a top notch meal but last night I was especially impressed so we'll be recommending this restaurant to our guests in the future who want something a little bit different to steak and chips. Last night I had Lytham Wood Pigeon, Birchwood Strawberries and Pepper Sauce as a starter - it was REALLY REALLY nice. The Lancashire Tea Smoked Goosnargh Duck Breast in Liquorice Sauce as a main meal was also delicious and something a little different. You can view the full menu here. We think it's a great Bistro offering something a little bit different.
www.kwizeen.co.uk
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| Tuesday 12th June | Time to get fit!!
 After 6 years of those Mighty Big Breakfasts regular guests and friends will know that they've taken their toll on my tum (Mandy: ...and your bum's a bit big too!)
So...I decided to get myself a personal trainer and start working out a bit. The upshot is I'm losing weight and feel MUCH BETTER!! Julie has helped me so much I'm building her a website - you can view its progress here
I hope I keep the training up ....the exercise really does make me feel better
Shameless plug to help search engines find the site:-
Blackpool and Fylde Personal Fitness Trainer
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| Saturday 12th May | Gail's 40th Birthday Bash
Ouch.....my head still hurts!!
Phew...what a weekend. Gail and Andy came down again to celebrate her 40th. Friends, Colin and Anne, Lee n Gill, Ces n Cath, Allan and Pauline, Mr Pastry, Maggie and the boys, Phil and Colleen, Jimmy and Dianne, Eddie & Lisa, Kim & Hils, Paul & Jeanette and many more came also to ensure it went off with a BANG!!!
Thanks everybody for making it a GREAT WEEKEND!!!
Piccies here
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| Thursday 3rd May | Get Your Blackpool Show Tickets Here
We've joined forces with Ticketmaster and can now offer tickets for all the shows at the Blackpool Opera House. There's some great shows this season including:- Roy Chubby Brown, One Night of Queen, G4, Hits Reloaded, One Night of Elvis, The Meat Loaf Trilogy, Summertime Special, Russell Brand, Blondie, Cannon and Ball's Comedy Bonanza, Chicago, Jimmy Carr and many more....
More info and links here...
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| Saturday 28th April | Fancy a Game of Bingo Online?
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www.blackpoolbingo.co.uk
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There's something about Blackpool which is hard to put your finger on, an infectious zest for life which keeps you wanting more.
At Blackpool Bingo you can tap into this 'buzz' from the comfort of your own home.
The first thing you notice at Blackpool Bingo is the shear range of games. Not only do we have the traditional 90 ball bingo games, we've also got chat games, scratch-cards, slots, progressive jackpot slots, video poker, arcade games and keno! Wow!
Then there is the advanced, real time chat system where you can meet lots of like minded people to make friends with. Whoever said staying at home was antisocial has obviously never played at Blackpool Bingo!
And to top it all off everything is beautifully wrapped up in one of the most stylish looking products on the internet.
You can almost smell the candyfloss! Join us at Blackpool Bingo today!
Click Here to play now at Blackpool Bingo
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| Saturday 28th April | England Smoking Ban
May we remind future guests that from Sunday 1st July in compliance with new English laws the Canasta Hotel will not allow smoking in any part of the hotel (bedrooms included). It's not our choice. As smokers we realise we are in the minority now and most folk would prefer a non smoking environment but it does peeve a bit that the government aren't giving us the choice. I think it would be much better if legislation were changed so that any hotels were forced to display "We Allow Smoking Here" and let the guests make their minds up...it's just another instance where this government are taking away freedom of choice.
But..it will be self-policing and the fines are quite heavy so we will have to enforce it.
We've made the decision to extend the ban to all bedrooms. If we allowed guests to smoke in their rooms this WOULD cause excessive pollution which would be VERY DIFFICULT to clean. Any Guests causing us suspicion of smoking in their rooms will be asked to leave and the booking will be cancelled with all charges due plus a room cleaning/loss of revenue charge of up to 2 nights room rate (a room that smells of smoke may not be able to be re-let until the smell is cleared). If you smoke in the room and we do not identify it until you have checked out, your card details will be charged with the additional nights charges as detailed above.
Sorry - we don't agree with it - but we have to enforce it - at the end of the day it's our Residential Licence that may be revoked if we continued to allow guests to smoke. Thanks for your understanding.
For more information about the ban and help in quitting please click here
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| Friday 27th April | Golf Gadgets
Another domain I've been sat on for 4 years and done nothing with... goes live today. www.GolfGadgets.co.uk.
So for all your online golf clubs shopping please visit my golf shop
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| Friday 27th April | Who Switches Lights On
I must be psychic - ages ago I made a page "who switched the lights on". Well it's quite aptly named this year as David Tennant aka Dr Who switches the lights on Friday 31st August.
Advance bookings are phenomenal this year (which is strange as the early part of the season is REALLY quiet...) ....so BOOK EARLY for high season!!!
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| Tuesday 3rd April 2007 | Directions for Extra Terrestrials
Sat twiddling my thumbs...waiting for Easter when it all starts to get busy for the season I thought I'd put together a page for our Extra Terrestrial guests.
If you are from another planet (and occasionally we get guests who we think are!!) then please click here for directions
I know...I'm sad...but I'm running out of ideas for extra pages...
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| Saturday 31st March 2007 | My Birthday
Thanks for all the pressies guys!!!
Loved the wine - thanks Terry and Lesley and Trev and Joy and Eddie and Lisa!!
and look at the one Andy and Gail got me!!!!
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| Tuesday 28th March 2007 | Anglo Scottish Trophy
Just back from a great two days with Andy, Terry and Davey in Burntisland. On the Tuesday we played GLENEAGLES Centenary Course.....it was awesome!!!!!!!!  Well ...we had to test it out prior to the Ryder Cup being played there in 2014. Terry pointed out to the greenkeeper that "the Par 3's would need toughening up a bit but apart from that it was a good test" (urm..without actually hitting a green)
Andy won the new trophy - he played the round of his life - I was so envious!!! So...well done Big Yin!! It was nice to meet Davey and hope he can make it for Gails Bash in May.
Pictures and video here...
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