Get email updates with the day's biggest stories Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. The council is bringing back traditional deck chairs, a decade after scrapping its hire scheme. Claire Smith, president of the local hoteliers’ group Stay­­Blackpool, said she would be delighted to see them return on the famous Prom. She said: “I can’t think of anything nicer than sitting in a deckchair on Blackpool Promenade, watching the world go by on a sunny day. But after years of falling demand, the council finally sold its stock of 6,000 in 2014, three years after ending its hire service.

Source: Daily Mirror June 06, 2021 20:40 UTC