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Blackpool - people

In a recent survey of the biggest givers to good causes in the UK, Blackpool came top of list and people who visit the area will find the locals charitable character to be another reason to stay longer in the town. There have also been a host of famous people to be associated with the town including television stars Zoë Ball, Ricky Tomlinson and Pat Astley, world famous clown Charlie Cairoli, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Michael Smith as well as music greats such as Jethrow Tull and The Cure singer Robert Smith.

With a population of 140,000 people Blackpool is not one of the larger towns in the country or even the region. Its importance in the area is largely because of its rise to popularity as a tourist destination, especially so amongst people from the area.