This was the first ever picture I took in Blackpool. It was early on the morning of the 31st August 1997 and the newspapers for some reason had not been collected. I went down to the Promenade and after about twenty minutes someone said that Diana had died. As I made my way along to Central Pier there was a group of four people pushing and shouting at two men, who it transpired were a reporter and photographer from the local newspaper. The group, three women and a man blamed the press for her death and looked like they were about to lynch them. The last I saw they were beating hasty retreat off the Prom.
Looking at the masthead on the Mirror which put out a 3am edition, it would have taken a lot of money and expense to keep the presses rolling through the night. Wouldn't happen now of course, with the Internet.
The following Monday a severed human head was found in a sports hold-all in the street adjacent to my new home.
Welcome to Blackpool!
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