Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

The triumphant true story that changed six lives forever

Once a Year on Blackpool Sands — Plot

A moving comedy-drama about the love, identity and courage of the LGBTQ community during the first walk towards Gay Pride in 1950s England. Based on the real-life events of Yorkshire coal miners and secret gay lovers, Tommy and Eddy, who spend their annual week holiday at a quirky B & B in Blackpool, along with a few other alternative members of society – the transgender Mr. Elbridge, the ex-show girl Red Ethel and the eccentric owner Gladys and her flirty daughter Maureen.

• Release date
• November 21, 2021
• Runtime
• 105 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Karlton Parris

Once a Year on Blackpool Sands — Cast

K

Kyle Brookes Eddy

M

Macaulay Cooper Tommy

W

Wendy Laurence James Gladys Bracegirdle

E

Elizabeth Coombs Alice Price Linda Clark Red Ethel

D

Dominic McCavish James Elbridge / Phyllis Joel McVeagh Karlton Julia Haworth Sandra Green