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Peter Kay spotted having ‘the time of his life’ at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
The comedian and his family were seen having some fun on the Wallace & Gromit ride
Peter Kay was pictured enjoying a day out at Blackpool Pleasure Beach last week, and fans cannot get enough.
The Bolton-born comic, who recently made a return to the stage after nearly four years out of the spotlight, posed next the Wallace & Gromit ride in a checkered shirt and hat, similar attire to his previous visits to the park over the years.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach shared the snap on their Facebook page alongside two other photos of the comedian’s visits to the park in 2015 and 2016, writing: “It was great to have Peter Kay join us yesterday and true to style he wore one of his Blackpool Pleasure Beach shirts! Here’s Peter from 2015, 2016 and 2021!”
The post was quick to go viral, with thousands of social media users commenting and sharing their own experiences of Peter at the popular theme park.
One person wrote: “I worked on/operated Wallace and Gromit in 2016 and Peter and family were so polite. He came across as very quiet (definitely not like his stage persona) but I remember he told us his funfair dismissal joke.
“His kids were really nice as well. He loves BPB.”
And this isn’t the first time the comedian has been seen out and about in Costa Del Blackpool; a couple of years ago, he was also spotted enjoying a ride on the historic Heritage Tram Tours, with the Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours’ social media page posting a photo and writing: “We do love a celebrity passenger on our tours, when we can’t get one @PeterKay_co_uk will do instead! He kindly allowed a a photo with the driver and conductor on Boat 600 this afternoon.”
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His Blackpool trip comes just weeks after he performed two sold-out shows here in Manchester to raise money for twenty-one year old Laura Nuttall, who is battling Glioblastoma, a grade four brain cancer.
Detailing his selflessness on ITV’s This Morning last month, Laura said: “So he [Peter] knew my father back when he used to work with him at Granada and he has been out for a couple of meals with us over the years. And once he saw the news item that we did, he recognised my dad in it and went, ‘What can I do to help?'”
Laura explained that her family had been ‘slogging away’ at fundraising for her treatment – immunisation in Germany – but it is ‘phenomenally expensive.’
She added: “So having this from Peter just takes the pressure off so much.”