British Trekbbsers - any ideas about this?

[Miss Chicken]

I have picked up on old British postcard that was sent in 1935 and it shows the ‘Blackpool Monster’ and I have no idea what the card is about. An internet search only bought up a similar question but he called it the Mossog Monster of Blackpool.

I did find their used to be a Monster Ride at Blackpool but I expected it might have been named after the monster not vice versa. Here is a photo of the card

Also, people feel free to talk about any cryptozoological creature that are said to exist in your part of the world.

 

[MacLeod]

My best guess is that it's not based on an actual creature as such but was rather something done for the Blackpool Illuminations that year.

 

[Miss Chicken]

Yes, I thought it might be something to do with the illuminations when I read about them but then only a few minutes ago I came across this picture and the caption states

Front cover for the new USE-IT "Map of Blackpool for young travelers" featuring local Monster legend "The Mossog".

https://www.flickr.com/photos/carlart/5432136446/in/photolist-9h27UW

 

[DimesDan]

It's obviously just a thing to encourage tourists as apart from the lights, Blackpool is a dump by all accounts.

 

[Miss Chicken]

Was it as big a dump back in 1935? Or had it got worse as time goes by?

 

[DimesDan]

Was it as big a dump back in 1935? Or had it got worse as time goes by?

I have no idea, nor do I particularly care, I'm sure there are photos online from pre-war Blackpool.

 

[Miss Chicken]

Looking at the back of the card it looks like that the sender could have gone down to look at the Illuminations as I suppose they would have been also held in September in 1935.

 

[φ of π]

I suspect it's a parody of the Loch Ness monster.

 

[DimesDan]

Looking at the back of the card it looks like that the sender could have gone down to look at the Illuminations as I suppose they would have been also held in September in 1935.

They have been held since the late 1870's.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I actually just found a short clip of the lights in 1935. It is hard to tell if the monster is there or not. I did not know about the existence of the illuminations until about an hour ago.

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[Miss Chicken]

They have been held since the late 1870's.

Yes I read that but I meant they probably have always been held in the same month (September).

 

[Spot261]

It won't be the related to the monster ride, that was opened in 1968 and was octopus themed. I'm inclined to suspect looking at the pic that Nessie would have been the inspiration, as others have stated.

That being said, there are that many transient attractions throughout the town it could literally have been anything.

Sorry!

 

[Miss Chicken]

I wonder if the monster name ‘Mossog’ is simply the surname Gossom spelt backwards.

 

[MacLeod]

It's obviously just a thing to encourage tourists as apart from the lights, Blackpool is a dump by all accounts.

There is nothing of special interest in Blackpool and yes it's a bit of dump, but then again being local(ish) to Blackpool I can go anytime and when things are on your doorstep anything special about them means less to you.