They would visit the Blackpool Tower Circus and see artists such as Dickie Valentine, Arthur Askey, Max Bygraves and Joe Loss, with Parkes recalling that Lennon particularly liked George Formby.
Med šolskimi počitnicami je Parkes pogosto obiskoval Lennona skupaj s sestrično Leilo Harvey, ki je pogosto v Blackpoolu ostala dva ali tri tedne za ogled predstav.