Stories about 'Bloomfield'

Jimmy Arnfield

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Click to listen.  Interviewer Mike Edwards, and the Rev Mike Ward of St Peter’s Church on Lytham Road, talk about ex-England football captain Jimmy Arnfield, who plays the organ at the church and who has been a member of the congregation of St Peter’s for many years.

Give a dog a bad name…

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Click to listen.  Rev Mike Ward of St Peter’s Church talks about how young people in the town sometimes get an undeserved bad name; and about how the different youth clubs that run at the church building, such as the Dream Scheme, are aiming to prevent this.

What do you think?  If you’re young, tell us what you think is needed for young people in Bloomfield?  Or, if you’re older, what do you remember was available when you were young?  Have your say by adding a comment below.

Open to All

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Click to listen.  The Rev Mike Ward, of St Peter’s Church, talks to Mike Smith about how his church is like Blackpool itself - it welcomes anyone and everyone!

Paradise on Earth

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Ex-Mayor of Blackpool, Edmund Wynne, talks about how he feels about Blackpool, and what it means to him; and the challenges the future will bring for the town.

The Liberal majority

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Ex-Mayor of Blackpool, Edmund Wynne, talks about how his party, the Liberals, finally got a majority on the Council in 1960 - even though at that stage, it was only a majority of one!

My First Election

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Ex-Mayor of Blackpool, Edmund Wynne, talks about how he and his wife Nancy joined the local Liberal party when they arrived in Blackpool just after the Second World War - and how surprised the local party were to have new members! 

He also talks about the first time he stood for local elections, as a Liberal Party candidate for Alexandra ward (the old name for Bloomfield ward) - and how the Conservatives got a shock when he won!

Corruption and dark corners

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Click to listen - ex Mayor Edmund Wynne tells Mike Edwards about the way he and the Liberal party worked against corruption in Blackpool Council and in the town in the 1950s.