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Frank and Don discuss how the smoking ban has affected local pubs.
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Don from Blackpool relates a story about the only time he ever got drunk, as a young man in Trieste, Italy, in 1954.
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Frank and Don talk about the Bloomfield pub and its landlords over the years (which, at one time, included the entertainer Tessie O’Shea!) You can also see a piece written by Frank, about stories and memories of The Bloomfield Pub.
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Don and Frank talk about Blackpool working men’s clubs. If you have any memories of any of the clubs, why not add a comment - or even a new story!
Local resident Frank recalls a conversation with his mother-in-law Barbara, remembering the Waterloo Hotel in the 1970s.
Local resident, Frank, gives his thoughts about Hamish Howett, the proprietor of a bar that’s defying the smoking ban. You can also see a cutting from the local paper about Hamish.
Frank describes a conversation with his friend Peter, about the Mecca nightclub. You can also see a cutting from the local paper about the Mecca.
If you have any memories of the Mecca (under any of its various names), why not add a comment?