This is a map of the beach and the pier that i did in class. I did it on the 10 - 12-09.I liked the waves crashing into the pier.
By Laurel.

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Click the link to listen.  Local writer and historian Terry Regan talks about how the Bickerstaffes, one of the families that shaped Blackpool’s tourist trade, first started in business.  They decided to buy some land from the local squire, and built a boatyard on it.

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Bloomfield residents talk about the tram routes during the Second World War, and how soldiers were often seen doing military exercises on the beach.