Sharing rooms in Blackpool
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Bloomfield guesthouse owners talk about how busy Blackpool used to get in the 1950s - visitors might find themselves sharing a room, or even a bed, with strangers!
Boarding-house cooking
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Bloomfield residents remember the cooking in boarding-houses during the 1930s and 40s, when you had to bring your own food and the landlady cooked it for you!
1940s memories
Read the memories of a gentleman who came to Blackpool from Leicestershire in the 1940s, recorded at a reminiscence session in August 2008. The stories were written down by another member of the reminiscence group.
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You can also listen to an excerpt from the conversation.