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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!
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Bloomfield residents discuss whether there was ever any trouble on match days, when you live near the football ground.
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The system for catching trains used to be very different in the 1940s!
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A Bloomfield resident, originally from Leicestershire, talks about the contrasts between visiting Blackpool before, during, and after the Second World War. During wartime, the Tower was crowded with people of all sorts of different nationalities.
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Elders from Bloomfield talk about how waitresses at cafes on the Pier first started going round and selling ice cream from a tray in the 1950s.