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Click the link to listen. Don, an ex-worker at the Transport Depot, remembers the songs that the lads used to sing while they were painting the buses and trams!
This photo, taken by Yannick Dixon at the Tram Depot in September 2008, shows a man whose job it is to clean the buses. You can also listen to an audio clip of Don, an ex-Transport worker, describing how the buses used to be cleaned; and an audio clip of Frank, describing a conversation he had with the man in the photo.
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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, an ex-Transport worker, talks about how the layout and seating in Blackpool buses have changed over the years
