The football stadium
On our map we put Manchester vs England and Manchester won the match and the trofy. England got a medal because they were one point behind them. By Madhi and Austin.
Jimmy Arnfield
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Click to listen. Interviewer Mike Edwards, and the Rev Mike Ward of St Peter’s Church on Lytham Road, talk about ex-England football captain Jimmy Arnfield, who plays the organ at the church and who has been a member of the congregation of St Peter’s for many years.
Tangerine braces
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Click to listen. Local businessman Max Smith tells interviewer Mike Edwards about his bright orange braces!
My Favourite Thing
From the “My Favourite Things” activity, at Dream Scheme youth club, September 2008. We asked people at the youth club to photograph each other with their favourite thing; the participants decided on the pose and the lighting, but we kept the background the same. This participant’s favourite thing is his football.
Living near the football ground
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Bloomfield residents discuss whether there was ever any trouble on match days, when you live near the football ground.
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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