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Click to listen. Ex-Mayor, Edmund Wynne, talks about the entertainers that used to come to Blackpool; and how holidays in Blackpool have changed over the years, from family holidays to stag and hen parties.
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Click to listen - ex Mayor Edmund Wynne tells Mike Edwards about the way he and the Liberal party worked against corruption in Blackpool Council and in the town in the 1950s.
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Bloomfield residents remember some of the many ice cream parlours of Blackpool. Which was your favourite?
Read the memories of from a Bloomfield woman who was a vegetarian long before it was fashionable! The stories were collected at a reminiscence session in August 2008, and written down by another member of the group.
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Read the memories of Nora, who came to Blackpool in 1941. The stories were collected at a reminiscence session in August 2008, and written down by another member of the group. You can also hear a recording of the conversation.
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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.
From the “One Minute in Your Day” activity, which we did at the Dream Scheme youth club in May 2008. This is what Oliver Atkinson was doing from 12.50 to 12.51pm on Saturday 10th May 2008.