Personal recollection of a rowdy day out from Preston.

Snippet of personal history about experiencing the Illuminations.

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Click the link to listen.  Mayor Mary Smith, interviewer Mike Edwards, and local guesthouse owners Steve and Noreen Westhead talk about the new headland and its entertainments - the concerts, and perhaps the Illuminations switch-on.

They also get into a heated debate about who was the best ever Doctor Who!

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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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Frank, who used to work at the Illuminations, talks about an accident that happened, when a giant hand which was part of an Illuminations display fell onto a car.  No-one was hurt!

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Don, an ex-Transport worker, talks to Frank, an ex-worker at the Illuminations, about changes in the two departments over the years.

Frank, an ex-Illuminations worker, writes about his experiences of working at the Illuminations from 1992 to 2007.  You can also see a recent leaflet about some of the special events taking place in 2008 as part of the Illuminations.