Visitors from Glasgow

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Click to listen - Ex-Mayor Edmund Wynne remembers how controversy erupted when it was suggested that visitors from Glasgow caused trouble in Blackpool when they visited.  Edmund, as the Mayor, made a public statement to say this was untrue, and that Glaswegians were always welcome in Blackpool.

This will be the “in” place!

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Mayor Mary Smith talks to guesthouse owners Steve and Noreen, about how things are improving in Blackpool for guesthouse owners.

Coming to Blackpool after the War

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Click the link to listen - Mike Edwards interviews ex-Mayor Edmund Wynne, about how and why he and his wife Nancy chose to settle in Blackpool just after the Second World War.