Polish people in Blackpool

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Click the link to listen.  Malgorzata, a Polish resident of Bloomfield, talks to interviewer Mike Edwards about the Polish community in Blackpool.

Liberal Corner

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Click to listen - Mike Edwards interviews ex-Mayor Edmund Wynne about his corner shop in Bloomfield, which, because Edmund and his wife Nancy were active in the Liberal party, became known as “Liberal Corner”.  Edmund also talks about the Blackpool Guardian, the newspaper that they ran.

Ansdell Road Fruit Shop

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Ansdell Road Fruit Shop 1941 - personal recollection

Laycock’s Shop

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Listen to people talking about this well-known shop in Revoe, which also sold veg and flowers! If you have any memories of Laycocks, or can remember which street it was on, add a comment.

Revoe shop.