How To Use Blackpool In A Sentence
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Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
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On the radio I caught Mr Hague's concluding remarks at the Blackpool conference.
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You could draw a line of descent from that cheeky 17th-century image straight to the saucy postcards of contemporary Blackpool.
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THE flying of stunt kites has been banned at Blackpool after a woman walking her dog became entangled in a string and was dragged to the ground.
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It was the least Blackpool deserved for their sprightly first-half performance.
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We were in Blackpool for a silly day trip, a tacky, idiotic day out to the seaside to frisk on the sands in mid-July.
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I am not being drawn into a slanging match with the defenders of horse-drawn landaus on Blackpool Prom.
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Blackpool, incidentally, now lead them by three points with a game in hand.
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Blackpool is the top tourist attraction in England.
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Yet now, apparently, these well-off travellers are turning their nose up at cocktails beside kidney-shaped pools in tropical climes, and heading for… Blackpool.
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The posters depicted rolling stock, landscapes and other scenes including Blackpool, the Garrick Theatre in Southport and Brixham harbour in south Devon.
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On the radio I caught Mr Hague's concluding remarks at the Blackpool conference.
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Blackpool's goalkeeper Matt Gilks, who was born in Rochdale but has Scottish grandparents, has been called up for the first-time and will deputise for Allan McGregor.
David Weir recalled to Scotland squad at the age of 40
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He's taken the club as far as he can, a fairly standard issue snidey remark blurted out shortly after Liverpool's defeat at Blackpool on Wednesday night.
Has Kenny Dalglish taken Liverpool as far as he can?| Barney Ronay
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It was the least Blackpool deserved for their sprightly first-half performance.
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Services affected include the York to Blackpool North service, which calls at Burnley Manchester Road and Accrington.
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Common sense seems to be something that Blackpool council feels stag and hen parties lack when they come to his town.
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Most of my guests say they keep a lookout on how Blackpool are doing in the Championship.
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Blackpool have yet to reveal the identity of the mystery man who came so close to signing last week.
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Strong north-westerly winds whistling around Blackpool's cavernous Winter Gardens this week appear to have blown away the Conservatives.
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Warm Regards simple. they had a choice "overground" or "underground". they chose the cheaper overground option and gave us a naff system that had no additional benefit to the old E bus service ran by crossville (ie don't stop at every stop). instead we've got a ridiculous system that can knock you down at every opportunity, if you don't believe me then look at what happened to Coronation Street's Alan Bradley in all those years ago when he was chasing Rita around Blackpool.
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A good run in November and December - inspired by loanee, Steve Elliott - again took Blackpool to the edge of the play-off zone.
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Common sense seems to be something that Blackpool council feels stag and hen parties lack when they come to his town.
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You can catch Gary in Bad Blood at Blackpool's Grand Theatre from April 28 to May 2.
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Most specialist tours to Blackpool usually include an evenings entertainment in with the price.
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The skipper was instrumental as his second-placed side took Blackpool apart to tighten their grip on an automatic spot.
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Now might be a good moment to start panicking about Blackpool * yikes *.
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The old cliche, ‘a game of two halves,’ describes this one between Bury and strugglers Blackpool perfectly.
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It reminds me of a deckchair on Blackpool beach.
The Sun
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At Blackpool yesterday, the shadow home secretary, Oliver Letwin, promised a radical counter-revolution against this creeping centralisation.
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Spider engine overheated & they broke down just before they got to Blackpool.
AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
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Blackpool pub landlord Hamish Howitt, 55, who is an anti-smoking ban campaigner, is promising to stand up for working class smokers, while the Cleethorpes-based Generalist Party and The Official Monster Raving Loony Party have also announced their intention to field candidates.
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It was an old cemetery, though not Blackpool's oldest, ringed by a high iron fence topped with spearlike barbs.
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Students in the bed race compete with the Blackpool Belle for the attention of photographers at the Cabin in 1979. 3.
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The city centre nightspot caters mainly for the over 25s with cabarets such as those shown at Funny Girls in Blackpool and the Birdcage in Leeds.
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We did try to get the current owner of the locomotive to donate one of the nameplates which could be displayed at Blackpool North.
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And tonight the curtain will go up for the opening night of the open-air production in Blackpool's Stanley Park.
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My dad ran a toyshop in Blackpool, but I think that's about as far as the parallels go.
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In return, Blackpool trams were granted access to the Company tracks as far as Lytham, but rarely exercised the privilege.
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Is it to banish the air of predictability that Blackpool so gloriously challenged last season, only to be returned from whence they came?
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If your Blackpool travel experience involves children, Louis Tussaud's waxworks is a nice place for taking them out.
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Most of my guests say they keep a lookout on how Blackpool are doing in the Championship.
The Sun
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By extreme good fortune, Blackpool can celebrate its tramway centenary with one of its original ten cars of 1885.
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Our audience at the Grand in Blackpool will be from 12-year-olds right through to grans and grandads.
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Some fouls from Port Vale went unpunished yet, minutes later, a similar offence from a Blackpool player was branded with a booking.
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In the meantime, mosey on down to Blackpool for a chat with the cast.
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When you walked away from the conference the bins all over Blackpool were stuffed full of these bags.
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Caravan rap BLACKPOOL have fined four unnamed players for wrecking a caravan after a night out.
The Sun
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Places that failed to make the 'tentative' list include Blackpool, the former RAF airfield at Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire, the Rows shops and half-timbered houses in Chester, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Western Railway.
UK nominates 11 sites for Unesco world heritage status
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The skipper was instrumental as his second-placed side took Blackpool apart to tighten their grip on an automatic spot.
The Sun
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Blackpool will erupt in a blaze of colour tonight when the town's world-famous Illuminations blossom into life.
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A Blackpool pensioner famed for his love of cast-offs has hit back at council claims he is using a private plot of land as a dumping ground for his ‘collection’.
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By extreme good fortune, Blackpool can celebrate its tramway centenary with one of its original ten cars of 1885.
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Engineers say the law brought in after two small earthquakes were felt in Blackpool following fracking for shale gas are too harsh.
The Sun
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In return, Blackpool trams were granted access to the Company tracks as far as Lytham, but rarely exercised the privilege.
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Blackpool refused to put a figure on how much they wanted and would not enter any meaningful negotiations.
The Sun
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This compares with a 195% increase in average prices, from £56,018 to £165,430, in the slowest-growing areas such as Thurrock in Essex, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent and Blackpool.
Homeowners benefit from fourfold surge in prices from to 1998 to 2008
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Blackpool tourism spokesman John Hall said Lisa felt Gaynor's filming was too intrusive.
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The last of the crew were winched off early on Friday after the ship ran aground near Blackpool.
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The audience in Blackpool threw pennies on to the stage and booed him off.
CELEBRATING SECOMBE: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe
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Blackpool remains a firm favourite with holiday makers from Northern Ireland.
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Granted, the sun shone all weekend, but Blackpool has most definitely had a bit of a spruce up and, boy, has it scrubbed up well.
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Blackpool need a victory to ensure that they avoid relegation.
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Blackpool failed to mount a serious run-chase in reply but Netherfield could not winkle out the last two wickets for a victory as the visitors finished on 143-8.
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It is difficult to imagine Blackpool without its famous Tower.
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The last of the crew were winched off early on Friday after the ship ran aground near Blackpool.
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A professional northerner, the episodes she featured in seemed like a cross-promotion for spending winter in Blackpool.
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The character, Colin, works in the Blackpool branch of Time, which is a concession within the Office World store.
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News that a gambling overhaul could be shelved should prompt Blackpool Council to seek new family attractions for key sites, casino opponents claimed this week.
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Blackpool's play-off hopes took a battering in a miserable midweek defeat at Bloomfield Road.
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Newcastle 4-1 Blackpool - title beckons for Magpies,
BBC - Ouch
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When his wife runs off with the local darts champ, Colin sets off to Blackpool to win her back.
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It reminds me of a deckchair on Blackpool beach.
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The tragedy has raised concerns about the safety of trikes, particularly in Blackpool where purpose-built trikes have been given the council's go-ahead for use as taxis from next Easter.
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Karen contacted her landlord who immediately journeyed from Blackpool.
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Just last year, I drove a big Jag from Switzerland to Blackpool.
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Five minutes later a great tackle from John Cookson resulted in a Blackpool player spilling the ball.
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About 100 bikes and trikes joined the 60-mile run to meet other bikers in Blackpool, bringing the Golden Mile to a standstill.
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The latest effort to get Blackpool back on the map is what they call a lighting spectacular -
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Blackpool councillors branded him a disgrace for risking public health.
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His latest triumph came at Blackpool's annual town crier competition where he beat 20 other criers.
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After the falls, unless a downmarket version of Blackpool is your thing, the arcades and funhouses of Niagara are best avoided for more scenic attractions.
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The old cliche, ‘a game of two halves,’ describes this one between Bury and strugglers Blackpool perfectly.
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BLACKPOOL were unlucky to be only two up at half-time and deserved their win.
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The Mancunian comedian, who took to The One Show sofa alongside new encumberment Alex Jones on Monday, asked his 138,866 followers on the social networking site whether he should visit Chester Zoo or its north-west rival in Blackpool.
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You could draw a line of descent from that cheeky 17th-century image straight to the saucy postcards of contemporary Blackpool.
Times, Sunday Times
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Students in the bed race compete with the Blackpool Belle for the attention of photographers at the Cabin in 1979. 3.
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Commercial sponsorship by National Savings and Sealink respectively, had made their journey to Blackpool possible. 3.
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It conjures up images of Blackpool and knotted handkerchiefs.
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None of the three boys was thought to be seriously hurt, although they were all taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital for checks.
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I climbed to 1,000 feet and asked to resume our track for Blackpool and leave the area clear for the rescue.
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Blackpool attacked with greater invention and poise from the start, just as Holloway and his players had openly admitted they would do beforehand.
Blackpool deserve more praise after media focus on burying Liverpool
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He was captain of Paak United FC and had trials with Blackburn Rovers and Blackpool FC before playing for Lancaster FC on a semi-professional basis.
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He joined Brentwood after headships at Bournemouth School and Arnold School in Blackpool.
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At Blackpool yesterday, the shadow home secretary, Oliver Letwin, promised a radical counter-revolution against this creeping centralisation.
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I said imagining her putting on her best frock and heading for the bright lights that is Blackpool illuminations.
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Police closed the promenade in Blackpool to motorists as waves dozens of feet high pounded the seafront.
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I can play an instrument, the flute, but if I could choose again it would have to be a piano, and I swear I'm going to learn the Ukelele by the time I go to Blackpool next year!
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During the party conference in Blackpool earlier this month, there were appeals for individual donations to help prop up the troubled pension fund for the party's army of front-line staff.
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It's believed to be a scavenger that feeds upon dead whales and squid in the pitch black darkness of the bathypelagic zone, some 2140m/7020ft below the water surface. giant ispods went on display at the Sea Life Centre at Blackpool for the first time in Britain last year.
Practical Fishkeeping
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Chairman tells union delegates why the old enemy may be changing its tune. reports from the trades union conference at Blackpool.
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Just last year, I drove a big Jag from Switzerland to Blackpool.
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But the thing I've impressed on the lads is that this isn't a day out in Blackpool, it's our chance to win a match which will take this club back into the Conference.
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A jet skier who crashed into a stanchion on Blackpool North Pier may have had a heart attack, an inquest has heard.
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Firstly, delegates at the annual Pensioners' Parliament in Blackpool jeered and heckled the Pensions Minister.
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She had been sentenced at Blackpool Magistrates' Court for an offence of bigamy committed in April 2002, which she admitted.
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As Conservatives headed to Blackpool for their annual gathering, another 10 MPs declared for Mr Davis, giving him a third of the Parliamentary party.
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Blackpool tourism spokesman John Hall said Lisa felt Gaynor's filming was too intrusive.
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It was as if a section of the Blackpool illuminations had been transferred en bloc to the middle of the Channel.
THE LONELY SEA
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Windermere had the advantage in the first half and accordingly were able to keep Blackpool under pressure.
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He begged the delegates not to waste their money on ‘the fleshpots of Blackpool… or those curiously ventilated undergarments’.
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The last time I ran into Jack and Meg was that icy weekend on Blackpool seafront.
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Reade's fulmination recounts the Tom Hicks‑George Gillett years, which ended in court in October, shortly after Liverpool lost to Blackpool and half the Kop stayed behind to demand the removal of the Tom and Jerry of Premier League ownership.
Kenny Dalglish is showing at Liverpool he was never a busted flush | Paul Hayward
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The big, big, wide sands of Blackpool beach have been awarded a blue flag by the important people in charge of Britain's beaches.
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A mobile phone found under a Blackpool pier could hold a clue to the whereabouts of a missing man.
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One of the best is Ganga Garden, overlooking a lagoon formed by the River Bentota and run, improbably enough, by a Blackpool landlady.
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Williams miskicked a volley from six yards and Wilbraham amazingly did the same before the danger was averted from the Blackpool line.
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Blackpool was an extremely lively place this week.
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School crossing wardens are amply represented, with MBEs going to Margaret Mullen, from Kirkcaldy, Fife, Elizabeth Hollins, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire and Bridget Matley from Blackpool.
New Year honours list recognises unsung heroes
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Trincomalee escaped the breaker's yard in 1897 when the philanthropist Wheatly Cobb bought her to replace his training ship HMS Foudroyant, which had been lost in a storm off Blackpool.
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After a check-up at Blackpool Victoria Hospital both mother and unborn baby were found to be fine.
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The biggest attraction, the Manchester Mites, came to Blackpool to work the season with them.
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Oh, and a wrap of whizz for those all-nighters at Wigan Casino or the Mecca in Blackpool.
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Blackpool is the top tourist attraction in England.
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I once met an Algerian in Blackpool who expressed surprise that England consisted chiefly of carnival rides, ice-cream parlours and amusement arcades.
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On his whistlestop sojourn to Blackpool, there were autographs and shirts to sign, and sufficient lustful glances from ladies to remind you that one year this fellow received 6000 Valentine cards.
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There's barely a political poster up along the coast among the Ferris wheels and roller coasters, the hot dog stands and seafront shops selling Blackpool rock, candyfloss and ice cream.
After Scandal and Recession, British Voters Wary but Engaged
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Blackpool attempted to rally, but again a series of inexpiable officiating decisions again saw an avalanche of penalties against the visitors.
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The third of four children, he was born in Blackpool but moved south with his family at the age of six to Crawley in Sussex.
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He is in the fourth week of the tour, receiving favourable reviews since opening in Blackpool.
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Many ‘set off’ for a week, usually to Blackpool or Morecambe, travelling on specially laid-on holiday trains or the slower-but cheaper charabanc.
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Bella never put on airs and graces, remaining a real Blackpool girl.
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By late morning ash was detected in the north-west of England from Carlisle and Blackpool through Preston, Cheshire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to as far south as Stoke.
Pollutionwatch: the trail of an Icelandic volcano
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Welsh and Gibson came up with eight characters and a typically debauched storyline that begins in 1985 when two Edinburgh teenagers run away to Blackpool and hook up with a Scottish goalkeeper and two prostitutes.
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Blackpool, with its Las Vegas aspirations and seedy seafront reality, is a natural for television drama.
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Blackpool councillors branded him a disgrace for risking public health.
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The magazine is produced and edited by Neil Simpson, a concert promoter based in Blackpool.
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He'd just been appointed deputy chairman of the party and, on the eve of the Blackpool conference, he'd been interviewed by the BBC without being advised and they stitched him up.
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It is difficult to imagine Blackpool without its famous Tower.
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Blackpool triumphed in a low-scoring match by one wicket.
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He currently owns Blackpool Tower, the Winter Gardens, the town's three piers and a large chunk of the Golden Mile.
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A newlywed Blackpool couple have been left broken-hearted and out of pocket this week after French Police wrecked their romantic honeymoon plans.
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She was one of the youngest children to perform at the Globe Theatre in Blackpool in March, and is looking forward to wowing the audience at the Albert Halls this month.
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Caravan rap BLACKPOOL have fined four unnamed players for wrecking a caravan after a night out.
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The Chinese State Circus arrives in Blackpool with a band of 30 of China's greatest performers including contortionists, gymnasts and dancers.
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The Blackpool loanee Marlon Harewood scored twice on his full home debut for Barnsley before Michael Collins's late consolation for United.
Round-up: Norwich City back on track after 3-2 win at Leicester City
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Just last year, I drove a big Jag from Switzerland to Blackpool.
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Blackpool need a victory to ensure that they avoid relegation.
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Round the corner is a youth club which organises dance, music and art classes and away-days to Blackpool and Alton Towers.
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Those planning to go to Blackpool or North Wales for the bank holiday are most likely to need their macs and umbrellas with the coast and hills favourites for a shower.
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Forest's home form is calculable proof of the tenacity instilled in them by Davies – they have lost only once at home since September 2009, albeit in the play-off semi-final with Blackpool – and they will face few more rigorous assignments than this in the weeks ahead.
Robert Earnshaw spurs Nottingham Forest with goal that beat Cardiff
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Leisure Parcs already owns Blackpool's Tower, the landmark that symbolizes the town, its three piers, an opera house, a sealife centre and a wax museum.
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They returned to high-scoring form last week in a 60–10 demolition of Blackpool.
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The married father of two sons is a freeman of Blackpool, was awarded the OBE in the Millennium honours list and made a Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire in 2004.
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The last of the crew were winched off early on Friday after the ship ran aground near Blackpool.
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He is in the fourth week of the tour, receiving favourable reviews since opening in Blackpool.
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Tellingly Vaughan pipped Charlie Adam to win Blackpool's player of the year award last season.
Sunderland's Steve Bruce has to prove he is not a cowboy builder
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THE flying of stunt kites has been banned at Blackpool after a woman walking her dog became entangled in a string and was dragged to the ground.
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It is based on choreographer Julia Griffin's memories of Blackpool, in particular the Tower Ballroom, where she transforms the waltz into a modern dance, conjuring up images of a sand storm.
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Amid a frenzy of handshakes, nostalgic ‘what could have been’ looks and a posse of camera crews, the Conservative leader yesterday returned to a hero's welcome in Blackpool.
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Blackpool council has drawn up radical plans to turn its stretch of coastline, known as the Golden Mile, into what some have called the new Las Vegas of Europe.
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The company runs the TransPennine express service from Blackpool North to Scarborough, which stops at Blackburn, Burnley and Accrington.
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As a Leicester City fan I think the words 'mortifying' and 'shocking' could easily describe Yann Kermogant's penalty, which in turn allowed Cardiff to defend so badly at Wembley, giving Blackpool the 'Premier League side' prefix they now enjoy" - Simon Eaton.
Comical Instance Of Defensive Bungling
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Blackpool are preparing for a green invasion as they take on promotion chasing Plymouth Argyle at Bloomfield Road on Saturday.
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Hendry's Reebok team-mate, Leam Richardson, has also played a major role in the revival that has taken Blackpool to the edge of the play-off zone.
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Blackpool claimed their first league win since the season 's opening day.
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Newcastle City Coucil banned staff from saying pet and hinny, Blackpool taxi drivers were prevented from flaunting the cross of St. George.
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He failed to recall these details and the entire Blackpool trip in police interviews in 1997.
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It was as if a section of the Blackpool illuminations had been transferred en bloc to the middle of the Channel.
THE LONELY SEA
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The audience in Blackpool threw pennies on to the stage and booed him off.
CELEBRATING SECOMBE: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe
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Did you hear that the Blackpool Tourist Board are trying to replace the prom deckchairs with sun-loungers and continental-style tables and chairs?
