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Gill
@Gilljane (2897)
• Sutton, England
3 Oct 23
A few days ago I did a post about child rapist Stephen Pennington
He had been released from prison on licence but then broke the terms of the licence by going on the run.
He was known to have links with Wigan and Blackpool in...
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Gill
@Gilljane (2897)
• Sutton, England
30 Sep 23
Steven Penning was jailed in 2009 for rape. He has not long been let out of prison on licence
He has connections to cities in the North West of England. In particular Blackpool and Wigan are some of his favourite haunts.
It is...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
24 Aug 19
My last visit to the seaside town of Blackpool Lancashire to get lots of pub sign photos was cut short by terrible weather. Today as it was gloriously sunny out, I went back. Most of the images I got were pub signs. This one was...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
1 Aug 19
Tuesday 30th July was the day of the annual meal and day out for the volunteers who help out at the University Of Central Lancashire. This year we were treated to an expenses paid trip to the seaside town of Blackpool, including...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
29 Jul 19
Tuesday 23rd July saw my twice postponed mandatory welfare hearing finally take place at short notice. My advisor insists I badger employers turning me down for work as to why they rejected me, and I sensed intent to tighten the...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
25 Feb 19
One of the oddest pub names and signs in the UK, a pub called Nowhere, and a sign featuring a question mark.
There is something odd about a pub claiming to be nowhere, especially in a rundown seaside town like Morecambe, which...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
17 Nov 18
As my diary entry for yesterday said, I went for a walk round Morecambe, in Lancashire, about ten miles from home.
Seaside towns can be very quiet, and even ad looking places in Winter, without the tourists (me excepted) pouring...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
1 Sep 17
Diary Wednesday 30th August 2017
A busier time in my life starting today. I volunteered to help out at an open day at the community centre as the Ingol district of Preston was celebrating its fiftieth anniversary as the first...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
4 Mar 17
Diary Monday 27th February 2017
I looked forward to today as the first full meeting of the film festival movie selection committee I am a volunteer for. We are preparing the One In Four film screenings for October, which...
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
27 Sep 16
Royal Mail arrived from @Asylum !
The weirdest thing to find out about Blackpool is that the speculum city across the Irish Sea, the same meaning is presented just in another language. This is how its name came...
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
11 Sep 16
In the distant past I have been known to take an occasional holiday or maybe a short few days trip to the coast. It has been too long since I had such a break. In fact it has been so long that I am now well overdue.
Tomorrow I...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
18 Nov 15
A song with special warm meaning for North England people who remember Wakes week holiday charabanc trips to Blackpool. The song captures the joys and memories of such trips and if I go to Blackpool now I can’t get this lovely...
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livecenter
@livecenter (1136)
• Malaysia
3 Dec 10
After 29 games unbeaten, now-leading United suffered their first loss at Upton Park. Nevertheless, they are still maintaining their unbeaten record in the League, although the loss see them the way out of the Cup tournament...But,...
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