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This youngster is enjoying a ride on a rocking horse at a toy fair held at Norbreck Hotel in Blackpool
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A £2m-plus phoenix has risen from the rubble of the buildings which once housed the training operation for British Nuclear Fuels' works at Salwick. The new training centre at the Springfields works is built on the site of the former apprentice school but is designed to accommodate training for adult workers as well as apprentices. Pictured are some of the apprentices under instruction
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England cricketeer Geoff Boycott's dispute with Yorkshire was on the minds of all the sportsmen at Blackpool's Savoy Hotel when he was a guest speaker at a testimonial dinner for Bolton's former Carlisle and Blackpool footballer Peter Nicholson. But Boycott would not talk about the issue. Instead he entertained with many funny anecdotes about his career
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These three are attending the magicians conference, organised by the Blackpool Magicians Club at the resort's Winter Gardens, which is the biggest one-day even of its kind. It is the 31st year of the event and has become a Mecca for amateur and professional magicians from all over the country. The day ended with a gala magic show at the Opera House, featuring some of the top names from the world of magic