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Old 22-08-2011, 22:08   #64
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Re: Blackpool Illuminations Switch On

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Originally Posted by gynn View Post
It was the perception that the air in Blackpool was cleaner and fresher.
That's still the case. But my reading of Walter's post is that servicemen (possibly discharged) and/or their families were moving there during the course of WW1. If they are actually serving, then work out the logistics of trying to move house from Accy to Blackpool - it's difficult enough to do today, nevermind 1916 & organising it from a muddy trench on the Western Front is a totally different challenge.
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