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1928 INDUSTRY: Wakes Week / Blackpool holidaymakers
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0:35Now PlayingDate: 3rd September 1928
Location: ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Cotton Town 'Packs up its Troubles'
ENGLAND: Lancashire: Oldham:
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Rows of terraced houses with cotton mills seen in background
Chimneys of mills
' ... and the operatives seek happiness at the great pleasure resorts. (Scenes at Blackpool)'
Blackpool:
Crowd queuing outside amusement park
Wooden rollercoaster 'The Big Dipper' along
People down giant slide
People along in cars on fairground ride
Slide into water at fair
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