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Anchorsholme pensioners bought their flats for the view - now it will be blocked

Margaret, speaking to The Blackpool Lead, said the sales of two flats at Wilvere Court have fallen through because of the plans

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Dec 11, 2024
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Dianne McKnight, 76, and her husband Frank, 75, look out at the setting sun from their flat in Wilvere Court, Anchorsholme. Credit: The Blackpool Lead

Pensioners living in seafront flats at Anchorsholme have hit out at plans to build a new sea defence compound - complete with large hoardings - between their homes and the beach for an indeterminate length…

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