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The Blackpool Lead edition 39 - and the very first from Substack - tells the story of Doreen Jackson and her concern she will die before she gets to enjoy a sea view from her flat

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Oct 17, 2024
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A disabled pensioner fears she will die before she gets to enjoy the sea view from her Promenade home - because of large blue hoardings that have been there for a decade.

Retired hotelier Doreen Jackson, 86, has been told the solid wooden fencing opposite her ground floor flat on Queen’s Promenade, opposite the Little Bispham tram stop, will be there for…

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