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Ventriloquist Keith Harris and his popular little bird, Orville, are looking forward to getting their teeth into their latest seaside challenge when they bring their highly successful variety show to Blackpool's Grand Theatre. Keith and Orville are pictured above with some of their fans
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Slump-hit Blackpool was blooming again... thanks to a dazzling display of flower power. Crowds packed into the resort's Imperial Hotel to watch the pick of Britain's florists at work. Pictured is ten-year-old Lisa Shuck with one of the winning exhibits at the Interflora Florist of the Year contest
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Preston North End players were the ideal judges for a painting competition organised for young hospital patients by Deepdale Radio... for the subject was football. Team captain Don O'Riordan is pictured with some of the children in Royal Preston Hospital who took part
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Blackpool coach builders Duple won a race against time to unveil two new designs for Birmingham Motor Show. Staff at the Vicarage Road plant had been working round the clock to prepare the futuristic coach bodies for the show - and completed them just in time. The bodies are the first completely new designs from the Lancashire firm for several years