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Accommodation, Blackpool

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Government Departments – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 30 June 1947.

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Photo of Mr Edward Evans Mr Edward Evans , Lowestoft 12:00, 30 June 1947

Would the Minister consider first those resorts on the East and South coasts which bore the full brunt of the war rather than places like Blackpool?

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