Blackpool Wakes

Blackpool Wakes

1989 · 57 min · Documentary

From political conferences to the George Formby Society's annual bash, and Pleasure Beach to the weather, an Arena documentary on the seaside town of Blackpool and its history.

Directed by Charles Pattinson

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