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We are the champions... grocers (from left) Adrian, George and Bill Dobson. These three Fylde brothers line up in the village store which won them the BBC's new "Shopkeeper of the Year" title. Tucked away in picturesque Wrea Green, Dobson's boasts the best grocers in England
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Blackpool Victoria Hospital was in uproar when the stars from the Apollo circus, appearing at the Pleasure Beach over Christmas, turned up to provide an afternoon's entertainment to the delighted patients in the children's ward
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Peter Pan is 75 this year. And to commemorate the occasion, St Matthew's Infant school, Preston put on Peter Pan as its Christmas pantomime. In this picture, Peter Pan - George Nimmo, six, of Nevett Street, Preston - is seen in combat with his arch-enemy Captain Hook, played by six-year-old Mark Sloane, of Fishwick Parade, Preston
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Penwortham Girls High school lacrosse squad who have reached the final of the North of England Schools competition
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Christmas is coming... and the budgies on a Lancashire farm are getting fat. But there won't be any of these flighty types heading for the oven - for the budgies, parrots, quails, cockatiels and canaries at the Fylde Foreign Bird Farm at Blackpool are strictly for the eyes only. Pictured here is manager Nigel Wild with some of the parakeets
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Christmas shoppers in Preston got a real treat when hundreds of school children turned out to entertain them. And the choirs also put on a performance for the town's Mayor and Mayoress, Coun Dennis and Jean Kehoe. Picture showsNewman College Choir at the Town Hall, watched by the Mayoress and Deputy Mayoress, Mrs Janetta Tayor