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Staff from The Tickled Trout Hotel at Samlesbury, where Mrs Betty Fletcher has worked as a cleaner for more than 12 years, paid a toast to her as she prepared for her first-ever flight. The jet-set pensioner flew from Blackpool Airport in an all-expenses paid trip to the Isle of Man, paid for by her employers
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Eager beavers are proving right on the ball as far as top handicapped table tennis stars are concerned. For youngsters - aged from six to eight - from the 1st Broughton Beavers colony have taken on the back breaking job of picking up mis-hit table tennis balls during a fortnightly training session at Fulwood Leisure Centre. They are pictured with leisure centre administrative officer Barry Travis
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Tigers and teabags joined forces to raise money for the Ethiopia appeal fund. They were just some of the amazing outfits worn by regulars in a fancy dress sponsored pub crawl. The fund raising soccer team from the Queen Adelaide in New Hall Lane, in Preston, toured 10 watering holes
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Preston-born magician Johnny Hart (left), who has performed at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, came down to earth with a bump at the magicians convention in Blackpool. Pictured above Johnny compares notes with Tom Owen from Blackpool
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Badminton players who competed in a Water Board competition
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After the Ball is Over, presented at The Grand Theatre in Blackpool