Comments on: Blackpool http://www.bobthebrit.net/2009/09/04/blackpool/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed demystifying Britishness Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathy and Ken Blackpool http://www.bobthebrit.net/2009/09/04/blackpool/comment-page-1/#comment-11532 Kathy and Ken Blackpool Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:37:11 +0000 http://www.bobthebrit.net/?p=818#comment-11532 Wakes Weeks when the Mill towns used to close down for the entirety was the name given to those weeks. Each town like Rochdale or Oldham had different ones Blackpool of course had all of them. The mill owners used to use the downtime for maintenance of the machinery as usually it was in use 24/7 Wakes Weeks when the Mill towns used to close down for the entirety was the name given to those weeks. Each town like Rochdale or Oldham had different ones Blackpool of course had all of them.

The mill owners used to use the downtime for maintenance of the machinery as usually it was in use 24/7

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