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Pioneering Teenagers Relive Their Youth
Teenagers of the Fifties and Sixties have taken a musical trip down memory lane in Lytham and Blackpool.

A Taste Of Teenage Life In Sixties Blackpool
Remember The Beehive, The Top Ten, The Golden Nugget, The Roaring 20s or The Casa Romano?
These were just some of the coffee bars which were the places to be seen for teenagers growing up in Blackpool during the Sixties.

Lancashire Jukebox Project Awarded £50,904 National Lottery Grant
Jukeboxes, which produced the soundtrack to teenage lives in the Fifties and Sixties, will be celebrated with exciting events on Lancashire’s seaside coast, thanks to a £50,904 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Lytham School’s Rock N Roll Lesson
Children at a Lytham school and their grandparents turned back time by Rocking Around The Clock during a history lesson with a difference.

We Won!
We’re excited to announce that Give Me Today, Anytime has won the Arts & Humanities Research Council Inspiration Award! Click here to watch the film!

Inspirational Film In Line For Top Award
We’re delighted to report that Give Me Today, Anytime, the documentary which featured in our Walking In Others Footsteps project has been nominated for a prestigious award! The film, created by Jon Randall and Tom Diffenthal, was part of the celebration of the digitisation of the Elizabeth Roberts Working Class