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Sep 23, 2011 · The cash will be used to repair 12 roads in the borough. A Lancashire town made famous by the Beatles for its potholes has been given nearly half a million pounds to repair them.
- In Pictures: Lancashire Potholes
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- Lancashire Council to Spend £5M Repairing Potholes
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- In Pictures: Lancashire Potholes
Aug 3, 2023 · 4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire. It’s a story that rumbles on, 56 years later – in fact, it’s getting louder, certainly in Blackburn. Shaun Murray is a driving instructor in the area ...
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Jul 29, 2021 · Blackburn was not best pleased to have its 4,000 potholes placed on the global stage, and neither was the Albert Hall. Papers that came to light in 2015 revealed that the iconic London venue wrote to the Beatles in 1967 to object "in the strongest conceivable terms" to being named in the song.
Apr 2, 2008 · If people in Blackburn read the news today they would learn the number of potholes has dramatically dropped. The Beatles song A Day in the Life, stated that the Lancashire town had 4,000 holes,...
Jan 25, 2024 · The Beatles live: King George’s Hall, Blackburn. There may or may not have been four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire, but what is known is that The Beatles performed just once in the town. The occasion was the final date of the group’s UK tour with Roy Orbison.
Jan 4, 2010 · Officials estimated they would need £153million to fix all crumbling roads and pavements, including £13million in Blackburn. Instead, they can only afford to repair holes deemed dangerous.
Jun 1, 2007 · Share. TWO HUNDRED holes in Blackburn, Lancashire - it doesn't have the same ring to it as the line in John Lennon's 'A Day in the Life' song that made the town famous for its 4,000...
