Bosses at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool have made the shock announcement that five of its rides will close for good.

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The 1960s weren’t just about rock ‘n’ roll and Vietnam War protests; they were also the birthplace of cutting-edge electronics that defined a generation. From sleek transistor radios to ...

The Packers pulled off another three-peat during the Vince Lombardi era in the 1960s. In 2010, Bart Starr – who was the Packers quarterback and Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II MVP – spoke at a ...

“We’re like, ‘What trophy?’” said Edelstein’s father, Matt. Years ago, Eric Hisam said he brought to Florida a 1960 NFL championship trophy from his aunt’s home in Philadelphia. The trophy once ...

“It’s part what you know from the 1960s, but part what you’ve never seen before.” So why the Sixties? While the Space Race and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union ...

An MP has again urged a hotel chain and the Home Office to stop housing asylum seekers in a seaside hotel Blackpool South MP Chris Webb said "the location and the facilities" of the Metropole ...

New loan signing Niall Ennis marked his debut with a late equaliser as Blackpool came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Charlton in League One. In-form Charlton looked set to improve their play-off ...

Ted Richardson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images On the afternoon of February 1, 1960, four college freshmen walked up to the lunch counter of a Woolworth’s department store in Greensboro ...

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saw basically all of our tram tracks ripped up by the 1960s. Now they’re oddities with limited routes in Croydon, Manchester, Nottingham, Edinburgh and a few other cities in the UK. Over on the ...

She will be dearly missed,” the statement said. Faithfull was known for her 1960’s hits including “As Tears Go By” which was written by The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards and Mick Jagger ...