Hi I will put 1942 and 1943 noteable events together. Blackpool Regiment fight the Japenese. Singapore falls (16th February). Local families wait anxiously for news. Donkeys' Charter bans fat persons and ensures proper rest periods. Coach tours and excursions suspended. 1943 Blackpool Home Guard carry out an anti-invasion excercise on the beach. (16th May) "Wings for Victory Week" raises £1.800.000. 3.000 boarding house beds requisitioned by Government at short notice. Visitors ejected. Landladies protest. Evacuated Civil Servants stage a sit-down strike on tram lines to draw attention to inadequate transport services. The North-Western Regional Traffic Commissioner investigates and authorises more trams. See you tomorrow with 1944 events. Jacqui