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Brun Grove

The street has a strange history; the dip in the middle was due to subsidence caused after the Spen Dyke (that drained the Black Pool) was culverted and the land dried. The row of terraced houses on the left were built on a concrete slab, and slowly sank about 3 metres, resulting in regular flooding with sewage when Blackpool's sewer system, the weather and tides conspired. The occupants were eventually rehoused, the floors raised with even more concrete and the premises became commercial.