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Repossessed Property NewsBlackpool tops repossession league (February 13, 2008) Blackpool tops repossession league (February 13, 2008) Blackpool tops repossession league Osborne Road hotelier John Begley whose home is at risk
 THE misery of repossession struck more than 1,000 times in Blackpool last year, new figures have revealed.
More
families in the resort face the heartache of losing their home than in
any other area in Lancashire, shocking new Government figures reveal
today.And one Blackpool man, whose family risk losing their home and business as his wife fights for her life, said: "We're in an impossible situation." According to Government figures, there were 1,115 claims for repossession made in Blackpool in 2007, an increase of six per cent on the previous year. In Lancashire as a whole, there were 4,179 repossession orders, up 13 per cent. John and Brenda Begley of Osborne Road, South Shore, received a letter this week warning them that their home, The Southcliffe Guest House, faces being repossessed unless they can repay arrears built up while Mrs Begley, 54, fights breast cancer. Mr Begley, 50, says he works every hour he can in his maintenance job at Pontins, South Shore, after the family had to close the guest house due to Mrs Begley's illness. But he fears the couple and daughter Chardelle, 17, will end up homeless. Click here to return to the News page 
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