Within seconds, a great wave came rushing in to the shore, destroying everything that was lying in the way, and sweeping away everybody who was in the way.

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And then the big multinational began to shift its manufacturing facilities off-shore, the first big wave of deindustrialization in the second half of the 1980s.

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The gin-clear waters tumble in perfectly at high tide, and friends can watch from shore as you ride your first wave.

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Paul Morris, from South Shore, Blackpool, was washed into the sea by a wave while walking a dog with a friend in the early hours of New Year's Day.

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