{"id":284,"date":"2024-06-24T10:47:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T10:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history\/?p=284"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:38:02","slug":"samuel-l-jackson-visit-to-fleetwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/samuel-l-jackson-visit-to-fleetwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel L Jackson Visits Fleetwood"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samuel L. Jackson made an entertaining appearance on &#8220;The Graham Norton Show,&#8221; where he shared a humorous story about his visit to Fleetwood involving taking selfies and seeing a very unusual sign. He had been in Blackpool to play a role in Tim Burton&#8217;s film &#8216;Miss Peregrine&#8217;s Peculiar Children&#8217;. 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