Kirkham Grammar School hall shook to the sound of Gilbert and Sullivan as their Easter concert got under way. More than 100 pupils formed the cast of Iolanthe - the opera about love, fairies and powerKirkham Grammar School hall shook to the sound of Gilbert and Sullivan as their Easter concert got under way. More than 100 pupils formed the cast of Iolanthe - the opera about love, fairies and power
Kirkham Grammar School hall shook to the sound of Gilbert and Sullivan as their Easter concert got under way. More than 100 pupils formed the cast of Iolanthe - the opera about love, fairies and power

10 photos to take you back to 1988

A selection of your photographs from days gone by.
By Naomi Moon
Published 17th Mar 2022, 04:55 GMT
Updated 18th Mar 2022, 16:55 GMT

This week we are looking at 1988. Do you recognise yourself or anyone else in these pictures? Let us know. READ MORE: Blackpool folk in 1987 . IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: More pictures of Blackpool folk in 1986

Staff at a Kirkham crisp factory came up with a surprise packet for a cot death group. Workers at Bensons Crisps, in Marquis Street, raised £600 for the Fylde area Cot Death Group, one of the largest donations it has ever received. Pictured: Pauline Bresnihan (second from right) presenting cash from a fancy dress, three-legged pub crawl organised by the crisp factory staff to Sheila Townsend (second from left) of the cot death group. Also pictured are (from left) Jim Brannigan, Sandra Dickinson, Philip Butcher and Penny Walker

1. Blackpool in the 80s

Staff at a Kirkham crisp factory came up with a surprise packet for a cot death group. Workers at Bensons Crisps, in Marquis Street, raised £600 for the Fylde area Cot Death Group, one of the largest donations it has ever received. Pictured: Pauline Bresnihan (second from right) presenting cash from a fancy dress, three-legged pub crawl organised by the crisp factory staff to Sheila Townsend (second from left) of the cot death group. Also pictured are (from left) Jim Brannigan, Sandra Dickinson, Philip Butcher and Penny Walker Photo: Archive

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The event which has become a showcase for North West enterprise was hailed a success. Thousands of people visited the Lancashire Business To Business Exhibition during the opening two days at Blackpool's Norbreck Castle. Pictured: Mr Dick Lindsell, chief executive of ICI Chemicals and Polymers, who officially opening the exhibition, shakes 'hands' with I.C.I. 7, the company robot

2. Blackpool in the 80s

The event which has become a showcase for North West enterprise was hailed a success. Thousands of people visited the Lancashire Business To Business Exhibition during the opening two days at Blackpool's Norbreck Castle. Pictured: Mr Dick Lindsell, chief executive of ICI Chemicals and Polymers, who officially opening the exhibition, shakes 'hands' with I.C.I. 7, the company robot Photo: Archive

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Christine Myers reckons her children are three of the best. When it comes to homework, Christine, of Meadow Close, Clifton, has more to do than any of them after she started a course at Lancashire Polytechnic. She nominated her twins, Kirsty and Jade, aged 10, and Hazel, aged four, for an Evening Post Gold Award because they "really are very special"

3. Blackpool in the 80s

Christine Myers reckons her children are three of the best. When it comes to homework, Christine, of Meadow Close, Clifton, has more to do than any of them after she started a course at Lancashire Polytechnic. She nominated her twins, Kirsty and Jade, aged 10, and Hazel, aged four, for an Evening Post Gold Award because they "really are very special" Photo: Archive

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A Leyland couple - Cris and Keiran Mannion - netted a trip around a world famous Lancashire factory as winners of an Evening Post Mad March competition. The Lofthouse company of Fleetwood, who produce the sought-after Fisherman's Friends lozenges, coughed up a cheque for £100 to go with the packet of throat sweets the couple had won. Pictured: Cris Mannion receives her Fisherman's Friend from Doreen Lofthouse, watched by Tony Lofthouse (right) and husband Keiran

4. Blackpool in the 80s

A Leyland couple - Cris and Keiran Mannion - netted a trip around a world famous Lancashire factory as winners of an Evening Post Mad March competition. The Lofthouse company of Fleetwood, who produce the sought-after Fisherman's Friends lozenges, coughed up a cheque for £100 to go with the packet of throat sweets the couple had won. Pictured: Cris Mannion receives her Fisherman's Friend from Doreen Lofthouse, watched by Tony Lofthouse (right) and husband Keiran Photo: Archive

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This pair get comfy during a visit to the Lancashire Business to Business Exhibition, held at Norbreck Castle in Blackpool

5. Blackpool in the 80s

This pair get comfy during a visit to the Lancashire Business to Business Exhibition, held at Norbreck Castle in Blackpool Photo: Archive

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Blackpool Tower disappeared under a cloud of hair spray as more than 5,000 students packed into the resort's Winter Gardens for the annual hairdressing championships. Competition was intense as stylists and make-up artists from all over the country vied to outdo each other with the most weird and wonderful creations - like the one pictured

6. Blackpool in the 80s

Blackpool Tower disappeared under a cloud of hair spray as more than 5,000 students packed into the resort's Winter Gardens for the annual hairdressing championships. Competition was intense as stylists and make-up artists from all over the country vied to outdo each other with the most weird and wonderful creations - like the one pictured Photo: Archive

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