There had been a murder in a care home, one which wouldn’t be solved for more than a decade, the resort’s Golden Mile was altering beyond recognition and Blackpool Victoria had a new special care baby unit. They are rarely seen photos and showcase a year.
7. Blackpool - 1978
This was in 1978 and the photo was taken during the investigation of the murder of Kitty Weaver who was viciously stabbed to death with a four-inch blade at a South Shore rest home in Seventh Avenue Photo: library
8. Blackpool - 1978
This was a reader's photo and is a scene from the Revoe area of Blackpool Photo: submit
9. Blackpool 1978
A derelict house at the rear of Bonny Street in 1978 - courtesy of the Herbert Ball Collection Photo: Herbert Ball Collection
10. Blackpool - 1978
Top Russian surgeons worked with a skilled Lancashire health team on two major operations at a Blackpool hospital. The three Soviet doctors spent several days in the Blackpool district during a fortnight-long visit as part of an Anglo-Soviet exchange agreement Photo: National World
11. Blackpool - 1978
The crowds turned out to see comic Ken Dodd tour Blackpool in an open-topped bus to draw fun-seekers to the resort's brand new £4.5m leisure complex - Coral Island, in the centre of the Golden Mile. Leading his way was a procession of horse-drawn landaus piled high with pretty girls, and a jazz band pounded a holiday beat Photo: National World