Milletts outdoor shop, 1989placeholder image
Milletts outdoor shop, 1989

13 Blackpool shops and streets back to the 1980s which you will remember

These pictures bring some of our favourite shops into sharp focus, mainly during the 1980s.

It was a time when every unit and shop was filled with trade and people would pack the streets on a Saturday afternoon hunting for a bargain. It was the last era of true high street shopping before the age of Internet shopping began to tighten its grip.

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