They are snapshots of a long-gone culture, which for many of us seems like yesterday. It was a time of change, when decimalisation came in, strike action on the picket lines and when holidaying at home was still a big thing.
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7. How we used to live - 70 and 80s
Discos were all the rage in the 70s as these Blackpool teenagers prove in 1974 Photo: Submit
8. How we used to live - 70s and 80s
The wire fencing at the front of the Kop in this 1970s photo at Bloomfield Road was installed to keep spectators well back so that their view was not too screened by the mesh during a Blackpool-York match. It was the first time the new fencing had been in use Photo: Historical
9. How we used to live 70s and 80s
Hoteliers waiting to look round Coral Island before it officially opened in 1980s. And it's still going strong Photo: submit
10. How we used to live - 70s and 80s
A young boy plays near the Ashton Road rubbish tip which nearby residents believed was infested with rats, March 1980 Photo: National World
11. How we used to live - 70s and 80s
At work at the National Savings in Blackpool, 1980. It was a large and popular employer back in the day Photo: Submit
12. How we used to live 70s and 80s
The shops we used to shop at in the 1970s - Jackson the Tailor, Cavendish furniture, John Collier and Richard Shops in Church Street Photo: submit