They are the Lollipop patrols who turned out day after day in all weathers to make sure Blackpool’s kids got to the school gates safely. These pictures go right back to the 1990s and show our much-loved crossing patrols in their hi-vis jackets and their iconic lollipops. Kids are featured too… can you remember your lollipop man or lady?
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13. A toast to our Lollipop Patrols
Lollipop Lady Bridie Matley outside our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool, 2006 Photo: Bill Johnson
14. A toast to our Lollipop Patrols
Bridie Matley outside our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School in 2008 Photo: Bill Johnson
15. A toast to our Lollipop Patrols
After a six-month long campaign in 2006, pupils at Flakefleet School in Fleetwood had a crossing patrol. Lollipop lady Avril Bairstow with some of the pupils. Photo: Rob Lock
16. A toast to our Lollipop Patrols
In this picture from 2005, Revoe Primary School pupils were on the look out for a new Lollipop person. Back L-R Amy Traynor , Jordan Maxwell, and Richard Kennedy with Tara Crockhard at the front. Photo: Martin Bostock