From Elton John at Bloomfield Road, to the tearing down of a car park and the first days of Trinity Hospice, these wonderful pictures of nostalgia remember a lost era.
13. Blackpool 1985
Sports promoter John Farrar organised a three-day cricket festival at Stanley Park which attracted nearly 50 world class stars and well over 7,000 spectators. The festival was the biggest event of its type held on the Fylde Coast for years, and the most ambitious of Farrar's projects so far. He is pictured above showing off his sporting prowess at the festival Photo: National World
14. Blackpool 1985
Father Francis may not have found his way onto Top of the Pops. But the singing, guitar-strumming melodic monk was famous to thousands of needy people who were helped by his non-stop charity work. He was busking in Blackpool for one day a week and collecting money for the blind Photo: National World
15. Blackpool 1985
Elton John in the crowds at Bloomfield Road when he came to watch Blackpool striker Keith Mercer’s testimonial match Photo: National World