The Doctor Who Exhibition was pulling in the tourists, there was a pier fire and Blackpool was ready for a new age of arcade entertainment.
In case you missed them: 23 rarely seen images of Blackpool in the days when Glass Plates Photography captured our town
8. Blackpool, 1974
The Edith Centre, Marks and Spencer Store, junction of Bank Hey Street and Albert Road Photo: National World
10. Blackpool, 1974
A large crowd of fans and a large jam butty (freshly caught in the Irish Sea) greeted comedian Ken Dodd in 1974. Ken was in Blackpool for the official opening of a new cafe, the Chuck Wagon in Deansgate, owned by Gerard Naprous and his partner Tina Photo: Submit
11. Blackpool, 1974
Adelaide Street, Hounds Hill Post Office, Jasmine House Chinese Restaurant, Coronation Rock, RHO Hills - Blackpool town centre 1974 Photo: Submit
12. Blackpool, 1974
It took a lot of manpower in January 1974 to remove the horse trough, which was a well known landlmark on St Annes beach, north of the Pier . Behind stand the wooden beach chalets which have long since gone Photo: Submit