19. Blackpool in 1997
Water bosses welcomed more than 450 members of the public and councillors to test the water at a waste water works criticised for causing a stink. People had the chance to see how North West Water has spent £3m curing the problem of bad smells at Clifton Marsh plant, which plagued neighbouring villages earlier this year. Pictured: Clifton Marsh plant manager Shanthi Rasratnam with a sample of water Photo: Archive
20. Blackpool in 1997
Teenagers in a Lancashire village are facing a shortage of fun and games after news that the county council could pull the plug on funding their youth worker. Inskip Young People's group say Lancashire County Council is threatening to axe their annual grant of £1,000 as the money is needed elsewhere. Pictured: Club members Joanna Diaper, Oliver Seddon and Lucinda Hogarth outside their youth club Photo: Archive
21. Blackpool in 1997
Youth club child of the year Mark Diaper from Inskip Photo: Archive
22. Blackpool in 1997
Blackpool Dance Festival at the Winter Gardens Photo: Martin Bostock
23. Blackpool in 1997
When the temperature drops below zero Yvonne Burgess goes to bed. She does not want to, but the 70-year-old has no central heating and it is the only way she can keep warm when the weather turns cold. Yvonne lives alone in a small bungalow in Freckleton and has just over £60 a week to pay her bills, feed and clothe herself. If a Cold Weather Bill by Preston MP Audrey Wise to change the way benefits top-up is calculated had become law she would perhaps be able to afford extra heating Photo: Archive
24. Blackpool in 1997
Kirkham and Wesham Club Day Photo: Archive