As you can see the people of Blackpool were getting up to all sorts of activities. Do you remember any of them? Are you in any of the pictures?
7. Blackpool in 1988
Blackpool Seagulls ice hockey team, playing against Trafford Metros Photo: Archive
9. Blackpool in 1988
An ambitious multi-million pound sea-faring project in Lancashire is gearing up for the next stage of its development. The Discovery 2 is being built at Fleetwood at a cost of £4.2m and students from Blackpool and Fylde will be displaying their own artist's impression drawings of the 150-foot purpose-built schooner-rigged yacht. Pictured are students Ian Hargreaves and Carole Nunn, looking at blueprints with project leader Jim Hodgkinson Photo: Archive
11. Blackpool in 1988
Is it a bird... is it a plane? No, it's five-year-old Luke Parkes flying high at the Elswick Gala. His Red Sparrow invention was one of many highlights at the Gala Day when villagers turned out in force to witness a festival of entertainment Photo: Archive
12. Blackpool in 1988
Car parts rescued from the scrap heap become a feature of the Golden Mile at Blackpool when nimble-fingered cub scouts, scouts and venture scouts from all over the country turned them into highly-geared streamlined racing machines Photo: Archive