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21 fantastic Blackpool pictures from 1995 including Oasis and Noel Gallagher, Miss Blackpool and Sooty

By Claire Lark
Published 24th Oct 2023, 10:02 GMT
Updated 4th Jan 2024, 14:58 GMT

1995 was quite a year in Blackpool.

It was when Oasis famously played the Empress Ballroom, when Blackpool Airport opened a new terminal and the Bee Gees switched on the Illuminations. Teachers descended on Blackpool for a conference over class sizes and Sooty was in town. Can you remember 1995? These might jog your memory…

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Another scene from the Illuminations switch on with the Bee Gees

19. Blackpool, 1995

Another scene from the Illuminations switch on with the Bee Gees Photo: Submit

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Sooty and friends with Matthew Corbett in Blackpool

20. Blackpool, 1995

Sooty and friends with Matthew Corbett in Blackpool Photo: Submit

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Blackpool Symphony Orchestra with conductor Robert Atherton

21. Blackpool, 1995

Blackpool Symphony Orchestra with conductor Robert Atherton Photo: na

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Gill Bridge, 27, found she has no time for reflection after being appointed managing director of Blackpool Football Club. She kept future dates in an action book

22. Blackpool, 1995

Gill Bridge, 27, found she has no time for reflection after being appointed managing director of Blackpool Football Club. She kept future dates in an action book Photo: RETRO

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