From Labour Party conferences to kids on the beach and a nod to the moon landings the year before, this was how Blackpool was 54 years ago.
7. Blackpool, 1970
George Best caught in training in Blackpool by an Evening Gazette photographer in 1970 Photo: Submit
8. Blackpool, 1970
The new look Blackpool Tower frontage nearing completion in 1970 Photo: staff
9. Blackpool, 1970
Dick Haymes and Norman Wisdom with some of the 43 finalists in the first round of the Miss United Kingdom Bathing Beauty Competition at the Open Air Baths, South Shore, August 1970 Photo: staff
10. Blackpool, 1970
A general view showing the top table during the opening day of Labour's 69th Party Conference (Photo by Leonard Burt/Central Press/Getty Images) Photo: Leonard Burt
11. Blackpool, 1970
Holidaying in Blackpool, 1970 Photo: National World
12. Blackpool, 1970
Then the Secretary of State for Education and Science Margaret Thatcher chats to some of the girls after presenting the Elmslie School speech day prizes in the Holy Trinity Church Hall Photo: Submit