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.

13. Blackpool, 1970
Radio mechanic Harry Harrison checks one of the transmitters with petty officer Norman Marshall at HMS Inskip Photo: library

14. Blackpool, 1970
Patricia Lunn, who helped with the excavation of an elk found in the ground below a demolished house in Carleton, in 1970 Photo: submit

15. Blackpool, 1970
Norman Hunter and manager Jimmy Armfield in the 1970 Blackpool FC panto Photo: National World


17. Blackpool, 1970
Mr William Gorry (standing centre) with charge engineer Mr L. Newton (foreground) and control engineer Mr B. Hodgkinson in the control room of Fleetwood Power Station in 1970 Photo: Submit

18. Blackpool, 1970
Jesse Turner - 'The Razor-Blade King' about 1970 pictured outside BHS in Blackpool. Apparently he sold razor blades at Blackpool FC matches. Does anyone remember this? Photo: Submit

