It was the year when they protested against closing Derby Baths, it was a rubbish August weatherwise (sounds familiar) and the Ramsden Arms landlord won Inkeeper of the Year. Lots more going on too as our pictures show.
7. Blackpool, 1988
Aces from Blackpools Commonwealth Karate Club gave the opposition the chop in a national competition in 1988 Photo: National World
8. Blackpool, 1988
Pupils from Langdale School joined the protest against the threatened closure of the Derby Baths outside Blackpool Town Hall in 1988 Photo: staff
9. Blackpool, 1988
Matron Mrs Ann Heavyside SRN and her staff at the opening of the new Tremayne Nursing Home in Levens Grove Photo: National World
10. Blackpool, 1988
Mrs Audie Stafford delivers the blow which initiated the demolition of the wooden classrooms at Elmslie Girls School on Whitegate Drive. The school was marking its 70th jubilee in 1988 with a £100,000 extension - including a private studies where the 80-odd girls could work in peace for their A Levels. From left: Gillian Clegg (aged nine), Jane Roberts (age seven), Mrs Margaret Gledhill (Elmslie old girl), Mrs Stafford, Emma Sherman (headgirl), Mrs Mary Hargreaves and Miss Dorothy Ford (Emslie old girls) and Mrs Elizabeth Smithies (head teacher) Photo: library
11. Blackpool, 1988
Weather looks very similar to August 2023 - this was August 1988 Photo: library
12. Blackpool, 1988
Coronation Street in Blackpool - Curly Watts [Kevin Kennedy], Martin Platt [Sean Wilson] Shirley Armitage [Lisa Lewis], and Jenny Bradley [Sally Ann Matthews] Photo: Granada Television