It was a year of turbulence – and disaster. A plane crashed at Pontins, there was a horrific incident at Blackpool Victoria Hospital when an eye doctor stabbed three children and there was a fire at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. It was a year of strikes in industry but it was also a year of new attractions in Blackpool.
8. Blackpool, 1972
Power cuts in 1972 were the result of the miners strike. Les and his Honky Tonks perform at the Royal Oak Hotel, South Shore. The headlights of a mini belonging to one of the regulars provided emergency lighting during the blackout in the pub Photo: National World
9. Blackpool, 1972
Alan Rusling applies the make up for the boys featured in the Wingsover Seaways routine, Blackpool Gang Show Photo: submit
10. Blackpool, 1972
This was the scene at Blackpool Victoria Hospital following a triple murder where three children were stabbed Photo: National World
11. Blackpool, 1972
A view of Blackpool North Station, Talbot Road, during a work to rule by railmen in 1972 Photo: staff
12. Blackpool, 1972
Church Street junction with Regent Road in 1985. The vacant lot was once owned by the Blackpool Bill Posting Company and was used for giant billboards which were set back from the pavement and seperated from it by a patch of grass and tiny iron railings. The site and the company's premises next door were sold to Waldron's builers in 1972 Photo: staff