Blackpool North Pier: 23 rarely seen photos of the resort's oldest pier through the memorable decades of the 80s and 90s
By Claire Lark
Published 28th Dec 2022, 15:45 BST
North Pier will be 160 years old next year.
It’s Blackpool's oldest pier and is steeped in history, memories and stories which echo through the decades. These photos snapshot a brief history in time through the 1980s and 90s.
North Pier was ravaged by storms in 1990. A collapsed section of the pier is shown in this photo which was estimated to cost £100k to repair Photo: National World
A danger sign heeds a warning to fishermen. It needed repairing but the caption on the back of the photos says the 40ft section of the pier jetty was not going to be demolished Photo: National World