We’ve scoured the archives to find some of the best pictures showing what the people of Blackpool were getting up to in 1985. Do you recognise anyone? Are you in one of the pictures? Let us know. READ MORE: Picture memories from 1984. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Photos showing 1983. MORE MEMORIES: A gallery of 1982 photos
1. Blackpool in 1985
At the Plough in Freckleton these kind folk were about to put on their own Live Aid gig Photo: Archive
2. Blackpool in 1985
Just one of the many floats passing by during Warton Club Day Photo: Archive
3. Blackpool in 1985
There's an Oriental theme to this float that took part in Warton Club Day Photo: Archive
5. Blackpool in 1985
A £39,000 chemistry laboratory have a boost to the appliance of science at a Lancashire grammar school. The new laboratory in the Norwood Block at Kirkham Grammar School was opened by the deputy general manager of British Nuclear Fuels, Dr Peter Manning Photo: Archive
6. Blackpool in 1985
The high life wasn't all plain sailing for daredevil Sunday school teacher Gillian Edwards - but the force was with her. Sixteen-year-old Gillian decided that her white Rose Queen dress hasn't had its true test. So, with the help of the Seventh Blackpool Venture Scout unit, she took on the laws of gravity to abseil 100ft down Kirkham St Michael's church tower Photo: Archive