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Retro: Blackpool Pleasure Beach across the decades

By Jack Marshall, Reporter

Published 4th May 2020, 10:58 BST

Updated 4th May 2020, 10:59 BST

As the weather starts to slowly - every so slowly - improve, we cast our mind back to decades past when Blackpool's Pleasure Beach was teeming.

From Marlene Dietrich losing an earring on The Big Dipper in the 1930s to a married couple of 20 years recreating the moment she said 'yes' on the Log Flume, the Pleasure Beach has seen countless people, events, and smiles. Take a look at a few snaps from the past.