This is how Blackpool Illuminations looked in the 1980s - how many of these light displays do you remember?

By Colin Ainscough

Published 26th Feb 2021, 12:38 GMT

Updated 26th Feb 2021, 13:03 GMT

The annual drive through Blackpool's famous Illuminations has been the highlight of the year for kids across the UK for generations.

And with the display changing every few years, everyone's memories of the 10km long light fantastic are sure to be different.

Here we take a look back at the display during the 1980s.

How many do you remember?

The Illuminations pre-historic display in 1987.

The Wild West display was installed in 1985.

The Doctor arrived in the town to save its residents from the Cybermen in 1982.

An image of the Windmill Land tableau from 1983, which was in place in Bispham.

Beatrix Potter characters.

The holiday Time tableau at North Shore in 1982, showed amusing Blackpool Holiday scenes.

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