19 nostalgic photos capture how different Blackpool looked in the 1980s

Digital Journalist

Published 23rd Aug 2025, 15:00 GMT

Great photos always stir the memories and these from the 1980s are bound to do that.

They cover the decade from 1980-1989 and remember news events, beach, people and buildings which shaped Blackpool during that time. Can you remember the 1980s?

ICYMI: Blackpool Retro: 21 wonderful lost archive scenes of Blackpool rounding up events, streets, faces and places

19 forgotten and lost pubs on the Fylde Coast including Fleetwood, Lytham and Poulton

Can you name these 25 local boozers in Blackpool through retro pub pictures?

Fancy a warm hit of nostalgia? Sign up to our Blackpool Gazette retro newsletter email

Fire at Funland Amusements, Blackpool

1. Fire at Funland Amusements

Fire at Funland Amusements, Blackpool | National World

Pupils from Langdale School joined the protest against the threatened closure of the Derby Baths outside Blackpool Town Hall in 1988.

2. Blackpool 1980-1989

Pupils from Langdale School joined the protest against the threatened closure of the Derby Baths outside Blackpool Town Hall in 1988. | library

Central Pier, July 1982

3. Blackpool 1980-1989

Central Pier, July 1982 | National World

July 1987
family holidaying in Blackpool

4. Blackpool 1980-1989

July 1987 family holidaying in Blackpool | National World

Tram shelter at the corner of Central Drive and Waterloo Road, Blackpool in 1983

5. Blackpool 1980-1989

Tram shelter at the corner of Central Drive and Waterloo Road, Blackpool in 1983 | National World

Blackpool Football Club on Bloomfield Road has seen many changes since this view in 1986

6. Blackpool 1980-1989

Blackpool Football Club on Bloomfield Road has seen many changes since this view in 1986 | National world

Blackpool People Nostalgia Poulton Fleetwood

News you can trust since 1873

© 2026 Iconic Media Group Ltd. All rights reserved.Terms and Conditions Privacy notice