These photos will bring back memories of Blackpool's fast food takeaways – when the big names we’ve all come to know and love began opening up in Blackpool.
Our eating habits were changing and fast food style eateries began to take over. Some of these go back a bit and it’s fascinating to see how rebranding has altered the venues over the years. There’s others as well – Burgerdome is in there, remember that after nights out in Blackpool?
Wimpy in Blackpool 1985. The caption on the back says how eat, drink and be merry was taking on a new meaning in a modern world of high-speed cosumerism. | National World
The days when a fiver covered it. Another from Wimpy in Blackpool, 1985. The writing was on the wall with the caption on the back 'Fast Food is out to overtake the delicacies of yesteryear' they meant pie n peas, cockels, mussels, whelks and oysters! | National World
American Charcoal Pit, Cookson Street, October 1987. It says on the back of the photo that it specialised in sirloin steaks served on sesame seed buns with salad and a choice of eight relishes | National World
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