The year also saw raw emotion on the terraces, when tempers flared during Blackpool FC’s clash with Birmingham.
In quieter corners of the town though something more gentle began, the formation of a tortoise society.
These rarely seen photographs take you back to the much-loved a time we are not ready to let go.
3. Blackpool, 1989
1989 was the year holiday company Cosmos launched their flights from Blackpool to Majorca | National World
4. Blackpool, 1989
Birminham City fans went on the rampage in Blackpool, starting at the Dutton Arms South Shore where the landlord and staff locked themselves in a room when rioting fans ransacked the bar | library
5. Blackpool, 1989
1989 was the year when a huge blaze broke our at Funland Amusements. Firefighters had extinguished the flames in this scene and the devastating damage was clear | National World
6. Blackpool, 1989
Actor Tom Lack recreated the part of Harry Howell in an episode of Crimewatch UK which reconstructed Harry's unsolved murder | National World