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.
19. Blackpool 1989
Poulton raft races in the 1980s Tony King's Fylde Tilecraft team taken in June 1989 dressed as nurses. | National World
20. Blackpool, 1989
Never before seen photo of The Stone Roses at Blackpool's Empress Ballroom in August 1989 | National World
21. Blackpool, 1989
Toddler Dane Southworth was a baby in one hundred. The 17-month-old youngster reached the semi-final stages of the national Boots Baby of the Year contest. Mother Mrs Tracey Southworth, of Forest Gate, Blackpool, was stunned when she heard Dane had won through to the last 100 out of a total entry of 19,000 | National World
22. Blackpool, 1989
Funnyman Les Dawson with his wife Tracey on their wedding day at the White Church | National World
23. Blackpool, 1989
Poster for The Stone Roses at Blackpool's Empress Ballroom gig in August 1989 | National World
