It’s when the weather finally begins to warm up and most of us get extra days of work with two Bank Holidays. For Blackpool it’s when the summer season really begins to kick off with the Golden Mile fully open to welcome the millions of visitors to our town. These pictures rewind the years to happenings in May, from weather to football, pubs, clubs and events.


14. What we did in May...
Trainee hairdressers at Blackpool and Fylde College's Fleetwood campus | National World

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Soaking up the sun are Jocelyn Neve and Sally Hemple | National World

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Craig Blinkhorn of Leicester Ave, Cleveleys, had been picked to play for the British colleges football side, to tour Trinidad and Tobago. He is pictured with brother Matthew who is the youngest player to be called into Blackpool's first team squad | National World

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Reg Matthews, the Chelsea goalkeeper, foils Blackpool as he gathers a ball from Bill Perry seen dashing in on the right in the game at Bloomfield Road, May 1953 | National World
