From fighter jets landing on the M55 and busy shops at Christmas, to scaling Blackpool Tower and the newly crowned Miss Blackpool, it was all happening!
30 evocative retro pics of Blackpool Tower and its attractions from the aquarium to it's famous circus and zoo
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19. Back to 1975
As the number of greenhouses in this photograph from 1975 show, Marton Moss was famous for it's market gardening and Blackpool tomatoes were renowned for their flavour. In recent years many of these greenhouses in the Sandy Lane area have been demolished. | National World
20. Back to 1975
Blackpool's Brian Fouldes emerged triumphant from the resort's Imperial Hotel swimming pool after smashing the world underwater endurance record. Brian, a 23-year-old electrician, of Collins Avenue, Bispham, added 16 hours to the record set by an American. And, when he was lifted from the water after 88 hours, a weary Brian just managed a weak cheer for the applauding crowd of about 100 which had gathered around the pool | National World
21. Back to 1975
Entrants in the final of the Bathing Beauties competition at Fleetwood | National World
22. Back to 1975
Roy Payne has a flight around Blackpool Tower approx 1975 | National World
23. Back to 1975
Candice Tassall, 24; Ray Cornell, 29; and Vivien Lewis, 22 - better known as The Dream Machine. Ray has lived at Blackpool's South Shore for five years - ever since he came to the town to choreograph the Little and Large Summer Show at the North Pier in 1975 | National World
24. Back to 1975
A Jaguar sits on the M55 in April 1975 just before it was officially opened | National World