We’ve trawled the archives to find the best pictures showing Blackpool people and in the surrounding area doing all sorts of things in 1986.
Do you recognise anyone? Remember the event? Let us know.
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1. Blackpool in 1986
Cricketing maidens at a Lancashire school have just pulled off a splendid hat-trick. Girls from Elmslie Girls School, on Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, have clinched the Lancashire and Cheshire championship for the third season in a row. Pictured: Elmslie Girls School cricketers, from left: Louise Cox, Hayley Cook, Melanie Olsen, Susan Eccles, Adele Scarlett, Vicky Parkinson, Lisa Collum, Tracey Holt, and Rachel Walker Photo: Archive
2. Blackpool in 1986
These youngsters certainly have a nose for news. When they saw TV funnyman Russ Abbot on Blackpool's North Pier they smelled an exclusive. Cub reporters from Freckleton's Strike Lane County Primary School scooped their interview with the madcap comic as part of a media studies topic Photo: Archive
3. Blackpool in 1986
These three proved to be the winning combination in the Queen of the Lights pageant Photo: Archive
4. Blackpool in 1986
Two Blackpool supporters are kicking off the new football season in the best possible place tomorrow... Wembley Stadium. But the hard work will start for 45-year-old Dave Burns and grannie Liz Straun. For the dynamic duo will then run all the way back to Bloomfield Road - arriving just in time for the opening League game on Saturday, August 23. The run has been organised jointly to raise cash for both the Rebecca Hayworth Appeal and the soccer club Photo: Archive
5. Blackpool in 1986
Rocket man Kinnie Gibson went to Blackpool Tower in a way never seen before. The 29-year-old Californian blasted 100ft up the famous landmark in an ear-splitting jet-propelled fight lasting just six seconds. Holidaymakers gasped as his jet-pack blasted into life - boosting him high above the packed promenade at a sizzling 60mph Photo: Archive
6. Blackpool in 1986
Star ice dancer Nicky Slater and the staff and pupils from Kirkham Grammar School were running for England. They took part in a sponsored walk/jog/run round the school playing fields and half of the money raised will be given to help meet the expenses of England's Commonwealth Games team. The other half will go towards the school's multi-purpose hall project Photo: Archive