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 Walkerplaceholder image
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

26 candid pictures showing life in Blackpool and across the Fylde Coast as it was 40 years ago

Claire Lark
By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 27th Jun 2026, 06:00 GMT

Take a trip down memory lane and see pictures of life in Blackpool back in 1986

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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Enjoying a spot of shooting practise at the week-long outdoor scouting jamboree held at Ribby Hall leisure park in Kirkham

19. Blackpool in 1986

Enjoying a spot of shooting practise at the week-long outdoor scouting jamboree held at Ribby Hall leisure park in Kirkham Photo: Archive

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Just one of the many float entries at Newton, Clifton and Salwick Field Day

20. Blackpool in 1986

Just one of the many float entries at Newton, Clifton and Salwick Field Day Photo: Archive

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Scouts taking part in a week-long outdoor jamboree at Ribby Hall leisure park in Kirkham

21. Blackpool in 1986

Scouts taking part in a week-long outdoor jamboree at Ribby Hall leisure park in Kirkham Photo: Archive

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Dustin Gee, the young comedian who died of a heart attack in 1985, was remembered by a group of charity walkers raising money for heart patients The young fans paraded up and down Blackpool seafront im fancy dress for eight hours, collecting cash for the resort's Victoria Hospital heart unit, in memory of Dustin

22. Blackpool in 1986

Dustin Gee, the young comedian who died of a heart attack in 1985, was remembered by a group of charity walkers raising money for heart patients The young fans paraded up and down Blackpool seafront im fancy dress for eight hours, collecting cash for the resort's Victoria Hospital heart unit, in memory of Dustin Photo: Archive

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Workers at a Lancashire nuclear plant proved they were real sports in the name of charity. Scores of them turned out to take part in a series of events at the British Nuclear Fuels site at Salwick. Fun and relay runs, a fishing contest, and cycle ride all helped raise vital cash for local organisations

23. Blackpool in 1986

Workers at a Lancashire nuclear plant proved they were real sports in the name of charity. Scores of them turned out to take part in a series of events at the British Nuclear Fuels site at Salwick. Fun and relay runs, a fishing contest, and cycle ride all helped raise vital cash for local organisations Photo: Archive

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Another entry into the Newton, Cifton and Salwick Field Day

24. Blackpool in 1986

Another entry into the Newton, Cifton and Salwick Field Day Photo: Archive

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