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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Friar Tuck left Sherwood Forest for the swimming baths to lend his hand to a Lancashire school's gala day. Phil Rose, star of ITV's popular Robin Hood series, made a return to Treales CE Primary School to open their gala at nearby Kirkham Baths

25. Blackpool in 1986

Friar Tuck left Sherwood Forest for the swimming baths to lend his hand to a Lancashire school's gala day. Phil Rose, star of ITV's popular Robin Hood series, made a return to Treales CE Primary School to open their gala at nearby Kirkham Baths Photo: Archive

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Fylde villagers certainly know how to have a field day. And what better spot for an afternoon of fun and games than one of Lancashire's most beautiful village greens. The proud people of Wrea Green were joined by families from neighbouring areas for the traditional field day festivities, which included a parade

26. Blackpool in 1986

Fylde villagers certainly know how to have a field day. And what better spot for an afternoon of fun and games than one of Lancashire's most beautiful village greens. The proud people of Wrea Green were joined by families from neighbouring areas for the traditional field day festivities, which included a parade Photo: Archive

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