They are the people who were photographed enjoying the places we all know from the Pleasure Beach, to the sands, town centre and piers. They are nostalgic gems.
33 amazing retro pictures of Blackpool in 1972 and 1973 from power cuts and fires to Concorde fly past
![Pedestrians holding onto their hats and grouping together for protection against the 80 miles per hour gale force winds in Blackpool. The legs of a girl blown over by the force of the storm are just visible](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/03/27/8/28/GettyImages-2664598.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
25. People and places
Pedestrians holding onto their hats and grouping together for protection against the 80 miles per hour gale force winds in Blackpool. The legs of a girl blown over by the force of the storm are just visible
![26th March 1934: Men at work on the big dipper at a Blackpool amusement park](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/03/27/9/46/GettyImages-3094064.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
26. People and Places
26th March 1934: Men at work on the big dipper at a Blackpool amusement park
![5th July 1966: Blackpool-born boxer Brian London arrives in London for his fight with Muhammad Ali. Ali successfully defended his World Heavyweight Title](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/03/27/9/08/GettyImages-3097260.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
27. People and places
5th July 1966: Blackpool-born boxer Brian London arrives in London for his fight with Muhammad Ali. Ali successfully defended his World Heavyweight Title
![A couple of dog walkers in an otherwise deserted seafront in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England, December 1982](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/03/27/9/43/GettyImages-108185915.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
28. People and Places
A couple of dog walkers in an otherwise deserted seafront in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England, December 1982
![Music writer John Harris and Rick Witter of Shed 7 smoking cigarettes, Blackpool, United Kingdom, 11th February 1994. Harris later wrote the book 'The Last Party' about the Britpop era of British music](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/03/27/9/05/GettyImages-523207387.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
29. People and Places
Music writer John Harris and Rick Witter of Shed 7 smoking cigarettes, Blackpool, United Kingdom, 11th February 1994. Harris later wrote the book 'The Last Party' about the Britpop era of British music
![The Woolworth's store on Bank Hey Street, showing the tall square tower on the south-west elevation. F W Woolworth first opened a store at the site in 1916. The premises were expanded and reconstructed in 1936 and reopened in 1938. It was store no. 66 and, at the time, was the largest Woolworth's store in the world. The shop closed as a Woolworth's in the 1980s and was later occupied by Price Busters, Sports Direct, and Wetherspoons. Artist Nicholas Anthony John Philpot](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/03/27/9/45/GettyImages-1410640357.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
30. People and Places
The Woolworth's store on Bank Hey Street, showing the tall square tower on the south-west elevation. F W Woolworth first opened a store at the site in 1916. The premises were expanded and reconstructed in 1936 and reopened in 1938. It was store no. 66 and, at the time, was the largest Woolworth's store in the world. The shop closed as a Woolworth's in the 1980s and was later occupied by Price Busters, Sports Direct, and Wetherspoons. Artist Nicholas Anthony John Philpot