I remember the 80s like it was yesterday and 1988 was one of them, 4th year at high school (Year 10 if you are younger). Yazz topped the charts, Erasure were at their peak, it was the year of the Lockerbie disaster and bread was about 59p. These photos reflect our town through one year...
19. Blackpool, 1988
Mrs Audie Stafford delivers the blow which initiated the demolition of the wooden classrooms at Elmslie Girls School on Whitegate Drive | National World
20. Blackpool, 1988
A major Lancashire nuclear plant was recovering from a full-scale alert when a dramatic toxic disaster incident was staged. A leak in a liquid storage tank caused emergency crews to rush to the scene with workers on stand-by for evacuation. But it was not for real - the assimilation of a deadly toxic leak at British Nuclear Fuels' Springfields site, Salwick, was performed as part of an annual exercise to test emergency procedures and worker repsonse. Firemen tackle the chemical 'leak' | National World
21. Blackpool, 1988
Blackpool Tower Aquarium. Undersea World foreman Harry Willacy with giant turtles October 1988 | National World
23. Blackpool, 1988
Lights switch on, 1988. Andrew Lloyd-Webber with Mayor Bob Crichton | National World
24. Blackpool, 1988
Aces from Blackpools Commonwealth Karate Club gave the opposition the chop in a national competition in 1988 | National World