You can hardly put a pin between the deck chairs on the promenade as people soaked up the sun. Pictures of the fortune tellers, the people who famed in the 1980s, buildings, streets and schools wrap up a great decade.
13. Blackpool, 1980s
Wrea Green Windmill pictured in July 1982 shortly before work started to convert it into a luxury home. The mill dates from the 1770s, it was converted to steam in the 1860s but was badly damaged when a boiler exploded and set the building on fire, putting an end to it's working life | National World
14. Blackpool, 1980s
Cadets from the St Johns Ambulance Brigade in Preston were out in force to carry a stretcher case all the way to Blackpool to raise money for the cadet force. The patient was a resuscitation dummy and the cadets and four adult helpers took it for a day trip to the resort | National World
15. Blackpool, 1980s
Right to work march, police preparations - Central Promenade, Blackpool October 16, 1981 | National World
17. Blackpool, 1980s
The tram shelter being removed from outside Waterloo School, Spen Corner, Waterloo Road , Blackpool in 1982 | National World
