It was when the 2003 heatwave struck, the beach was packed and when photographers were out and about snapping some fabulous seafront scenes. The era seems like yesterday but we are talking 20 years in the past.
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![A Dog, Man's Best Friend - 'He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.' A woman walks her dogs on Blackpool seafront](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/29/9/20/GettyImages-72328594.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
13. Blackpool 2000-2005
A Dog, Man's Best Friend - 'He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.' A woman walks her dogs on Blackpool seafront | Getty Images
![An elderly man jumps over some water on Blackpool beach August 6, 2003 in Blackpool, England. The temperature in the UK peaked at 35.9](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/29/9/43/GettyImages-72442877.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
14. Blackpool 2000-2005
An elderly man jumps over some water on Blackpool beach August 6, 2003 in Blackpool, England. The temperature in the UK peaked at 35.9 | Getty Images
![A large group of holiday-makers soak up the sun on Blackpool beach, 2003](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/29/9/12/GettyImages-72564174.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
15. Blackpool 2000-2005
A large group of holiday-makers soak up the sun on Blackpool beach, 2003 | Getty Images
![Chuff Chuff, The White Party, Imperial Hotel, 2004](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/29/9/40/GettyImages-175224805.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
16. Blackpool 2000-2005
Chuff Chuff, The White Party, Imperial Hotel, 2004 | Universal Images Group via Getty
![DJ Kool Herc, looking through his records in Blackpool, 2000](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/29/9/51/GettyImages-558231491.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
17. Blackpool 2000-2005
DJ Kool Herc, looking through his records in Blackpool, 2000 | Universal Images Group via Getty
![A typical scene on the seafront at Blackpool as a brace of the town's heritage trams pass the Big Dipper at the Pleasure Beach, 2004](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/29/9/46/GettyImages-976263968.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
18. Blackpool 2000-2005
A typical scene on the seafront at Blackpool as a brace of the town's heritage trams pass the Big Dipper at the Pleasure Beach, 2004 | Getty Images