Emotive and nostalgic, they reflect the vibe of the era from local rocks bands and popular night spots to how we spent our summer afternoons on the beach to ice skating and the changing urban scene. It’s incredible that they are half a century old.
7. Blackpool, 1970s
Who else but the Diddymen would join Ken Dodd for this smiling line up in the late 1970s | National World
10. Blackpool, 1970s
The skeleton of an Elk, dating from about 10,000 BC, was discovered in a garden at Poulton-le-Fylde in 1970 and afte excavation was reconstructed. This view shows the head and upper body. The find was of spcial sigificance because the elk had been hunted and a contributory cause of death was the wounds which it had recevied from clubs and bone weapons | National World
11. Blackpool, 1970s
Members of Fleetwood Sea Cadets in the 1960s, including Stephen Carr and Dave Morris | National World
12. Blackpool, 1970
The new look Blackpool Tower frontage nearing completion in 1970 | National World