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.
15. Blackpool, 1970s
Lightsbook Tony Blackburn, first DJ to be heard on Radio 1, was at the height of his popularity when he turned on Blackpool's Lights in 1970 | National World
16. Blackpool, 1970s
The frozen ground didn't stop members of the Blackpool Football Club Cup Squad putting in some training at Squires Gate before a replay with Arsenal at Bloomfield Road (From Left) Brown and Suddick, Mowbray and Pickering, Armfield and Bentley, Burns and Craven, McPhee and Thomson, and Hutchison and James | National World
17. Blackpool, 1970s
The building was demolished and the gardens cleared away in the 1970s to make way for Cherry Tree House (home for the aged) and council houses | Library
18. Blackpool, 1970s
Dick Haymes and Norman Wisdom with some of the 43 finalists in the first round of the Miss United Kingdom Bathing Beauty Competition at the Open Air Baths, South Shore, Blackpool | National World