The Year 1972 was a year of turbulence – and disaster.
A plane crashed at Pontins, there was a horrific incident at Blackpool Victoria Hospital when an eye doctor stabbed three children and there was a fire at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. It was a year of strikes in industry but it was also a year of new attractions in Blackpool. Roll on to 1973 and while Blackpool Zoo elephants took a bath, electricians were fixing bulbs to the top of the Tower for the illuminations.
The Coliseum Coach station closed in December 1972 until the following summer for complete rebuilding and, in 1987, a change of use to a coach compound was directly responsible for the creation of the Coliseum Trades Association. Originally an action group of hoteliers and other business people marched through the streets in support of their aims | National World
Power cuts in 1972 were the result of the miners strike. Les and his Honky Tonks perform at the Royal Oak Hotel, South Shore. The headlights of a mini belonging to one of the regulars provided emergency lighting during the blackout in the pub | National World
Former primary school headmaster Mr Harry Allison took over as presient of the National Union of Teahcers at the union's 100th annual conference at Blackpool | National World
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