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.
13. Blackpool 1972-1973
The Beverley sisters and daughters on Blackpool's North Pier in 1973. From left: Teddy and her daughter Sacha (aged 11), Joy with daughter Babette (eight) and Babs with Joy's 14-year-old daughter, Vicky | National World
14. Blackpool 1972-1973
One of the Red Arrows Gnat fighters nearly gets a parking ticket outside the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, for the Outdoor Leisure Show in 1973 | National World
17. Blackpool 1972-1973
Alan Rusling applies the make up for the boys featured in the Wingsover Seaways routine, Blackpool Gang Show | National World
