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.
20. Blackpool 1972-1973
Photographed 518 feet above Blackpool are (from left ) electricians Dez Clark, Bert Roberts, Paul Hopton and David Neath during their annual task of fittig the Illuminations to Blackpool Tower. The photograph was taken from the crows nest by Evening Gazette photographer Peter Owen in 1973 | National World
21. Blackpool 1972-1973
A view of Blackpool North Station, Talbot Road, during a work to rule by railmen in 1972 | National World
23. Blackpool 1972-1973
Blackpool Zoo elephants Sonya and Crumble enjoy a wash in 1973 | National World
24. Blackpool 1972-1973
Father Christmas arrives at North Station on his way to RHO Hills store, Bank Hey Street | National World