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.
25. Blackpool 1972-1973
The Herbert Ball Collection - North Station Platform 4 January 1973 | Herbert Ball Collection
26. Blackpool 1972-1973
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
27. Blackpool 1972-1973
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
28. Blackpool 1972-1973
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
