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.
31. Blackpool 1972-1973
This was the scene at Blackpool Victoria Hospital following a triple murder where three children were stabbed | National World
33. Blackpool 1972-1973
Blackpool Model Village opening in 1972 with Jimmy Clitheroe and Mayor Edmund Wynne | National World
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