They span the 70s and 80s and highlight events, such as when the Stone Roses played in Blackpool, trouble at the Blackpool and Birmingham game and Elton John in the terraces. It was a time of change through decades which were on the brink of technology.
14. Blackpool 1970s and 1980s
Landrover stuck on the beach being pulled by Hovercraft in 1973 Photo: JP
15. Blackpool 1970s and 1980s
Queen of the Blackpool Lights Pauline Davies, chosen by these Illuminations workers in 1975. Pictured are Graham Ogden, George Danier, Ted Bentley, Pauline Davies, Albert Borrowdale and Bert Dilworth Photo: Submit
16. Blackpool 1970s and 1980
Firemen search among the smoking wreckage of Pontins Air Crash in 1972 Photo: Submit
18. Blackpool 1970s and 1980s
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. An action group of hoteliers and other business people marched through the streets in support of their aims Photo: Submit