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.

19. Blackpool 1970s and 1980s
Crowd Trouble at the Birmingham City v Blackpool match, October 1989 Photo: Submit


21. Blackpool 1970s and 1980s
Blackpool Evening Gazette typesetters continue work on the stone by lamp light during the power cuts in 1972 Photo: staff

22. Blackpool 1970s and 1980s
The south side of Church Street opposite Stanley Buildings Blackpool in 1976. The vacant lot was once owned by the Blackpool Bill Posting Company and was used for giant billboards which were set back from the pavement and seperated from it by a patch of grass and tiny iron railings Photo: staff

23. Blackpool 1970s and 1980s
Linda Bottomley's feet came firmly down to earth when she carried out her first Post Model Girl assignment. Here she tries in vain to find a shoe to fit, helped by Michael Beaumont of Richmond Footwear, at the International Slipper Fair at Blackpool's Norbreck Castle Photo: National World

24. Blackpool 1970s and 1980s
1982 pic of Telefusion on the corner of Cherry Tree Road and Preston New Road Photo: submit


