15 amazing Blackpool retro pictures during 1979 from school dinners to strikes

It was the winter of discontent, the times of power cuts, strikes and industrial action on the picket lines.

It was also the year when Blackpool hypermarket, where Asda is now, was first opened in Cherry Tree Road.

Now that was a pioneering venture, changing how we food shop for good.

Talking of food, this photo gallery also shows some great pictures of kids tucking into their school dinners.

Have a look through these snippets of life in Blackpool in 1979, you might recognise yourself

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