From the Winter of Discontent to school dinners, streets and shops, this was the era of 1978-79 in Blackpool
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1. School Dinners at Hawes Side School
School Dinners at Hawes Side School | National World
2. Blackpool 1978-79
It must have been a miserable summer because the caption on the back of this photo reads: 'Shock appearance of the sun sent youngsters of all ages on to the beach at Blackpool, scratching their heads and trying to remember how to tackle a real summer. Swim suits came out, buckets and spades were dusted down and, for the first time this year, sandcastles proliferated along the shore, with the occasional father buried beneath them' | National World
3. Blackpool 1978-79
Chancellor Denis Healey fired one of the first broadsides in the coming election campaign when he spoke at a rally of Post Office workers' conference delegates in Blackpool. He said the election would be the most important since the war. Pictured above delegates sit in rapt attention listening to his speech | National World
4. Blackpool 1978-79
Sandra Betteridge of Blackpool takes her young customers for a donkey ride | National World
5. Blackpool 1978-79
Flashback to the Winter of 1978 - the national bread strike. A clash between police and strikers at Cookson's Bakery where the men were demanding an extra £10 a week | National World
