From the Winter of Discontent to school dinners, streets and shops, this was the era of 1978-79 in Blackpool
19. Blackpool 1978-79
Blackpool Victoria Hospital baby care unit, May 1978 | National World
20. Blackpool 1978-79
Still as recognisable today - Singleton post office, September 1978 | National World
21. Blackpool 1978-79
Top Russian surgeons worked with a skilled Lancashire health team on two major operations at a Blackpool hospital. The three Soviet doctors spent several days in the Blackpool district during a fortnight-long visit as part of an Anglo-Soviet exchange agreement | National World
22. Blackpool 1978-79
This was in 1978 and the photo was taken during the investigation of the murder of Kitty Weaver who was viciously stabbed to death with a four-inch blade at a South Shore rest home in Seventh Avenue | National World
23. Blackpool 1978-79
This was a reader's photo and is a scene from the Revoe area of Blackpool | National World
24. Blackpool 1978-79
A derelict house at the rear of Bonny Street in 1978 - courtesy of the Herbert Ball Collection | National World