Kids spent hours riding BMX bikes, skateboarding or playing games like tig (or tag) in the streets, The music was electric, with cassette tapes and boom boxes blasting Madonna and Michael Jackson. The movies of the decade were ET, The Goonies and Back to the Future - they became instant classics. Video games were a big part of childhoos with arcades and consoles and as the Internet hadn’t happened, kids socialised face-to-face. In Blackpool it was the time of the Sandcastle, BMX tracks, King King at the Tower and so much more. The photos from the decade are bound to bring the memories flooding back.
2. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
Take the walk bridge over the promenade - and a shelter from the sun | National World
3. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
Go to Professor Peabody's Play Place. This was in 1983. Magician Paul Daniels in the ball pool at the opening of the centre | National World
4. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
Seafront roadshow - this was what Saturday mornings were made for - Saturday Superstore on the prom in 1986 | National World
5. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
Catch a bus from Blackpool bus station, central to Saturday afternoon shopping | National World
6. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
Test your skills on the ice at the Icedrome at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. This was 1984 | National World