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. Join me as I remember things you could do in Blackpool in the 1980s that you can't do anymore.
7. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
Take part in North Pier Birdman Competition in 1987. The first hang-glider entry drops like a stone and is quickly rescued by Blackpool Sub-Aqua Club | National World
8. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
For those in Fleetwood - watch the RoRo ferries come and go. This was February 1986 | National World
9. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
Play Out Run in a Blackpool arcade. The days of Pac Man, | National World
10. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
It was one for the girls - taking part in Miss Premium Bond 1981. They are (from left to right): Sherry Sarac, Paula Doyle, Delia Kay, Paula Johnson and Jane Eccles. | National World
12. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
Derby Baths - the place for all teens in the 80s | National World