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.
13. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
Drive a Mini Metro. First cars for many. This was Dave Le Gallez who smashed the world non-stop driving record - 36 hours in his metro | National World
14. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
A trip through the Illuminations always brings back fond memories of our youth | National World
15. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
Ride the log flume - probably the first 'big ride' many of us went on at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the 80s | National World
17. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
ET under construction in December 1982 pictured on the roof of Louis Tussauds Waxworks - with missing finger parts | National World
18. Growing up in Blackpool, 80s
Ride a retro BMX - which one did you have? | National World