Memories

LaplandUK is loved by celebrities including Kate Middleton and the Beckhams

I took my family to celebrity spot LaplandUK – here’s our guide

With more festivals announcing a fallow year or an outright cancellation in the future, we take a look at 13 UK music festivals once loved but now lost.

The 13 UK music festivals loved and lost over time

Highfield High School was awarded speacialist humanities status. Adam Cree-Llewellyn and Callum Ross

25 pictured captured at high schools in the 00s

Mereside Estate shops in the 1990s

25 street life pics of Grange Park and Mereside through the years

British Home Stores, so central to shopping in Blackpool in the 90s

31 pictures of streets, landmarks, shops and nightclubs in the 1990s

The park with one of those high 1970s style slides!

Picture memories of Partingtons Holiday Park on its 80th anniversary

'Blackpool - A Rough Day', 1895. From Round the Coast. [George Newnes Limited, London, 1895]Artist Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

Captivating pics from the 1890s in times of progress and recreation

Aljaž Škorjanec and Tasha Ghouri at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Resort

Strictly stars brave Pleasure Beach Resort's ICON rollercoaster

Camelot at Charnock Richard

31 1990s pictures of the Pleasure Beach, Frontierland and Camelot

A group of young women in a coffee bar in Blackpool, England, circa 1955

27 incredible bygone snaps on the beach, pier and town centre

Lagoonda was a sun-soaked full of flavour Caribbean restaurant in Queen Street. This photo was taken in 1989

21 familiar scenes of restaurants and cafes popular in the 1990s

Strictly Come Dancing’s Blackpool Week is finally here and I am just as excited as the stars are.

Myself, the stars & the town are all excited for Strictly in Blackpool

The cable cars, pictured in 1981, gave visitors a great view of the theme park

10 iconic retro pictures of Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Blackpool Fun Run 1999. Pictured L-R are Cathy Moss, Heather Goulden, Kelly Moss, Sarah Clegg and Patricia Bird

19 brilliant pictures memories of Blackpool in the late 1990s

Strictly Come Dancing stars have shared how excited they are for Blackpool Week

Strictly Come Dancing stars share how excited they are for Blackpool

The Icedrome at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. This was 1984

28 old pictures showing what it was like to grow up in the 1980s

Growing up in the 1980s was full of change.

Claire Lark

Christmas party at St John Vianney RC School in 1952

31 extraordinary images of Blackpool school life hrough the years

Dolcis was always packed

22 incredible retro photos of long lost shops in the town centre

Celebrate the festive season at the Clubhouse Christmas dance party where you can dance along to some family-favourites with Stick Man;

Run wild with Stick Man at The Gruffalo & Friends Clubhouse

36 per cent of those polled adopt a "you can't take it with you" approach, spending their cash while they can, rather than putting it aside for emergencies.

Almost a third of Brits find rainy day funds outdated

Binky Felstead encourages families to embrace the mud this half term as she's spotted going down a 2.5m high mudslide, created by Bosch at Mudchute Farm.

How Made in Chelsea's Binky is 'embracing' the mud this half term

The joys of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, with Liam Kennedy and Tui. (pic by Dominic Scurr).

I visited Egypt's desert jewel and left with smile wider than Sinai

In an episode that looks at women's football from either side of the wealth divide, millionaire couple Liv and Gal swap their Lancashire manor house with the Wings two bed rented house in Derbyshire. Credit: Channel 5

Self-made millionare Liv Cooke changes a family's life

The Studio 1234 Cinema. In 1966 the Booths store and The Curio Shop occupied the ground floor of the building with the Prudential Assurance offices above. this building later became the Studio 1234 Cinema , Scamps Discotheque , King Dick's Bar and a Bavarian Beer Hall. At present it is Flares nightclub accessed from The Strand at the rear of the building

31 distinctive pics of streets and buildings through a century

I ran my first ever half marathon in the beautiful city Palma and made memories in Mallorca that will always stay with me. (Photo: Isabella Boneham)

I ran my first half marathon in Palma - and it was pretty spectacular

Preston Railway Station

37 incredible rare photos of railway stations through the age of steam

Blackpool is a special place full of happy memories for many people

When I think about Blackpool and the Fylde coast, I feel like I'm home

What do you think about when you think of Blackpool?

Sean Gleaves

Bistro Italia, Poulton, celebrates milestone anniversary

Legendary Poulton Italian restaurant celebrates 30 years

Blackpool born-and-bred Maxine Cunliffe, 67, started dancing at nine years old,

My career at Blackpool Tower allowed me to dance across the world

Emma Schulze, Bethany Ross (holding Shield), Emily Hopkins and James Johnson all revising from encyclopaedias. Lower school pupils at Bispham High School stepped in to represent their school in the first annual Rotary Club of Palatine School's Quiz and scooped top honours.

51 incredibly nostalgic pictures of Palatine and Collegiate Schools

10 nostalgic drinks that will bring back memories from a night out in the 1990s (Photo: Adobe/Getty)

10 nostalgic drinks from the 1990s

Boots and Beavebrooks the Jewellers here as the road is ripped up in Victoria Street, 1979

53 reflective and nostalgic pictures of the town centre, 70s and 80s

It was a balmy summer evening in June 1960 when 19-year-old Josie Nicolson first met Ken in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom

'Blackpool Tower will always be a reminder of beautiful moments'

7 gadgets you may recognise if you grew up in the 1980s. Photo: Scott Gries/ImageDirect/ Getty Images

7 retro gadgets you may remember if you grew up in the 1980s

Mason Boyle in the army in Cyprus in 2019

I lost my nan while deployed & the winter fuel payments cuts scare me

A poll of 2,000 Brits found Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Super Mario Bros are the most iconic arcade games of all time

Brits reveal the top 20 most iconic arcade games

Anyone who ever went to The Palace, particularly in the 80s, will remember the Hit Man and Her Show. Pete Waterman and Michaela Strachan broadcast their late-night show from The Palace on many occasions

19 awesome retro pictures of lost nightclub where foam parties ruled

BIBAs Awards 2024

51 incredible photos of Lancs businesses celebrating at the BIBAs 2024

All the winners of the BIBAs awards 2024 gather on stage at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom.

Lancs businesses gather at Blackpool Tower ballroom for the BIBAs 2024

Spending data revealed that summer lifestyle spending (June and August 2024) rose to £756.9m - a £12.9m increase compared to last year

Brits are spending more time with loved ones this summer, study finds

Alice in Wonderland

Ad Feature Last chance to dive into Wonderland at The Dukes’ award-winning show

Virtual Memory Box co-founder Dylan McKee

Technology is helping children in care keep their memories alive

This was Colin Methven in 1989 who captained Blackpool FC. He played for the Seasiders from 1986–1990 and was a defender

Brilliant retro pics of Blackpool Football Club players of the 80s

The Peppermill in Birley Street. This was in June 1986

21 retro restaurant pictures which throwback to the 80s and 90s

Hardwick Festival.

Hardwick Festival reveals line-up times and all you need to know details

Littlewoods in Church Street is photographed here in October 1975

Retro collection of 22 photos show Blackpool's long lost shops

The View lives up to its name

Boardmasters 2024: Cornish coast festival shines once again

Getaways typically include reading by the pool, sightseeing trips and picking up souvenirs to take back home.

Tourists top 'must dos' on holiday

Harry and Alfie enjoyed a trip out to the seaside in the new minibus.

We wanted to use the success of our paintings to help others

Birley Street & Corporation Street

25 exclusive retro photos of Birley Street from the archives

When it was part of Butlins

13 memories in pictures of Blackpool's historic Metropole Hotel

31 amazing retro pics of iconic Blackpool sights in the 1950s & 1960s

23-year-old George Fenlon passed away two weeks after his daughter Clara was born.

My daughter will never know her dad's love or have a hug in his arms

The early noughties meal we all enjoyed in the summer as children. (Photo: volga - stock.adobe.com)

The early 00s meal we all enjoyed in the summer as children

17 pictures from the Lytham St Annes High School's 2024 prom

17 pictures from Lytham St Annes High School's 2024 prom

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