A plane crashed at Pontins, there was a horrific incident at Blackpool Victoria Hospital when an eye doctor stabbed three children and there was a fire at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. It was a year of strikes in industry but it was also a year of new attractions in Blackpool. Roll on to 1973 and while Blackpool Zoo elephants took a bath, electricians were fixing bulbs to the top of the Tower for the illuminations.
In case you missed them: Retro memories of Club Sanuk: I am from Blackpool but now live in the USA and my license plate is SANUK
25 of the best Blackpool photos from 1983 and 1984 including the Illuminations and the wrecked boating pool