They span the 70s and 80s and highlight events, such as when the Stone Roses played in Blackpool, trouble at the Blackpool and Birmingham game and Elton John in the terraces. It was a time of change through decades which were on the brink of technology. One reader, Carol Cook, loved growing up in the 70s. She said: “ Everyone had respect for everything and everyone.” Do you agree?
7. Blackpool 1970s and 1980s
The Evening Gazette building, Victoria Street, 1972 Photo: staff
8. Blackpool 1970s and 1980s
North Station platform in 1973 Photo: Submit
9. Blackpool 1970s and 1980s
Roy Hattersley, deputy leader of the Labour Party and member of Parliament, walks through the town centre to attend the Labour Party conference in Blackpool, 1988 Photo: Bryn Colton
10. Blackpool 1970s and 1980s
Blackpool Gazette offfices 1973 Photo: Submit
11. Blackpool 1970s and 1980s
Ambulance in Blackpool, 1973 Photo: Submit
12. Blackpool 1970s and 1980s
Landrover stuck on the beach being pulled by Hovercraft in 1973 Photo: JP