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Could have done without the music

so many memories of Bispham Village have been released ! I'd forgot all about Bispham Man, and is the large store called 'Victor Value' ?

UK should not have depended on the corrupt. That’s your undoing

Gosh. Back when Blackpool was great. The end of the 80s and early 90s was the end of Blackpool.

Great Pictures of Blackpool And Maxin

Great Video 😊

Is there a pub that burned down? My parents had a caravan in Cleveleys in the late 50s. I was trying to find out where it was. All I know is that it was near the hotel.

Lived through this time in Blackpool. The 1980’s represented the last of the best decades for the Town. Times were better back then, I don’t care what anyone says. Like all decades, the 1980’s had its problems, but Blackpool was thriving and buzzing back then. The town had a record number of visitors in 1988. Look at all those shops. Where did they go! Great time to grow up, the best time in fact. I was very lucky. 1989 marked the beginning of the end for my great town, and for a multiplicity of different reasons, some political, some shifts in demand, whatever, the town has never recovered. Meanwhile, the region’s cities, no go areas in the 1980’s are awash with attractions, hotels and glass towers. What went wrong?

Typical Blackpool council have decided to build another hotel instead of thinking about locals once again ££kerching but no proper markets have made this town less holiday makers each year ? Complete idiots remember when Blackpool had 6 markets now 1 aimed at weekend gatherings at winter gardens Rip Blackpool and you got the council to thank over the 30 years of running this town down to the residents of whole Blackpool thanks for turning all the main shops to hotels as if we ain't got enough hotels as it is ? Think of profit at time but no idealogy of how this town prospers only to be taken away idiots

Slight correction, the shot of a tram in Fleetwood would have been the 80's as the tram in question (Bolton 66) only arrived in the Blackpool in 1981. Enjoyed pictures generally though.

a lot of these are from the 90s as well i think.

I worked summer season 1975 as a barman for norrie and yvonne barlow at station hotel talbot rd.best time of my life. stan morteson the football hero was a regular visitor.

Pleasure beach was much better back then, more variety, especially for families. And free to walk around as well !

so sad so many fine theatre buildings in ordinary towns never mind seaside resorts are gone, replaced by those aircraft hangar Exhibition centres where only the first ten rows can remotely see anything. Even the grand survived as a bingo hall before being saved.Its all reality stars & presenters nowadays, no talent & easily disposable.

OMG. I've been inside that Tardis a few times in the past😀

For blackpool see every seaside town in the uk ,its over im afraid , people can jump on a plane for buttons and get a better weather and value for money ,sad but its a fact .

Dubai is the new Blackpool got a big tower plenty of sun and sand and full of criminals 😂

It's a shit hole now! 😭

Wow great memories, So sad to see how Blackpool has radically changed since the 80s, and not for the better!

Actually quite run down, reminds me of a place we have here in Christchurch called "New Brighton" was a seaside shopping mall of 5 or 6 blocks, was popular from 50s to 80s as it allowed Saturday shopping when it was banned elsewhere. Now its all sleazy and run down, homeless, dodgy pubs with pokie machines, $2 shops etc. $2 shop kiwi version of Poundland.

Great to see the old Cleveleys Hydro again.I lived in Thornton from 1945 until 1957 when we moved to California, Thank you for the memories, great times.

Mixture of '80s and '90s images there

What a comparison as to being a kid teenager in 70s once great, now a forgotten ghost town. Summers were better in 70s whichever resort you were holidaying.

I went as a school boy in 1969, never been back and won’t be going now but I can see that it was omce vibrant.

I've always loved Blackpool, but it was much better then.

All those folks

OMG I WAS THERE

Went every year for our annual holiday - we used to stay at the Cornhill Hotel on the South Promenade. Happy days.

My God! How did they let Blackpool rot? It was such a vibrant seaside city

Wonderful post

Was a little cleaner back then 😅 still same old dump with the locals blaming the governments when the locals do nothing 😅 alwsys was benefits town always will be 😅😅 the town should be turned into a living museum no joke that would boost that little dump over night facts

My parents took me and my brother here in about 1973, i was 9 and it was the best holiday ever. We stayed in the Seafield hotel. I still remember the family room we all slept in. I remember too winning the donkey derby and claiming a draught set as my prize. Brilliant brilliant times

Fantastic times

The country is now trash bring me back to those days

What a shit tip it is now

Never have I wanted more to be able to climb into a photo and revisit a place. Marvellous snapshots of lovely old Blackpool.

Hope to see Blackpool in the 1990s

Remember, it's not Blackpool's fault. It's the rotten, greedy people who have mismanaged it. Where has all the money gone? Are we talking about corruption at the highest levels? BUT, it's not just Blackpool, is it? North of London is one big shithole.

And today, with all the spent (or wasted), you could film a dystopian movie. Blackpool councillors, over the last 30 years, have a lot to answer for. They have trashed the place. Blackpool could, and should be one of the best places in the country to live.

Imagine a star of today playing Blackpool..dream on

A cigarette on the beach became a joint, a mug of tea became a cheap cider, a kiss in the sunshine became..well you get it ...We have allowed this country to degenerate..RIP GUYS 1914-18 1939-45.. nobody left to save us

So sad to watch this. I remember Blackpool when it was a busy bustling town, with happy memories. Look at it in 2024, hardly anybody on the beaches in Summer. It has become a shithole. Last time I was there, even the donkeys had left !

Great video, it's just a shame the comment section is infested with a bunch of clearly rather racist cretins.

"Take me Back There....17yr, Better Times by Far

The days of No beggers, Spice head's or Smackheads roaming the streets of Blackpool 🗼

better days back then

Just shows how badly the UK has rotted now, Government after Government. Neglecting a once great nation 🇬🇧

Bloody shithole now

I remember sliding the Funhouse slide on hessian mats.

I vaguely recognise some of these places, the bus station in particular. The Funhouse, Pleasure beach and the ice rink. Also the spinning wheel at 0:40. Was it called the wall of death? Reminds me of how robust we were as children. It would be banned today.