5. Blackpool in the 80s
Dozens of schoolchildren armed with spades battled through the rain to plant 700 trees in a day. Youngsters from Garstang County Primary, Garstang St Thomas, St Mary and St Michael schools gathered at the flood basin, along with older children from Garstang High School, to plant the trees with a little hep from the British Trust for Conservation volunteers Photo: Archive
6. Blackpool in the 80s
On yer bike... that's the message from a Lancashire group of veteran bicycle enthusiasts. Those with old cycles, none-too-keen on the wheels of change, are invited to the inaugural meeting of the Lancashire section of the Southern Veteran Cycle Club. Pictured in Wrea Green with an 1885 Rudge penny farthing is Mr Richard Lancaster, and friends Ronnie Howarth, John Ridley and Frank Evans Photo: Archive
7. Blackpool in the 80s
Picturesque Wrea Green saw revellers turn out in force for the annual field day. After a procession of floats around the village, the crowds poured on to the green to watch the crowning of rose queen, farmer's daughter Susan Walton, 14 Photo: Archive
8. Blackpool in the 80s
These lads and lass are pictured with a 500lb stick of rock in Lytham - anyone remember why? Photo: Archive