This is how Blackpool Illuminations looked in the 1980s - how many of these light displays do you remember?

By Colin Ainscough

Published 26th Feb 2021, 12:38 GMT

Updated 26th Feb 2021, 13:03 GMT

The annual drive through Blackpool's famous Illuminations has been the highlight of the year for kids across the UK for generations.

And with the display changing every few years, everyone's memories of the 10km long light fantastic are sure to be different.

Here we take a look back at the display during the 1980s.

How many do you remember?

Beatrix Potter characters.

The holiday Time tableau at North Shore in 1982, showed amusing Blackpool Holiday scenes.

In a galaxy far, far away... R2D2 and C3PO are pictured here in 1981.

The Cosmic Capers display pictured in 1984.

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