Blackpool in the 80s: 9 pictures showing life in 1983
This week we are looking at 1983. Do you recognise yourself or anyone else in these pictures? Let us know. READ MORE: Pictures of Blackpool folk in 1982. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: More pictures from the 80s
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Within a stone's throw of Blackpool Tower Mr Dreammaker is at work. It is another day and another dollar for self-made businessman Brian Cartmell. The razzmatazz of Hollywood may seem oceans away, but in Blackpool Brian is busy running his own dream factory - from a terraced house in Caunce Street. For he runs a flourishing public relations firm, with a £1 million annual turnover. He is pictured with his wife Jean and the staff outside their terraced house office
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Firms from all over the country selling a wide range of jewellery and fancy goods, including toys, set up stalls for the annual Blackpool Gifts Fair. Pictured: Lee-Ann Tomlinson with a selection of dolls on show
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Two schoolgirls will come face to face with themselves when they visit an art show. Self portraits of the Lytham sixth formers will join more than 60 art works on the walls of a Preston gallery. The exhibition at the Vernon Gallery in Preston is being organised by head of art at Queen Mary School, Lytham, Mr Gordon Grundy, and features work by Sarah West, 18, (pictured left) and Sally Philpot, 16
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George Best turned up... and so did over 1,000 eager fans who wanted to see the former soccer wizard in action again. And Best treated them to an unforgettable afternoon as he turned on the old style in a special fund raising match at Lytham. Best was in a Lytham FC Chairman's XI who took on the present Lytham FC side to raise money for ground improvements at Ballam Road. Best is pictured above with the rest of the stars who joined him