1. Blackpool in 1982
In the new terminal lounge at Blackpool Airport are (from left) Peter Blaker MP, Jim Blake, Mayor of Blackpool, and Coun Stan Parkinson Photo: Archive
2. Blackpool in 1982
More than 1,000 works of art were on show at a school - painted, modelled, printed and drawn by senior girls. Eighty-five candidates for art 'O' level and CSE displayed their own as part of the exam course. But there was also art work by 6th form pupils on show at Carr Hill High School, Kirkham Photo: Archive
3. Blackpool in 1982
Teenager Deborah Thomas got a taste of life on the ocean waves when she went on sea patrol. Deborah, 14, of Ormskirk, had a high speed adventure when she spent a day with Her Majesty's Coastguard. She is pictured getting the VIP treatment from Knott End coastguard John Bradbury Photo: Archive
4. Blackpool in 1982
The Ulverston-based Sons of the Desert, the official Laurel and Hardy appreciation society, were among the VIPs and local children invited to the preview unveiling of new exhibits at Blackpool's Tussaud's Waxworks Photo: Archive
5. Blackpool in 1982
An early look at the Pope for St Bernadette's Bispham pupils Jonathan White and Helen Swarbrick. They were just two of dozens of schoolchildren who got a sneak preview of the Pope - two months before his official visit to Britain. But their private audience with him was unusually quite one-sided. For this 'Pope' was a lifelike model at Blackpool's Tussaud's Waxworks Photo: Archive
6. Blackpool in 1982
Pauline Bamber was chosen as Kirkham's Carnival Queen for 1982. Pauline, 18, was a former pupil of St Bede's School, Lytham, and beat off the other challengers for the title in the finals at the Willows Club. She will now take pride of place on the Kirkham Clun Day Carnival float Photo: Archive