14 scenes which look back at what life was like growing up in Blackpool in the 90s - from the Odeon and Sonic the Hedgehog to the Ice Drome and Blackpool Sandcastle
We’ve taken a dive into our archives to the decade of the 1990s to see which pictures sum up how life looked for those growing up in that decade.
By Claire Lark
Published 17th May 2023, 15:45 GMT
It was just before the Internet boom, in the times before kids were glued to their phones. It was probably the last decade when kids were truly free of modern technology – they still passed notes between them in the classroom and phoned their mates on a landline when they got home. It was when TV still only had four mainstream channels which taught lessons in patience by having to wait a full week for the next episode. They were simpler times in a long gone era.
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The 90s was big for roadshows... this was Big Breakfast's live broadcast at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 1995. But there was the Radio One Roadshows on the beach and Rock FM's... do you remember them? Photo: Staff