11 pictures to take you back to Blackpool in 1996 including wage protests, Summer Holiday and armed police
By Claire Lark
Published 30th Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
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It was all going on during 1996
Blackpool’s entertainment season kicked off with the stars of Summer Holiday in a photo shoot whilst in George Street, there was an armed police seige going on. Eternal switched on the lights and Blackpool had its own Mastermind champ.
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Demonstration in support of a proposed 4.26 pound per hour minimum wage during the Trades Union Congress conference in Blackpool, 1996 Photo: Steve Eason
Stagecoach Ribble's operations manager Paul DeSantis begins clearing up at the Fleetwood depot after vandals went on a £50,000 rampage Photo: National world