Seaside town Blackpool in northern England has acted as a magnet for beach-lovers for well over 150 years.

I’ve had one caramel apple in the last decade. I ate it in Blackpool, leaning on a railing surveying the resort’s vast but mostly empty beach. Below me I studied a family spread out on a big blanket.

But the memories remain. Have a look and see which ones you visited through the years… 31 unmissable old pictures of how Blackpool looked in 1988 - people, buildings and everyday life 13 diverse ...