| Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 1977 |
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Left: Easter 1979. The Monorail undergoes maintenance work whilst the first visitors of the year enjoy a sunny Easter.
Right: an area at the front of the Pleasure Beach briefly held a go-kart track in the
late 1970s. Crude banks of earth were originally used to mark out a track, though this was
later made more professional in its appearance. |
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In the early 1980s I started seriously trying to get photos published in magazines and the two shown left were both prize-winners in photo competitions in one of the local county magazines; Lancashire Magazine.
After being amongst the prize winners in several issues I started sending in articles to the
magazine - some of which form the basis of some of these pages!
Far left: the Space Tower seen against a dramatic sky (I used a red filter) and, near left, the Grand National sets off. |
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The Log Flume delights - and wets - another family!
In the late 1970s and early 1980s the southern half of the Pleasure Beach
hosted a number of portable rides. In this view the Astro Liner, the forerunner of what
are now called "simulators" rose, tipped and rotated as the film inside showed space trips
to distant planets. |
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The Cyclone was a two-man car roller coaster and was quite a good ride!
Next to the cyclone appeared the Revolution. It was the UK's first looping coaster and was
the first ride on the Pleasure Beach that I remember having over-the-shoulder restraints. |
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The monorail train boasted open carriages in 1981, the canopy having been removed.
It is seen passing in front of the south station of the Cable Car. This ride is now a
complete trip from north to south and back again. When first installed visitors could use it to travel between the two halves of the Pleasure Beach, getting on at one end and alighting at the other. |
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