Finally, in 1893, the resort got its final pier, South Pier, the most upmarket of the three and home to a large pavilion, that was within striking distance of another new attraction - the Winter Gardens ballroom and theatre complex which opened in 1878. Photograph of items on a 1960's fireplace mantle shelf, including art deco clock, figure and postcard from Blackpool. Yates's Wine Bar was in the Tivoli Buildings on the corner of Talbot Road and Clifton Street. We built sand pies, sand castles, great mounds containing chutes, tunnels and dips that we could roll the ball down. Trying to find the name of yates,s wine bar in blackpool in the 70,s. We'll start off with this one of a "Boat" tram of 1934 on the Promenade. Circa 1980s, https://www.alamy.com/the-meteorite-ride-blackpool-pleasure-beach-lancashire-england-uk-circa-1980s-image348097798.html, https://www.alamy.com/blackpool-lanchashire-sir-elton-john-performs-in-blackpool-tower-headland-festival-credit-ian-fairbrotheralamy-image185649688.html, Carousel bar, Blackpool pleasure beach, Lancashire, England, UK. Alamy and its logo are trademarks of Alamy Ltd. and are registered in certain countries. Last week, I tried my luck on eBay and bid for a Blackpool Pleasure Beach souvenir guide from 1970. geography / travel, Great Britain, Blackpool, beaches, Blackpool Sands, tourists on the beach, 1960s, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-geography-travel-great-britain-blackpool-beaches-blackpool-sands-tourists-24439283.html. Scenes at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool after riots broke out during the Rolling Stones concert. They released two self-released albums by 1971. Love this site, i spent all my childhood hols in blackpool, still love it, 1970s were very important to me. There no longer seemed to be a market for Complex’ style due to the rise of the punk movement. https://www.alamy.com/1960s-historical-two-men-and-a-woman-on-the-wooden-decking-on-north-pier-blackpool-lancashire-england-in-the-distance-the-piers-pavilion-hosting-bernard-delfonts-showtime-an-entertainment-spectacle-which-ran-from-the-late-1950s-through-to-the-early-1980s-and-featured-many-of-the-biggest-names-in-showbusiness-image338492266.html, Blackpool's Central Pier in 1964, advertising the Al Read Show along with the Bachelors, https://www.alamy.com/blackpools-central-pier-in-1964-advertising-the-al-read-show-along-image156253978.html, The world famous Blackpool Illuminations in the Lancashire seaside resort famous for kiss me quick hats and the Blackpool Tower, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-world-famous-blackpool-illuminations-in-the-lancashire-seaside-20140699.html. For all that, with icecream, fish and chips and buckets and spades still as popular today as they were two years into the Queen's reign, it seems there is still life left in the Great British beach holiday - and in Blackpool too.