Blackpool weather: 17 spectacular images of the seafront battered by storms through the decades ahead of Storm Agnes
Claire Lark
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September 1988 - Waves crash over the sea defences in dramatic style at North Shore (Photo: National World)
And as we prepare for Storm Agnes to batter the UK, these incredible images show how Blackpool has taken a real beating by Mother Nature through the years. In the firing line from Atlantic depressions, Blackpool has seen the worst of the British weather and the gale-force winds which repeatedly bring scenes like these to our shores. Thanks to modern sea defences constructed in recent years, the whole of the Fylde Coast is better protected – but it hasn’t always been that way. The sheer power in the waves are captured against the backdrop and familiarity of our town and remind us how the sea can change dramatically and should never be underestimated.
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Waves battering Blackpool seafront on March 9, 1993 (Photo: National World)
Against the backdrop of South Shore, the sea batters the coastline in November 1972 (Photo: National World)
Stormy seas off Norbreck Castle, 1996 (Photo: Rob Lock)
The promenade taking a battering in November 1977. This was the storm which destroyed sea defences across the Fylde Coast causing major flooding in Fleetwood (Photo: National World)
A superb scene right back to 1954. No Gore-Tex waterproofs in those days, only a fur coat... (Photo: National World)
The resort's three piers are in the firing line when Mother Nature whips up the sea into a raging frenzy. This was in February 1990 (Photo: National World)
Dodging the waves back in April 1991 (Photo: National World)
People are stood on the steps in this photo which was taken from North Pier on September 22, 1953 (Photo: National World)
This was November 14 1979 when strong winds and a high tide combined to produce a Blackpool spectacular (Photo: National World)
The aftermath of a storm in March 1982 showing debris strewn across the tram tracks at Waterloo Road (Photo: National World)
The tourist information centre on Blackpool seafront in the firing line from wild seas. This is undated but was probably 1990s (Photo: National World)
Surveying the damage at North Shore boating pool after a storm in 1988 (Photo: National World)
A man shelters from the pounding waves near North Shore Boating Pool in September 1988 (Photo: National World)
North Pier jetty swamped by heavy seas in November 1963 (Photo: National World)
Mother Nature strikes the coastline in 1981 (Photo: National World)
Visitors braving the elements to catch a close-up glimpse of a rough sea in 1983 (Photo: National World)
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