'Warmth, excess, fun and surreal humour': Amazing photos sum up exactly what Blackpool was like in the 80s

An old fella dozes on the beach with a newspaper hat on his head and a finger up one nostril.

A drunk dressed in a Santa costume staggers home from the pub helped by a mate.

And in a sweet shop a heavily-tanned man flashes a beaming smile as he holds up a giant cig and a full English breakfast made out of rock.