Visitors to Blackpool's Winter Gardens were transported back to the Fifties and Sixties as the finale of a project celebrating teenage culture of that era was celebrated.
Jukebox: The Teenage Revolution has been a year-long project inspired by the fact that the first British jukeboxes were produced in Blackpool and Lytham St Annes.
Events have included reminiscence sessions with people who were teenagers in the Fifties and Sixties, a film show, and visits to the Jukebox Museum in St Annes.
The project culminated with a celebration featuring a chance to twist and jive to the sounds of the rock 'n' roll era and to see three art installations inspired by those decades including a virtual reality experience, a 'choose your own adventure game', and a hair salon with a difference.
"It was wonderful to treat so many of the participants who made our year long project so memorable to a very special celebration day," said George Harris of Mirador, the Lancashire-based arts and heritage charity who have run the project along with Lancaster University Library.
"The Blackpool Winter Gardens team pulled out all the stops to host the event in their magnificent rooms and the day was a joyous celebration of living heritage.
Almost 100 seniors braved icy cold weather to enjoy a day of memories, laughter, fun and plenty of dancing to hit songs from the 1950s and 60s. The whole thing was topped off with a relaxed opportunity for them to explore three winsome installations created specially for the jukebox project."
Although the Winter Gardens celebration was the final event of the project, students from Lancaster University are continuing to record memories for an archive at the library which will be a lasting legacy of Jukebox: The Teenage Revolution.
Lancaster University is also home to the Jack Hylton archive, the famous band leader and impresario, who was also instrumental in bringing the jukebox to the UK.
Maps of Blackpool coffee bars where jukeboxes were a popular attraction have also been produced as part of the project and free copies are now available at Blackpool Central Library and Stanley Park Visitor Centre.
