History Club looks back on 20 years of Blackpool Pride

On Wednesday 8 July, the We're Still Here! History Club gathered upstairs at Aunty Social on Topping Street for an evening on two decades of Blackpool Pride.

Community organiser Catherine Mugonyi, who helped shape the early Prides, shared stories, photographs and ephemera from those first years in conversation with artists Garth Gratrix and Harry Clayton-Wright. Then it was over to the room: anyone who had been to Blackpool Pride was invited to bring photos, memories or outfits, over tea and cake. The evening also covered how this year's celebrations are being archived.

It was free, 18+, and fully booked.

We're Still Here! is run by Abingdon Studios with National Lottery Heritage Fund support, and is building Blackpool's first permanent collection of LGBTQIA+ heritage. If you have stories or objects from the scene, you can share them through Abingdon Studios.