14 old pictures show crowds packing out Morecambe Arena for popular Radio One Roadshow

Morecambe became a regular part of the Roadshow circuit in 1974 drawing visitors and locals into town for the Roadshow’s regular features plus occasional guest performers.

The DJs themselves chart the history of Radio One and even include some who went on to carve out a niche for themselves elsewhere.

Here then, pop-pickers, is a countdown of some of Morecambe’s chart-topping Roadshows.

1974 Dave Lee Travis

1975 Noel Edmonds, Happy Mount Park

1976 Rosko, Happy Mount Park

1977 Ed Stewart, Happy Mount Park

1978 Kid Jensen, Happy mount Park

1979 Peter Powell, Happy Mount Park

During Peter Powell’s visit the Roadshow team were collecting old records to be sold later in the year at the World’s Biggest Record Sale as Radio One’s contribution to the International Year of the Child.

People were encouraged to ‘pack that record … if you’re going on holiday and will be seeing one of the Roadshows’.

Peter Powell himself was described as enjoying his potted shrimps among the trampolines and crazy golf of the Park.

1981 Mike Reid

1982 Steve Wright, Leisure Park

1983 Tony Blackburn, Happy Mount Park

1984 Janice Long, Happy Mount Park

1985 Bruno Brookes

1986 Simon Bates

1987 Mark Goodier with the ‘best bands live on stage’

1988 Steve Wright, Happy Mount Park

1989 Bruno Brookes & Liz Kershaw

1990 Simon Mayo & Jakki Brambles, Happy Mount Park

1991 Gary Davies, Central Promenade Gardens

1992 Steve Wright

1996 Nicky Campbell, Morecambe Arena with live guests Ultimate Kaos

1997 Mark Goodier

1998 Kevin Greening & Zoe Ball with Sash performing live

1999 Dave Pearce with boy band A1

From 2000 onwards the Roadshows were replaced by one-day mini pop festivals held in cities across the UK.