12 iconic Blackpool images of the town's most memorable landmarks
Landmarks stick in the mind – even when they’re long gone and replaced by something else.
By Claire Lark
Published 5th Jul 2022, 04:55 BST
Updated 21st Feb 2024, 09:56 BST
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And the ones pictured here are no different. Most have been completely demolished and replaced but there are a couple which remain, although unrecognisable to how they were originally.
Lewis’s – we’ll never forget that. It was such a prime seafront spot and the facade was unmistakable. The ABC cinema, Devonshire Road Hospital, boating pool – they are all memorable places.
The old Mecca Ballroom building started life in 1965 as the Locarno. It eventually ended up a bowling alley and a nightclub before being demolished in 2009 Photo: Bill Johnson
South Shore Open Air Pool seen during it's heyday, with a backdrop of the South Shore area of Blackpool. The pool was opened in the summer of 1924 but was demolished in 1984 to make way for The Sandcastle which when it opened in 1986, was the biggest single new development in Blackpool since the 1930s Photo: submit
The Big Wheel opened in 1896 on the corner of Coronation Street and Adelaide Street and was 220 feet in height - a prominent landmark Photo: National World
The Oxford Hotel in Waterloo Road. In 2007 it was renamed Bickerstaffes but closed in 2009 and demolished in 2015. The site is now occupied by Aldi Photo: Bill Johnson