13 lost scenes of Blackpool shops and streets back to the 1980s

It was a time when every unit and shop was filled with trade and people would pack the streets on a Saturday afternoon hunting for a bargain. It was the last era of true high street shopping before the age of Internet shopping began to tighten its grip.

In case you missed them: 19 nostalgic scenes of Cleveleys which capture Victoria Road West, the town centre and surrounding streets in the 70s, 80s and 90s

Lost Archives: 23 rarely seen images of Blackpool in the days when Glass Plates Photography captured our town

15 stirring images of Blackpool streets which have been wiped from the map

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