These images pull together different views along Blackpool seafront in the last ten to 15 years alongside what they look like now. There are only subtle differences to some whilst others have no resemblance to how they looked in the 00s. Remember Lucky Star before the Velvet Coaster? And the old Star Pub at the Pleasure Beach?
In case you missed them: 19 scenes which snapshot life in Blackpool's best loved pubs in the 1990s - including Devonshire Arms, Saddle Inn, Wheatsheaf and No3
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2. Seafront - Then and Now
Massive difference here. The Star pub is pictured in 2008. It later became ‘The Apple and Parrot,’ but was demolished in 2018 to make way for a state-of-the art hotel Photo: National World

3. Seafront - Then and Now
As familiar as ever, the Metropole in 2008 and as it is now in 2022 Photo: National World

4. Seafront - Then and Now
North Pier as it was in 2008. It doesn't change much and remains such an important icon of Blackpool's history Photo: National World

5. Seafront - Then and Now
Blackpool Police Station - a landmark which will eventually be pulled down Photo: National World

6. Seafront - Then and Now
Talbot Square has undergone massive changes since 2008 Photo: National World