The black and white scenes epitomise Blackpool in the 1950s showing landmarks, street scenes, events and people captured on film.
![The showpiece Art Deco information bureau on the Promenade opposite West Street has long since been replaced by a newer model nearer to the Tower. This was during the 1950s](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU2NTA4N2NjLWUzNjQtNDRhNy05MDJhLTFlN2E3OWUxNTI0MDplMTRlMjM1ZS0yMmI3LTQ4ZmEtODMyYS0xYmFhODZhNjZhZDY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. How Blackpool looked when The Queen came to the throne
The showpiece Art Deco information bureau on the Promenade opposite West Street has long since been replaced by a newer model nearer to the Tower. This was during the 1950s Photo: Archive
![Oxford Cinema in Oxford Square](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJlOGZlYTQzLWY2ZmUtNDJkMi1hZWEyLTYzOTg4ZTZjZGM0YzphZGE1ZWYxNC00ZjdmLTQ2NGMtOWJlOC1iYTBlOTNmNDAyMzc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. How Blackpool looked when The Queen came to the throne
Oxford Cinema in Oxford Square Photo: Submit
![This was Blackpool Central Station in the 1950s. It was around time when The Queen came to Blackpool for the Royal Variety Performance in 1955](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjIzMmEwNmY4LTIyY2QtNDA3OC1iYTYyLTk5YzIzNWUwZTUxZjoyNTEzMTFiMS03MjY4LTQxNWMtYjNmNS1iNGIxZmI3ODk0NDQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. How Blackpool looked when The Queen came to the throne
This was Blackpool Central Station in the 1950s. It was around time when The Queen came to Blackpool for the Royal Variety Performance in 1955 Photo: Submit
![A gala procession approaches the home of Annette and Frank Hobbs in Bispham Road, Bispham in the early 1950s. Bispham Library can be seen in the distance](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjZmZDRiMGI2LWI5NTUtNDRlMC1iMGMyLWQyOTRlYzYyMjZhZTplNGY3OTgzZi1mMWI5LTQ1N2UtOTlkNy03MWZkZmI3Y2JmZDc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. How Blackpool looked when The Queen came to the throne
A gala procession approaches the home of Annette and Frank Hobbs in Bispham Road, Bispham in the early 1950s. Bispham Library can be seen in the distance Photo: submit
![Church Street in the 1950s with a Vambac car waiting at the traffic lights outside the Regent Cinema and the Blackpool Grammar School building behind. Picture courtesy of John Fozzard](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQ1ZDQxNTgwLTVlNTktNGQ5ZS1hMzQyLTQ1NzM1MDE4ZWFhYzoxNTYzZjI5Yi00OTc3LTRkN2MtODU3ZS1mMTY1YTQ5Y2ZiMTU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
11. How Blackpool looked when The Queen came to the throne
Church Street in the 1950s with a Vambac car waiting at the traffic lights outside the Regent Cinema and the Blackpool Grammar School building behind. Picture courtesy of John Fozzard Photo: submit
![This is the Golden Mile looking south from a point near the present day Coral Island, before the smaller kiosks and stalls selling rock, ice cream, jugs of tea and kiss-me-quick hats gave way to the amusement arcades we see today](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk1ZTQ5MjY5LWQ3MWQtNDc0NS04MTk3LWIyNmFiMDVhZTZjZjo5NDRhNWFjNC01NWI0LTQ3YjctOWIxNS1mNTlmNjhmNDQ3OGE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
12. How Blackpool looked when The Queen came to the throne
This is the Golden Mile looking south from a point near the present day Coral Island, before the smaller kiosks and stalls selling rock, ice cream, jugs of tea and kiss-me-quick hats gave way to the amusement arcades we see today Photo: submit