The factories you might remember are featured as well as colleagues and bosses who kept the wheels turning. Different trades and businesses are included – you might recognise some faces.
In case you missed them: 27 street scenes of Lytham Road in Blackpool from the 1990s and 2000s
![Packing assorted biscuits by hand at Fox's Biscuits, Kirkham](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjZhN2MzYjQ4LTU0MjUtNDZjYy1hNWU4LTY2NTJmZWI1Mjk2MjphNmE4YTIyOS0xODgzLTQ3ODgtOGRjYi03NGU1NmJkYjU0MzE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. The Factories
Packing assorted biscuits by hand at Fox's Biscuits, Kirkham Photo: National World
![Fylde Metal Processors Ltd, 1985](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmY5NzViMzYwLTdjNTMtNGY2Zi04MjZhLTc5MjJmM2JhNzJhNTo4ODUzMDE4NC1jNGVkLTQ5MmEtODFjMi00N2EwMDk5YmRmMGU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Craig Holland, quality assurance manager at Glasdons, tests the stretch in plastics, 1990](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjA0MjQ4NDY2LWUxZjUtNGY3Ni04YzRlLTEwY2UxZGIyNjgzZjphMWI0NDcyMi0wYTM1LTRjZjQtOGEzNy03NGNmM2U1MDJhYjk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. Blackpool's factories
Craig Holland, quality assurance manager at Glasdons, tests the stretch in plastics, 1990 Photo: National World
![Glasdon's design team David Bray, Carl Scratcher, Robert Dixon and John Holgate, 1990](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjJhNzgwNDNkLWMzZjgtNDdiYi04MmQ0LWQwMDAzZjNhNDJiYTphZTFkNmU3NC01NmJmLTQ0Y2UtYTA3OC00Mjk2Nzc3MGJjOTM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. Blackpool factories
Glasdon's design team David Bray, Carl Scratcher, Robert Dixon and John Holgate, 1990 Photo: National World
![Direct Window Factory, Blackpool. Owner Dave Stevely and his staff](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjY4ZGRlZWRhLWQxZGYtNGYwYi04YTdiLTg5M2RmODI2ZjMwMzpjMGJhZmE2MC01ODM4LTRjYjYtYTQ3Ny02MmI0NDA5MWQ3ZjY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
11. The Factories
Direct Window Factory, Blackpool. Owner Dave Stevely and his staff Photo: Mike Foster
![Hawker-Sidley aircraft factory which during world war two was owned by Vickers who made bomber aircraft there. There were plans in the late 1950s to turn the hangars into a conference and exhibition centre. This picture from 1948 show the main shop floor - at the time it was one of europe's largest single span buildings](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUzNDMxYjQwLTllZDktNDc4My04MGE4LTUwMjJkNjk0OTlhZDphYjZjOTI3OC0wZThhLTQ2NGUtYWU4ZC1iMGY4MTU4YWZhMDY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
12. The Factories
Hawker-Sidley aircraft factory which during world war two was owned by Vickers who made bomber aircraft there. There were plans in the late 1950s to turn the hangars into a conference and exhibition centre. This picture from 1948 show the main shop floor - at the time it was one of europe's largest single span buildings Photo: Submit