20 stirring images of Blackpool streets, places and buildings which have been wiped from the landscape

What’s striking when trawling through The Gazette archives is how many buildings, streets and places have either been completely transformed or disappeared from the landscape altogether.

These unearthed scenes show some of the places in Blackpool which were once popular landmarks or familiar places – the kind you think would be around forever. They will remind you of the long forgotten landscape.