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 imposing amusement arcades we see todayThis 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 imposing amusement arcades we see today
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 imposing amusement arcades we see today

21 evocative pictures take you back to Blackpool in the 1950s

This wonderful gallery of photos revist our town in the 1950s

From the greyhound racing track and Golden Mile sideshows to packed beaches, demolished streets and pubs they remind us how we lived in those long-gone days.

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