The area has recently undergone extensive renovations but it is still hugely recognisable, flanked by buildings which haven’t changed for decades – except where the iconic Yates’s Wine Lodge once stood.
It was once known as Belle Vue Square and became the focal point of the town with the Town Hall, Clifton Hotel, North Pier and Yates’s. These pictures also show its use for the Illuminations switch-on, VE Day celebrations and when Blackpool FC won the FA Cup in 1953, it was the natural choice for the homecoming parade.
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13. Talbot Square Nostalgia
An engineer attends to an arc lamp in Talbot Square, Blackpool, in 1893 14 years after the "artificial sunshine" trials. The Clifton Hotel is in the background Photo: Submit
14. Talbot Square Nostalgia
Such an old picture but this was Talbot Square drinking fountain, erected in 1870 pictured 1875. It was demolished in the 1920s Photo: Submit
15. Talbot Square Nostalgia
Little more up-to-date with this one - Addisons Nightclub in 1989 Photo: Submit
17. Talbot Square Nostalgia
Promenade end of Talbot Square, with the Metropole Hotel in the background Photo: submit
18. Talbot Square Nostalgia
The wartime barricades were a focal point on the Promenade at Talbot Sqaure Photo: Historical