Bank Hey Street has been home to the big department stores through the years including RHO Hills, Binns and Lewis’s and still is where everyone heads to. It has seen lots of changes, the most significant being in the 1970s when it was pedestrianised. These pictures show the street and its shops down the decades.
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After Bank Hey Street was pedestrianised in 1973 Photo: National World
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Can you remember when they pedestrianised Bank Hey Street? Photo: National World
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This is where Boots is now. The photo was taken because the new store had been announced Photo: National World
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This was May 1973 - a digger at work in Bank Hey Street Photo: National World
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The caption on the back of thisd 1935 photo says - 'Another part of old Blackpool is going. The old buildings in Bank Hey Street, which are said to date back to 1840, and have been something of an eyesore as auctioneers' and rock sellers' stands, are being demolished and replaced by ultra modern shops with cream and green frontage. They were talking about Lewis's Photo: National World
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A rain lashed Bank Hey Street in May 1972 Photo: National World
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A rain lashed Bank Hey Street in May 1972 Photo: National World
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Bank Hey Street from Central Station in April 1953 Photo: National World
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The caption on the back of this 1976 picture says 'Blackpool's metal puzzle takes shape in Bank Hey Street, where the framework for the new Boots store, the Tower, a crane and a fire escape merge into a giant pile of steel and strength' Photo: National World
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Lewis's department store was an iconic part of Bank Hey Street Photo: staff