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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13. Bank Hey Street Memories
Orry's outfitters at the corner of Church Street and Bank Hey Street makes way for the new Lewis's store as the Palace block is demolished in 1962 Photo: Historical
14. Bank Hey Street Memories
Central Methodist Church and the Queen's Theatre, Bank Hey Street when the theatre had become a bingo hall. Both buildings have been demolished. This was 1952 Photo: staff
15. Bank Hey Street Memories
RHO Hills, Bank Hey Street, Blackpool showing the new extensions of May 1931 Photo: submit
18. Bank Hey Street Memories
Charisse Fashions and United Cattle Products (UCP) being demolished to make way for a new Boots store in 1976 in Bank Hey Street Photo: submit