There’s a great shot of Victoria Street, long before Houndshill and the ABC Theatre which later became a cinema. People, places and events round up the year of 1963...
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. Blackpool, 1963
Clearing the snowfall in Victoria Street, Blackpool, in 1963 Photo: library
. Blackpool, 1963
Ice Skating at Blackpool's Bloomfield Road in 1963 - Blackpool FC players ice skating on the frozen pitch Photo: Submit
. Blackpool, 1963
A member of the Blackpool Parks Department operating a mechanical snow plough in Stanley Park Photo: staff
. Blackpool, 1963
British United plane at Blackpool Airport. The passengers were pupils and staff from St George’s School, Marton, where fourth and fifth-formers were undertaking an educational visit to Newcastle, Washington and Durham Photo: Submit
. Blackpool, 1963
Blackpool beach looked like an Arctic wasteland with frozen snow and ice-floes along it's whole length Photo: staff
. Blackpool, 1963
Westcliffe Drive looking towards the junction with Talbot Road and Layton Road. The bus is on the wrong side of the road because of road works. The Jewish cemetery is on the right Photo: Submit
7. Blackpool, 1963
Blackpool beach looked like an Arctic wasteland with frozen snow and ice-floes along it's whole length Photo: staff
8. Blackpool, 1963
Westcliffe Drive looking towards the junction with Talbot Road and Layton Road. The bus is on the wrong side of the road because of road works. The Jewish cemetery is on the right Photo: Submit
9. Blackpool, 1963
Men working on the new high rise flats at Queenstown, Layton. Cumbrian Avenue joins Mather Street which runs left to right across the centre. The spire of Layton Hill Convent School (now St Mary's High School) can be seen in the distance to the left. The open ground of Kingscote playing fields can be seen top right Photo: staff
10. Blackpool, 1963
A view of Blackpool Tower looking south from the roof of the Regent Court flats in 1963. To the left of the Tower is the spire of the Town Hall (removed in 1966) and on the right is the Metropole Hotel complex Photo: staff
11. Blackpool, 1963
Duke of Edinburgh with some of the worlds best golfers at Blackpool North Shore in 1963 Photo: Submit
12. Blackpool, 1963
Miss Blackpool Heats August 1963. Jimmy Edwards (Judge) with Cheryl Brockman, Dorothy Hazelene and on the right Valerie Martin from Blackburn, a former Miss Great Britain Photo: Submit