It drew holidaymakers in their thousands, look at the beach photos to see how people flocked to the sands. They could enjoy donkey rides, ice creams, have their fortunes told and enjoy everything the Golden Mile had to offer. There are wonderful scenes of the streets we still shop in too, they have changed beyond recognition as well as buildings and places which are lost to history.
In case you missed them: Lost Archives: 23 rarely seen images of Blackpool in the days when Glass Plates Photography captured our town
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7. 1950s Blackpool
This was the view from the roof of the Odeon Cinema, Cleveleys looking back towards Blackpool from the Crescent along Fleetwood Road and Kelso Avenue Photo: Submit
9. 1950s Blackpool
The second track alongside these carriages identifies the Grand National rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Photo: Historical
10. 1950s Blackpool
This rare photo shows the Oxford Cinema at Oxford Square Photo: Submit
11. 1950s Blackpool
This is Talbot Road at the junction of Abingdon Street and Topping Street. JH Berry and Son pork butcher and pie shop, Marlow's outfitters, Norwich Building Society, Charles Clayton and Co solicitors Photo: submit
