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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. 1950s Blackpool
A rare colour photo outside Abingdon Street Market where morning shoppers are waiting for the the tram to Marton Photo: submit
. 1950s Blackpool
This is a classic 1950s view of Blackpool Beach in the 1950s taken from the book Blackpool and the Fylde Coast Memories by Andrew Mitchell and Steve Ainsworth Photo: submit
. 1950s Blackpool
The Promenade and Talbot Square in the mid 1950s. From the left, businesses include the EH Booth store and cafe above, Williams and Son Chemist, the Nutbrown Arcade selling Nutbrown Kitchen Equipment and a small shop advertising Blackpool rock. On the corner is an empty shop with the Royal Liver Assurance office and the Entertainments and Accommodation Ltd above Photo: staff
. 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
. 1950s Blackpool
The second track alongside these carriages identifies the Grand National rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Photo: Historical
. 1950s Blackpool
'Look, we can get our ball higher the Blackpool Tower, claim these youngsters enjoying beach games' Photo: Archive
19. 1950s Blackpool
This is the Golden Mile looking south from a point near the present day Coral Island, before the smaller kiosks and stalls selling rock, ice cream, jugs of tea and kiss-me-quick hats gave way to the imposing amusement arcades we see today Photo: submit
20. 1950s Blackpool
Blackpool Rock stall, at the Pleasure Beach, from the late 1950s. Picture sent in by Geoff Race, shows the main avenue flooded Photo: submit
21. 1950s Blackpool
Two men riding a bone-shaker bicycle and a penny farthing on Vicarage lane, Blackpool, with the Oxford Garage on Waterloo Road in the background, 1950s Photo: staff
22. 1950s Blackpool
Feldmans Theatre (right ) and Stanley buildings are now the site of Coral Island. People on the right are standing outside central station Photo: Submit
23. 1950s Blackpool
A lovely image which captures the essence of Blackpool - sadly the quality of the photo isn't great but still worth including Photo: submit