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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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