They are the markers we head for, the trigger points when we know ‘we are there’ or, at least, in the right area of an unfamiliar town.
These photos by no means exhaust the list of local landmarks but they are some of the ones we love, drive past, aim for and in some cases only remember, as they have been lost to history. They are all from the decade of the 1990s and show how some have changed in the last 30 years.
In case you missed them: 23 scenes to evoke memories of a very different Blackpool town centre in the 1990s

7. Landmarks 90s
One of Blackpool's iconic landmarks - it can even be seen from the M6 on a clear day. This was The Big One in 1997 Photo: Submit

8. Landmarks 90s
Queenstown flats, Blackpool in the 1990s. It's hard to imagine them being there now... Photo: John Atkinson

9. Landmarks 90s
The National Savings building was a prime landmark in 1997. It was eventually pulled down in 2017 Photo: Dawn Castle

10. Landmarks 90s
A great aerial shot of Central Pier - complete with the big wheel Photo: submit

11. Landmarks 90s
The Halfway House on Lytham Road is a well-known landmark. It had been renovated in this 1998 picture Photo: Rob Lock

12. Landmarks 90s
The bridge over Yeadon Way which carried Bloomfield Road and now demolished Photo: Robert Charles Norton Lock

