Many were captured using Glass Plates Photography and stored in The Gazette archives for years to come and are a precious reminder of our town's history.
14. Through the Years
This is how the central Promenade looked in wartime, the concrete blocks were to stop invading tanks but bathing huts and pleasure boats were still in use. Early 1940s Photo: submit
15. Through the Years
Back in 2014, an incredible archive of photos taken in Blackpool showed how we have always loved to be beside the seaside. And this is one of them as holidaymakers queue for Blackpool Rock Photo: The Lost Archives
16. Through the Years
Coronation Street as seen from Church Street in the 1930s with the Winter Gardens on the left. Today, the building on the right still bears the commemorative stone engraved with " Post Office Buildings" to indicate where the old post office once stood. Photo: Submit
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New traffic lights had just been installed at the junction of Marton Drive, Watson Road and St Annes Road when this photograph was taken in 1947 Photo: National World
