One picture shows draymen loading the barrels at Yates’s and another of Birley Street lined either sides with cars from the era. An area long gone shows the markets, it’s where the old BHS used to be and the multi-storey car park. They are precious images of how our town used to be.
In case you missed them: 17 lost scenes of Blackpool in the 1940s
. Blackpool, 1930s
Old Bridge House Hotel on Lytham Road. Its name is thought to refer to a bridge which crossed the Spen Dyke near the Manchester Hotel. The pub was rebuilt in 1879 and remodelled in the 1930s. Blackpool Through Time by Allan Wood and Ted Lightbown. Photo: submit
. Blackpool, 1930s
Aerial view from Blackpool Tower looking North. Market Street ( in the centre ) runs parallel with the Promenade and Corporation Street on the right.The long roofs of the old St John's Market and Boots Chemist are in the centre with the town hall and Yates's Wine Lodge are at the top. H Samuel is in the same position as today, on the corner of Church Street and Bank Hey Street Also on church street are Alexandre taylors, Parker's Restaurant and cafe and Dicks shoes Photo: Archive
. Blackpool, 1930s
The outdoor bathing pool and paddling pool area nearing completion at Squires Gate Holiday Camp in the late 1930s. Lord Derby opened the new extensions and attractions at the camp on 8th July 1939 Photo: Ross Parry
. Blackpool, 1930s
Wilkinson's Yard, looking towards Bonny Street (seen through the archway).The location of the white cottage (on the left) can be seen near the centre of the section enlarged from the original photograph of Central Station (in the archive) . These old streets can be seen in the triangular area between the Promenade and the Central Station platforms in the aerial view of Central Station . Photo: staff
. Blackpool, 1930s
Roll up, roll up and pay to see starving honeymoon couples inside glass cases in the early 1930s. Those were the days when sideshows made their mark on the Golden Mile. Notice the lamp post placard for the defrocked Rector of Stiffkey, who was also starving - this time in a barrel Photo: Historical
. Blackpool, 1930s
There's no space on these Promenade benches just north of the Tower Photo: Archive
. Blackpool, 1930s
County Hotel and the corner of Church Street and the Promenade Photo: Submit
3. Blackpool, 1930s
Old Bridge House Hotel on Lytham Road. Its name is thought to refer to a bridge which crossed the Spen Dyke near the Manchester Hotel. The pub was rebuilt in 1879 and remodelled in the 1930s. Blackpool Through Time by Allan Wood and Ted Lightbown. Photo: submit
4. Blackpool, 1930s
Aerial view from Blackpool Tower looking North. Market Street ( in the centre ) runs parallel with the Promenade and Corporation Street on the right.The long roofs of the old St John's Market and Boots Chemist are in the centre with the town hall and Yates's Wine Lodge are at the top. H Samuel is in the same position as today, on the corner of Church Street and Bank Hey Street Also on church street are Alexandre taylors, Parker's Restaurant and cafe and Dicks shoes Photo: Archive
5. Blackpool, 1930s
The outdoor bathing pool and paddling pool area nearing completion at Squires Gate Holiday Camp in the late 1930s. Lord Derby opened the new extensions and attractions at the camp on 8th July 1939 Photo: Ross Parry
6. Blackpool, 1930s
Wilkinson's Yard, looking towards Bonny Street (seen through the archway).The location of the white cottage (on the left) can be seen near the centre of the section enlarged from the original photograph of Central Station (in the archive) . These old streets can be seen in the triangular area between the Promenade and the Central Station platforms in the aerial view of Central Station . Photo: staff