It was long before the resort’s golden years but all the hallmarks were there for the great British seaside Blackpool would become. The piers, tower, Big Wheel, Pleasure Beach, stretches of sand – even a train along the Golden Mile, except it transported sand, not people. They are a fascinating look at early Blackpool.
7. Blackpool 1900-1905
Blackpool Promenade extension 1905. Courtest of British Film Institute www.player.bfi.rog.uk/britain-on-film Photo: submit
8. Blackpool 1900-1905
Clifton park Racecourse, as it was known about 1905, while a race was in progress Photo: library
9. Blackpool 1900-1905
Lancashire author of Moorlands and Memories Allen Clarke and his wife Lila, with bikes, at Daisy Colony (agricultural co-operative) near Blackpool 1905 Photo: submit
10. Blackpool 1900-1905
Central Beach, Blackpool, in 1905 when festivities to mark the widening of the promenade were being held. New entrances for both North and Central Piers were also created Photo: National World
11. Blackpool 1900-1905
St Kentigern's School, 1904, Blackpool Submitted by Barry McCann Photo: submit
12. Blackpool 1900-1905
The oldest ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Sir Hiram Maxim's Flying Machine, pictured in 1904 Photo: Historical