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.
25. Blackpool 1900-1905
South Promenade in Blackpool from the Manchester Hotel in 1902. The area had been transformed since the days of the famous 1833 storms when sandhills in front of Simpson's Hotel disappeared Photo: National World
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