Whilst one building is flattened, another pops up somewhere else in an ever-evolving landscape. And it’s been happening for decades as these brilliant pictures show various stages of demolition and regeneration across the town. Old theatres have gone, shops, industrial buildings. Take a look and see if you can recognise any…
In case you missed them: 43 retro pictures taken at Blackpool schools between 1999 and 2001 from Stanley Primary to Montgomery High
1. Demolished Blackpool
After many attempt the tractor crane and traction engine pull down the huge wall left standing amid the ruins of Boots in 1936 after a huge fire Photo: Submit
2. Demolished Blackpool
The site as Blackpool's Queens Theatre demolished to make way for a new C&A store Photo: submit
3. Demolished Blackpool
Derelict Greenhouses on Fisher's Lane in Marton in the 60s and 70s. They were later demolished Photo: Submit
4. Demolished Blackpool
Charisse Fashions and United Cattle Products (UCP) being demolished to make way for a new Boots store in 1976 in Bank Hey Street Photo: submit
5. Demolished Blackpool
Protest on the boarding which surrounded Derby Baths after it was demolished in 1990 Photo: submit
6. Demolished Blackpool
With the old railway station gone, work began on the car park and shopping complex which became Fine Fare, Wilkinsons, Food Giant... it has been flattened again as part of the Talbot Gateway Photo: Submit