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…
13. Demolished Blackpool
Pleasure Beach archive pics of the Log Flume during demolition Photo: Rob Lock
14. Demolished Blackpool
The white-brick built Palace Cinema stood out among the shops in Clifton Street, Lytham. The cinema was built along with a cafe at a cost of £5,000 in 1930 but survived just 28 years before it was demolished Photo: Submit
15. Demolished Blackpool
Whittaker Wholesale and Retail Underclothing and the Co-operative society shop on Church Street near the corner with Ball Street in 1936.The Poulton Market building was being demolished whilst the butchers on the corner was clearly still in business Photo: Submit
17. Demolished Blackpool
The Mecca building on Central Drive was demolished to make way for the new Blackpool and the Fylde College campus Photo: Submit
18. Demolished Blackpool
Demolishing property in Talbot Road in 1929 to make way for a bigger Corporation bus station. The partly dismantled Big Wheel is in the background. Also in the pic are St John's Church and the Talbot Hotel (on the right) Photo: Submit