Thornton was a rural community back in the day with Cleveleys on the fringe of becoming a seaside attraction. The photos straddle the decades and remind us how this important part of the Fylde used to to look.
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1. Vintage Cleveleys
A packed beach at Cleveleys on a sunny day in the summer of 1973, when everyone was relaxing in deckchairs Photo: submit
2. Vintage Thornton
Bunting bedecked Rock Street, Burn Naze, Thornton, ready for its Coronation Day street party in 1953 Photo: Submit
3. Vintage Cleveleys
Looking east to Thornton down Victoria Road from the sea in the early years of the 20th Century Photo: submit
4. Vintage Thornton
Fleetwood Road near windmill opposite the end of Woodland Avenue. The ironmongers is at the end of the terrace with Chruch Road infant and junior school in the background Photo: Submit
5. Vintage Cleveleys
This was Beanland's Pavilion - a variety theatre which later became a cinema. It later became a car salesroom. Proprietor Will Beanland was a female impersonator Photo: submit
6. Vintage Cleveleys
Looking along Victoria Road West towards the sea. The building on the left is Cleveleys Hotel. The bungalow on the right of the cobbled wall is the former home of a Major Nutter. The low thatched building in the centre was the first Cleveleys Post Office, early 1900s Photo: Submit