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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13. Vintage Cleveleys
Queens Theatre after gale and storm damage. It was later The Showboat Nightspot and the New Showboat Photo: Submit
14. Vintage Cleveleys
Victoria Road West looking west with Cleveleys hotel in the far distance Photo: Submit
18. Vintage Thornton
Thornton has every reason to be proud of its new library seen in this picture from 1938 Photo: Submit
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