Dickson Road and Talbot Road meet in the centre of town and are among the oldest streets in our town. Dickson Road which backs on to some of Blackpool’s biggest hotels is a community in itself with shops, businesses and guest houses along the length of the road to Gynn Square. And Talbot Road which is undergoing yet another transformation was one of the town’s very first streets. It’s home to the train station, town centre pubs, clubs and shops and cuts through to the more residential side near Layton. These brilliant pictures take us on a journey from the early 1900s to the noughties.


20. Talbot Road and Dickson Road
Birchalls tobacconists on Talbot Road in Blackpool was celebrating 165 years in business. Pic shows Vanessa Parkinson in the shop's humidor room with a jar of Millenium cigars Photo: Rob Lock



23. Talbot Road and Dickson Road
The interior of the Imperial Cinema on Dickson Road Blackpool was destroyed by fire on April 30 1939 Photo: staff

24. Talbot Road and Dickson Road
Suds and Bubbles - professional laundry service, Dickson Road, 2006 Photo: Submit

