35 fascinating Blackpool pictures from 1958 including old shops and streets, Jimmy Armfield and Al Capone's car
By Claire Lark
Published 14th Nov 2023, 10:44 BST
Updated 14th Nov 2023, 10:45 BST
We are throwing back the years with these fabulous pictures of Blackpool in the year of 1958.
It’s outside living memory for many of us and so bring a glimpse of our town 65 years ago. Who knew that gangster Al Capone’s car was sold through auction in Blackpool? Dramatic floods under the railway bridge on Devonshire Road, snow capped roofs and football great Jimmy Armfield’s wedding are among these great pictures which wrap up a year.
Blackpool Grammar School prefects 1958: Back row, John Bayley, Warren Kelly, David Lee, John Myerscough, Bill Wing and Derek Raitt.
Front row, from left: Tony Wilbraham, Alan Johnston, head boy Peter Barton, headmaster the Rev H.M. Luft, deputy head boy Mike Sudlow, Derek Hudson and Ian Lambert Photo: Submit
Carr Hill Secondary Modern School Kirkham - students waiting for the arrival of the Duchess of Kent for the official opening of the school in 1958 Photo: Submit