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.
A terrific thunderstorm and downpour of rain caused flooding in several areas of Blackpool in 1958. The depth of the water under the railway bridge at Devonshire Road is indicated by the stranded car Photo: staff
RHO Hills , Bank Hey Street in 1958 the building was destroyed by a disatrous fire in 1967. Later the site was redeveloped and Binns department store traded there until 1987. Initially renamed the Tower Shopping centre it is now part of Houndshill and several high street names occupy the site the latest being Primark Photo: Archive
Prague Dynamo football team took in the sights on a visit to Blackpool a few days before their friendly match with Burnley at Turf Moor on 20th October 1958 Photo: staff
Work in progress on Blackpool's first subway on Central Promenade close to the Huntsman Hotel in 1958. The underground walkway ran from Fairyland ( next to the Huntsman Hotel seen here on the left) to the lifeboat house Photo: staff