From Blackpool’s famous sports car manufacturer TVR to Allied Bakeries which supplied the Fylde Coast in bread for generations, many people will remember these factories from back in the day. Whether it be passing them on the way to school or work or as an employee, they are full of memories and offered employment to thousands of workers. There are nine featured and they once thrived on the Fylde Coast but through the wheels of change are now left to the pages of history books.
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1. Lost Factories
TVR was one of Blackpool's biggest success stories until it closed its factory in 2006 at a cost of 250 jobs Photo: Robert Charles Norton Lock
2. Lost Factories
Sir William Lyons Bloomfield Road factory. William Lyons was born in Blackpool and started out making motorcycle side-cars but his business success came as the co-founder of Jaguar Cars Photo: Submit
3. Lost Factories
Allied Bakeries factory closed in 2000 leaving 160 staff redundant Photo: Rob Lock
4. Lost Factories
This was Magnet Kitchens factory in Fleetwood, also known as Easthams Kitchens Photo: submit
5. Lost Factories
Stanley Kitt takes a look at the sweets ready for packing at Daintee Confectionary in June 1980 Photo: submit
6. Lost Factories
The Arvin Meritor factory was in Squires Gate Lane and pulled its operations in the mid-noughties. It made car systems in Blackpool, such as exhausts Photo: Martin Bostock