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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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
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Mullard Factory in Warrenhurst Road, Fleetwood employed hundreds of people back in the day Photo: submit
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The former James Robertson Engineering factory in Fleetwood. At its height the company had around 500 workers. They ran a social club in London Street near the Dock Street section of the works and also fielded a football team in a local league Photo: Mike Foster
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The workers at Cleveleys Footwear had turned up at work in June 1985 to find they were without jobs Photo: na