At the height of their popularity, it was estimated there were around 20 different picture houses across the Fylde Coast. One of Blackpool’s most well known was the ABC in Church Street. A former theatre, the cinema opened in the early 1980s as the three screen Canon Cinema, later the MGM and finally the ABC Cinema which closed in 1998. And, of course, the Odeon in Dickson Road was one of the resort’s premier choices. These nostalgic pictures look back at Blackpool's cinemas through the decades including those in Fleetwood and St Annes.
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7. Lost Cinemas
This is a super old picture of Fairyland at the junction of Central Promenade and Chapel Street in 1925. The building with the white facade once housed the Ritz Cinema Photo: Submit
9. Lost Cinemas
Of course the Regent Cinema is still going strong as an independent cinema showing classic films. But it's time as a mainstream cinema finished in 1969 when bingo took over. It was lovingly restored around ten years ago and has proved a popular venue to catch an old film Photo: Submit
10. Lost Cinemas
The Imperial Cinema in Dickson Road opened 1913. It was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1939 and eventually closed in 1961 Photo: staff
11. Lost Cinemas
King Edward Pictures in Central Drive. When it opened in 1913 as Lancashire's first picture house it was named the Central Picture Theatre, later it became the King Edward Cinema. Since then it has been a Coral Bingo outlet and The Village. It will be preserved in the current Central Development Photo: staff
12. Lost Cinemas
The Palace Cinema and Palace Restaurant, on the corner of Garden Street and St George's Road, St Annes, 1930s Photo: submit