Many were captured using Glass Plates Photography and stored in The Gazette archives for years to come and are a precious reminder of our town's history.
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Children enjoying a fabulous new playground on Bowness Avenue, Mereside, 1959 Photo: National World
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A view of Blackpool Tower looking south from the roof of the Regent Court flats in 1963. To the left of the Tower is the spire of the Town Hall (removed in 1966) and on the right is the Metropole Hotel complex. Photo: staff
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Blackpool Promenade on May 13 1955 Photo: staff
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Headmistress Miss D S Ford teaching children of Devonshire Road Infants School the new initial teaching alphabet (ITA) in 1964. Can you remember ITA? I can, just... Photo: staff
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This was Coronation Street pictured on the first day of the two day "Tradesmen's Holiday" in May 1955. Traditionally a time when local tradesmen took time off before the beginning of the Blackpool summer season Photo: National World
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A sea rescue at Gynn Square in 1961 Photo: staff