Lost Archives: 19 rare images of Blackpool in the days when Glass Plates Photography captured our town
By Claire Lark
Published 23rd May 2023, 15:45 BST
Pure nostalgia is captured in these incredible pictures of Blackpool and elsewhere on the Fylde Coast in bygone times.
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.
Guests arrive at Blackpool Central Station for the town's biggest ever party held at the Winter Gardens by Dutch multi-millionaire Barnhard Van Leer to celebrate his 71st birthday. The 2000 British workers and their guests attended a variety show in the afternoon prior to the evening party. The date was 1955 Photo: staff
The caption on the back of this pictures says "A safe place for children to play, without danger from traffic, at the new playground off Bowness Avenue, Mereside " This was 1959 Photo: staff
This Marton double decker tram No 144 starts it's long journey to Boston as a gift from Blackpool Corporation to the New England Electrical Tramway Historical Society museum in March 1955 Photo: staff
The Bishop of Blackburn, Dr C R Claxton, speaking at the Blackpool Royal Lifeboat Institution centenary service on Blackpool Promenade in 1964
Published Eg 15/06/ 1964 Photo: staff