Marks and Spencer has had a firm foothold on Church Street for decades. It has and still is weathering the storm of high street decline in Blackpool and these pictures remind us of its past. From new buildings to staff, customers and the shop floor, they will bring back plenty of shopping memories.
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13. Nostalgic M&S
Marks and Spencer created a display on its Victoria Street side to support Keep Blackpool Tidy in 1987 Photo: National World
14. Nostalgic M&S
Hairdressing and chiropody facilities were subsidised for staff at Marks and Spencer. This was in 1980 Photo: National World
15. Nostalgic M&S
Michela Savorelli of the English National Ballet with Marks and Spencer butcher shops divisional trainer Robert Devine at the opening of the Blackpool Stores new butchers Photo: Martin Bostock
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