Exploring North Shore with a step back in time

North Shore has changed dramatically in the course of just the last century.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Dec 2017, 16:12 BST
Updated 12th Dec 2017, 10:22 BST
Warbreck Road - which is now named Dickson Road, North Shore looking from Warley Road towards the old Duke of Cambridge Hotel which can be seen at the far end of the road, circa 1920Warbreck Road - which is now named Dickson Road, North Shore looking from Warley Road towards the old Duke of Cambridge Hotel which can be seen at the far end of the road, circa 1920
Warbreck Road - which is now named Dickson Road, North Shore looking from Warley Road towards the old Duke of Cambridge Hotel which can be seen at the far end of the road, circa 1920

Just take a look at our archive pictures to see how different the area once looked. They show how Gynn Square looked in the early 1900s, before the roundabout and big hotel were built.

The Gynn Inn is on the right, the Mount Hotel is on the horizon in centre and the old Uncle Tom’s Cabin is on the cliffs to the left.

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And Derby Road can be seen, pictured in January 1967, with the houses which occupied the south west corner of the Pembroke Estate – on part of which Derby Baths was built.

Pleasant Street / junction with Egerton RoadPleasant Street / junction with Egerton Road
Pleasant Street / junction with Egerton Road

These houses and the Derby baths have since been demolished and the Blackpool Hilton Hotel and its car park occupy the ground.

North Shore boating pool is pictured in the 1940s, in its heyday.

Warbreck Road, which is now Dickson Road – looking from Warley Road towards the old Duke of Cambridge Hotel, which can be seen at the far end of the road, circa 1920. There is also a picture of Pleasant Street at its junction with Egerton Road.