Where the Fylde coast celebrated the festive season back in the day

Tis the season to eat, drink and be merry.
The Oxford Hotel, Oxford Square, at the junction with Waterloo Road, Blackpool, in 1953. Aldi supermarket now sits where the Oxford once stood.The Oxford Hotel, Oxford Square, at the junction with Waterloo Road, Blackpool, in 1953. Aldi supermarket now sits where the Oxford once stood.
The Oxford Hotel, Oxford Square, at the junction with Waterloo Road, Blackpool, in 1953. Aldi supermarket now sits where the Oxford once stood.

So we take a step back in time with pictures of some well-known Blackpool pubs and how they used to look in yesteryear.

Some of them have long gone, others are still open – but look quite different now than they once did in times gone-by.