16 Boxing Day pictures in past times when Blackpool people hit the shops for a bargain

And when those shops re-open on Boxing Day, or for the January sales if we go back further, there are plenty of cut price offers which swiftly bring the shoppers back to town after the Christmas break. These are from the 00s and feature our brilliant town centre and its bargain hunters.

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