These brilliant photos go all t he way back to 1936 and revisit Blackpool in a very different era.

7. Blackpool, 1936
Aerial view of the newly built Victoria Hospital on Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool | Iconic Media


9. Blackpool, 1936
Looking up Talbot Road towards Blackpool North Railway Station ( with it's clock visible) with Abingdon Street on the right and May Bell Avenue ( now also Abingdon Street ) on the left leading to Central Library. Bateson's toy shop is on the right. This is dated 1936 but it's sketchy. | library

10. Blackpool, 1936
An album of photographs dated 1929 to 1936, found in a house in South Shields, included some from Blackpool and the Fylde. This shows a young boy named David. | Iconic Media

11. Blackpool, 1936
The new Boar's Head Inn, Preston Old Road Blackpool. Took the place of one of the oldest Blackpool hotels in 1936 | Iconic Media

12. Blackpool, 1936
Blackpool's Queen of Beauty 1936 - steps down from her throne with attendants - built on the chassis of new bus 123 at Rigby Road works | submit


