Holiday crowds still flocked to the piers, theatres, and illuminations, while trams rattled past boarding houses.
That year, the famous Big Wheel, once a towering symbol of Edwardian spectacle, was dismantled, marking change.
Its removal opened views across the sands, reminding residents that the resort continually reinvented itself to entertain new generations.
ICYMI: 31 unmissable old pictures of how Blackpool looked in 1988 - people, buildings and everyday life
2. Blackpool, 1928
Lost Archives glass plate negative - Big Wheel demolition. A Paramount News cameraman Tom Cummins is tied to one of the spokes of the Big Wheel to film whilst the wheel comleted its 8 minute rotation | Iconic Media
4. Blackpool, 1928
Bishop of Blackburn Percey Herbert and Doodles The Blackpool Tower Circus clown in 1928 - Blackpool historical | National World
6. Blackpool, 1928
Box Car 111 and Pantograph 176 with the newly laid track. The shelter on the right was later demolished | submit