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They are all from the mighty Getty archive, news pictures which have been buried away until now. They show our town through various decades, through turbulant times to the resort rising as a golden tourist spot. They are a pleasure to scroll through.
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7. Historical Blackpool
Women Ambulance Drivers In Training, Over a hundred women have already enrolled as ambulance drivers under the Womens ' Voluntary Service at Blackpool. At the Blackpool Corporation Driving School they are taught A.R.P, mechanics and gas drill. - women ambulance drivers receive instruction on a car engine at Blackpool, Blackpool | Getty Images
![Passengers' Luggage at Talbot Road Station, Blackpool, in the Holiday Season', 1930. From "The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]. Artist Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/10/08/12/11/GettyImages-1144558713-(1).jpeg?crop=4:3&trim=&width=800)
8. Historical Blackpool
Passengers' Luggage at Talbot Road Station, Blackpool, in the Holiday Season', 1930. From "The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]. Artist Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images) | Getty Images
9. Historical Blackpool
French women footballers in swimwear stretching during an exercise session in a swimming pool at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, 2nd July 1938 | Getty Images
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10. Historical Blackpool
26th March 1934: Men at work on the big dipper at a Blackpool amusement park. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images) | Getty Images
11. Historical Blackpool
17th June 1935: A performing seal at a circus in Blackpool rides pillion behind a bathing belle. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images) | Getty Images
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12. Historical Blackpool
7th August 1936: A workman fitting light bulbs onto an elaborate model which forms part of the Blackpool illuminations. (Photo by Nick Yapp/Fox Photos/Getty Images) | Getty Images