Most are long gone, except for a couple of high street names which have moved location.
But these were the shops which knitted our wonderful town together and provided food, clothing and every day essentials. They are striking pictures which show how the shops and streets have changed.
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7. Vintage Shops
The former Raikes Smithy as a pet shop selling dog, bird and poultry food as well as being a gun shop on Church Street Blackpool. The building was situated opposite the end of Park Road and before it was burned down in 1988 it had been a the Continental Bedding shop | National World
8. Vintage Shops
The Co-operative Emporium 's impressive facade has now given way to an open air car park with advertising hoardings between Sheppard Street and Coronation Street, 1939 | National World
9. Vintage Shops
RHO Hills. Blackpool's flagship department store R H O Hills, Bank Hey Street, re-opened in modern guise in 1968 following a blaze the previous year | National World
10. Vintage Shops
The Edith Centre, Marks and Spencer Store, junction of Bank Hey Street and Albert Road, Blackpool - possibly 1972/3 | National World
11. Vintage Shops
Littlewoods (Bank Hey Street) store closure feature. The original store on Bond Street, South Shore, Blackpool | National World
12. Vintage Shops
Redmans Cafe and food store, later Chelsea Girl, and these days River Island, Bank Hey Street, 1957 | National World