An elderly man wearing a black coat and a flat cap asleep on a bench beside a similarly dressed person, overlooking the crowded beach from Blackpool Pier in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, circa 1955. Blackpool Tower rises in the background beyond the beach.placeholder image
An elderly man wearing a black coat and a flat cap asleep on a bench beside a similarly dressed person, overlooking the crowded beach from Blackpool Pier in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, circa 1955. Blackpool Tower rises in the background beyond the beach. | Getty Images

24 exquisite pictures of Blackpool at the height of its glory in the golden era of the 1950s

Claire Lark
By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 13th Jun 2025, 12:00 GMT

1950s Blackpool was part of its golden era.

They are wonderful set of photos from when kids built sandcastles, when there were oyster bars on the sands, donkey rides. It was an age of innocence.

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Blackpool 1950s - Woolworths in the background

7. Blackpool Beach 1950s

Blackpool 1950s - Woolworths in the background | National World

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Blackpool Rock stall, at the Pleasure Beach, from the late 1950s

8. Blackpool Beach 1950s

Blackpool Rock stall, at the Pleasure Beach, from the late 1950s | submit

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One Bank holiday Monday in the 1950s, using bed mattresses stuffed with horse hair, Preston Judo Club members gave a display on Blackpool Beach which was packed with holidaymakers. Ashton reader Richard Butterworth recalls that judo was a new sport at the time and they were given a terrific reception. Thanks for the memory, Richard, and for the photo.

9. Blackpool Beach 1950s

One Bank holiday Monday in the 1950s, using bed mattresses stuffed with horse hair, Preston Judo Club members gave a display on Blackpool Beach which was packed with holidaymakers. Ashton reader Richard Butterworth recalls that judo was a new sport at the time and they were given a terrific reception. Thanks for the memory, Richard, and for the photo. | National World

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Margaret Maudsley, retired hotelier in the beach in the 1950s

10. Blackpool beach 1950s

Margaret Maudsley, retired hotelier in the beach in the 1950s | submit

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Standing on the seat to keep their feet dry while waiting for a tram in a floooded tram shelter.

11. Blackpool Beach, 1950s

Standing on the seat to keep their feet dry while waiting for a tram in a floooded tram shelter. | National World

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The teapot mobile cafe on Blackpool beach in better days.. 1950s

12. Blackpool Beach, 1950s

The teapot mobile cafe on Blackpool beach in better days.. 1950s | National World

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