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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Sue Copp at the age of 5 with her mum and brother

13. Blackpool Beach 1950s

Sue Copp at the age of 5 with her mum and brother | submit

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A crowded Blackpool seafront in the 1950s

14. Blackpool Beach 1950s

A crowded Blackpool seafront in the 1950s | National World

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Oyster stall on Blackpool Beach, the tower is just visible on the left

15. Blackpool Beach, 1950s

Oyster stall on Blackpool Beach, the tower is just visible on the left | submit

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Sabrina on the Sand Dunes

16. Blackpool Beach, 1950s

Sabrina on the Sand Dunes | staff

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Sabrina in Front of the Pleasure Beach. Her real name was Norma Sykes and she was a glamour model

17. Blackpool Beach 1950s

Sabrina in Front of the Pleasure Beach. Her real name was Norma Sykes and she was a glamour model | National World

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Thirteen members of the Bop Club, with Les Whiteside in the middle, pictured on Blackpool Promenade in the late 1950s

18. Blackpool Beach, 1950s

Thirteen members of the Bop Club, with Les Whiteside in the middle, pictured on Blackpool Promenade in the late 1950s | National World

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