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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View of Blackpool Beach in the 1950s. Taken from the book Blackpool and the Fylde Coast Memories by Andrew Mitchell and Steve Ainsworth

19. Blackpool Beach, 1950s

View of Blackpool Beach in the 1950s. Taken from the book Blackpool and the Fylde Coast Memories by Andrew Mitchell and Steve Ainsworth | submit

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Something is holding the interest of the hundreds of holidaymakers on Blackpool Beach - try counting the number of headscarfs!

20. Blackpool Beach, 1950s

Something is holding the interest of the hundreds of holidaymakers on Blackpool Beach - try counting the number of headscarfs! | National World

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Crowds strolling back from Lawrence Wright's On With The Show at North Pier Blackpool in the early 1950

21. Blackpool Beach, 1950s

Crowds strolling back from Lawrence Wright's On With The Show at North Pier Blackpool in the early 1950 | National World

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Golden Mile Blackpool in the 1950s

22. Blackpool Beach, 1950s

Golden Mile Blackpool in the 1950s | National World

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Fun and frolics on the beach at Blackpool

23. Blackpool Beach 1950s

Fun and frolics on the beach at Blackpool | submit

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North Shore Boating Pool is enjoying brisk business in this view from the 1950s

24. Blackpool Beach, 1950s

North Shore Boating Pool is enjoying brisk business in this view from the 1950s | National World

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