Our town was a thriving seaside resort and drew millions of visitors every year.
Cheap rail travel and holiday camps, like Pontins, made it a working class holiday hotspot. The town buzzed with dance halls, arcades and fish and chip shops.

19. Blackpool 1961-62
The scene on the middle walk at North Shore during scoutcar races, 1962 | National World

20. Blackpool 1961-62
Fylde ramblers off to the Isle of Man from Blackpool airport in August 1961 | National World


22. Blackpool 1961-62
Employees of the Fylde Water Board, Sefton Street, Blackpool in 1961 | National World


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