This wonderful gallery of photos revist our town in 1959 and 1960.
This was Blackpool's Golden Era, it was at its height in terms of entertainment and tourism and these photos cast a glimpse into a forgotten time when our town shone.
Traffic along the Illuminations on Blackpool Promenade in September 1960 was, according to Publicity Director Harry Porter, "the busiest lights weekend we have ever known"
Tower circus clown Charlie Cairoli demonstrates his skill with the camera to Circusettes Sandra Edwards (left) and Valerie Sutton before the ITV broadcast of excerpts from the season show
Mr F E Harrison, OBE, MC, chairman of the Old Comrades Association of "C" Battery , 165th Brigade RFA 1914-1918, layed a wreath at the Blackpool Cenotaph, to mark the associations annual reunion, 1959
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