One picture shows draymen loading the barrels at Yates’s and another of Birley Street lined either sides with cars from the era. An area long gone shows the markets, it’s where the old BHS used to be and the multi-storey car park. They are precious images of how our town used to be.
ICYMI: I take you on a journey in time through Blackpool which can only be seen through lost pictures
1. Blackpool, 1930s
The outdoor bathing pool and paddling pool area nearing completion at Squires Gate Holiday Camp in the late 1930s. Lord Derby opened the new extensions and attractions at the camp on 8th July 1939 Photo: Ross Parry
2. Blackpool, 1930s
Old Bridge House Hotel on Lytham Road. Its name is thought to refer to a bridge which crossed the Spen Dyke near the Manchester Hotel. The pub was rebuilt in 1879 and remodelled in the 1930s. Blackpool Through Time by Allan Wood and Ted Lightbown. Photo: submit
3. Blackpool, 1930s
There's no space on these Promenade benches just north of the Tower Photo: Archive
6. Blackpool, 1930s
Aerial view from Blackpool Tower looking North. Market Street ( in the centre ) runs parallel with the Promenade and Corporation Street on the right.The long roofs of the old St John's Market and Boots Chemist are in the centre with the town hall and Yates's Wine Lodge are at the top. H Samuel is in the same position as today, on the corner of Church Street and Bank Hey Street Also on church street are Alexandre taylors, Parker's Restaurant and cafe and Dicks shoes Photo: Archive