25 atmospheric scenes showing the changing times of Blackpool beach in the last 100 years

Atmospheric pictures from old days capture Blackpool's beach through time.

From the very early days of beach hut changing facilities protecting our ancestor's modesty to the heydays of the 1976 heatwave, the piers, storms, Punch and Judy and everything in between, these photos capture the magic and appeal of our beach.

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13. Blackpool Beach through the years

This amphibious aeroplane, used for flights between Blackpool and the Isle of Man, soon drew the crowds in 1932 when it landed on the beach between Central and South piers | National World