The photos focus on Victoria Street, which is one of the town’s oldest streets and Corporation Street. They are central to our resort’s shopping. Some of the really old ones go back to the 1800s. I find them fascinating because there are glimmers of how our town would shape up decades later. Other photos fast forward to the 90s and 00s.
8. Town Centre Memories
This was once Blackpool's oldest building. It opened in 1837 as The Victoria Promenade. The photographer is looking up Victoria Street from Bank Hey Street. The house at the top was the home of the Cocker family and stood on the site of the present day Winter Gardens. | National World
9. Town Centre Memories
Blackpool's Corporation Street (then still known as Lytham Street) and West Street junction. The Orient Cafe is now the site of Blackpool Council offices | National World
10. Town Centre Memories
L-R Joanne McQuillian, Marcia Leach and Gemma Eaves of Bella Italia, Victoria Street | National World
11. Town Centre Memories
Victoria Street is to the right as this photo looks up Bank Hey Street. This was 1875 | National World
