It was the year a town centre cafe collapsed- Redmans in Bank Hey Street and it was also devastation for Blackpool Tower Ballroom which was gutted by fire. It was a year of flash floods too.
In case you missed them: 31 old school photos taken in Blackpool through the years including some from Fleetwood and Lytham
7. Blackpool, 1956
Brian Petherwick decks Eddie Sykes in a fight at the Tower | National World
9. Blackpool, 1956
This horse and elephant weigh up their performance in a 1956 Tower Circus act presented by Jozsi Vinicky | National World
10. Blackpool, 1956
The car park at the end of Fairhaven Road and Derbe Road, St Annes. The occasion was a motor gymkhana held by the Lytham St. Annes and District Motor Club | National World
11. Blackpool, 1956
Kirkham RAF personnel maintain a Battle of Britain aircraft in 1956 | National World
12. Blackpool, 1956
Town Clerk Ernest Lee meets the Queen Mother at Blackpool Town Hall 1956 | National World