25 nostalgic photos from 1956 wrap up Blackpool from a long ago era

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

21 fantastic Blackpool pictures from 1995 including Oasis and Noel Gallagher, Miss Blackpool and Sooty

31 retro pictures of Blackpool nightclubs Trilogy, Rumours, Hush and Jenkinsons