They are mainly street scenes and buildings, some still standing whilst others are long gone. But they give us an idea of how Blackpool looked in past times through the streets which are still so familiar.
31 pictures of Blackpool's best loved pubs in the 90s and 00s including Merrie England, Nellie Dean's, Counting House and Rose and Crown
1. Blackpool Through the Years
This rare aerial view of South Shore taken in 1934 shows the vast expanse of undeveloped land in Harrowside. Taken before the Solarium was built on the empty plot, and when the Marine Promenade, opened in 1926, boasted sunken gardens, a rock garden with a stream, ornamental fountains and a yachting pond | National World
2. Blackpool Through the Years
The busy junction of Waterloo Road and Vicarage Lane at Oxford Square in 1991 | library
3. Blackpool Through the Years
Topping Street, Blackpool, pictured from Church Street in 1934. The white-faced building on the right was then the premises of the electrical firm Hurst Ibbetson and Taylor | National World
4. Blackpool Through the Years
The new road layout at Oxford Square had just been completed when this photograph was taken in December 1967 | library
5. Blackpool Through the Years
The inaugural journey of Coronation 304 on June 16th 1952, with Walter Luff in the cab instructing the Mayor how to operate the controls as it moves over the crossover through the crowd | library
6. Blackpool Through the Years
Parks department workers in Beechfield Avenue are cutting back the trees to encourage new growth. The trunks still have the white markings added to make them more visible during the blackouts of World War Two | library