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.

19. Blackpool Through the Years
Many things have changed since this view of Clifton Street was photographed in the early 1930s. The trams ceased to follow this route in 1962, the Town Hall lost it's spire in 1966 and more recently Yates Wine Lodge was demolished following a devastating fire in 2009 | National World

20. Blackpool Through the Years
When these houses, on Caunce Street near the junction with Collingwood Avenue, were demolished Lowes/Forbes expanded their builders merchants yard onto the site. | library

21. Blackpool Through the Years
A somewhat forlorn view of Staining Windmill, Mill Lane, from Smithy Lane in the late 1950s | library

22. Blackpool Through the Years
The grounds of Layton Hall were bounded by Newton Drive Collingwood Avenue and Hollywood Avenue | National World

23. Blackpool Through the Years
Princess Margaret visited the Fylde Coast in 1954. Crowds gathered along Blackpool Promenade as Princess Margaret's car arrived at Talbot Square | rossparry.co.uk

24. Blackpool Through the Years
The Blackpool Lifeboat House under construction in 1937. The attractive art deco building was unceremoniously demolished in 2009 to make way for new sea defences | National World


