25 stunning Blackpool pictures which capture the resort in 1955
This wonderful gallery of photos revist our town in 1955.
By The Newsroom
Published 22nd Dec 2023, 12:17 BST
They remind us what our great town looked like in a long ago era, the people, buildings, fashions and football. There's a cracking, rarely seen photo of the Winter Gardens at night and scenes which reflect how our town has changed.
22nd August 1955: Stage performer 'Koringa' aboard the Cunarder, 'Assyria' with one of the alligators which forms part of her act. The alligators are going to Montreal by boat and she is to fly there to join them for a revue in Radio City
circa 1955: Crowds of day-trippers on the beach at Blackpool, Lancashire. Blackpool Tower is in the background. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)
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