25 superbly nostalgic scenes from Blackpool in 1965 which throwback decades to a much-loved era

Right back to the mid 1960s with these cracking photos.

We are talking 60 years ago, The Beatles were in town, there were floods, thousands on the beach and the Winter Gardens was having a makeover.

19. Blackpool, 1965

Flashback to 1965 when the Locarno New World Ballroom and the ground floor Top Rank Tenpin Bowl had yet to open Photo: Submit

Daleks arrive at Blackpool North Station in 1965 Photo: staff

Flooding in Fleetwood in 1965 Photo: library

Blackpool Airport terminal building 1965 Photo: Submit

Cookson Street, February 1965, showing Harrison's grocery shop Photo: staff

Mike and Bernie Winters in Blackpool in 1965 Photo: submit