These incredibly nostalgic pictures from yesteryear capture Blackpool's beach through time.
From the very early days of beach hut changing facilities protecting our ancestor's modesty to the heydays of the 1976 heatwave, the piers, storms, Punch and Judy and everything in between, these photos capture the magic and appeal of our beach. Whenever I put a gallery of pictures together, it never ceases to amaze me how different things were, yet it is still all so familiar. And I can barely believe how many people packed on the beach back in the day!
Blackpool from Central Pier in 1900, showing the tower (opened in 1894) and the ill-fated 200-foot Gigantic Wheel (1896-1928). The huge crowds on the beach and the assembled bathing machines typify the hey-day of the Edwardian resort. Most people paddled, the men decorously attired in suits and caps, their trouser legs rolled up to the knee | National World
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