They were stored in the archives for years to come and are a precious reminder of our town's history. They stir feelings of pure nostalgia and go right back in time to lost eras in Blackpool and elsewhere on the Fylde Coast.
1. Lost Archives
1960s artist's impression of a proposed fly over road superimposed on a view of the Central Station area of Blackpool seen from the top of the Tower. Part of the Central Station area development scheme | National World
2. Lost Archives
View from Grand Theatre , Church Street in 1952 looking towards the jewellers shops on Market Street. The County Hotel can be seen in the distance on the left and on the right is the site which once included the old St Johns Market which was replaced by the new one in King Street in 1938. Btitish Home Stores and a multi storey car park was later built on this site. | National World
5. Lost Archives
This Marton double decker tram No 144 starts it's long journey to Boston as a gift from Blackpool Corporation to the New England Electrical Tramway Historical Society museum in March 1955 | National World
6. Lost Archives
The Household Cavalry, in town for the Royal Lancashire Show, parade along Blackpool Promenade, 1954 | National World