29 historic photos snapped in Blackpool that recount the past as we remember it

Many of these old pictures were captured using Glass Plates Photography.

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.

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13. Memories from the Glass Plates

A view of Blackpool Tower looking south from the roof of the Regent Court flats in 1963 | National World

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14. Lost Archives

Sandbags at the Police Station, South King Street, Blackpool during Second World War | National World

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15. Lost Archives

Building underway of the new houses in Grange Park, Blackpool | National World

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16. Lost Archives

Tower circus clown Charlie Cairoli demonstrates his skill with the camera to Circusettes Sandra Edwards (left) and Valerie Sutton before the ITV broadcast of excerpts from the season show | National World