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.
25. Lost Archives
Whilst the Giant Wheel was disappearing from the Blackpool skyline in 1929 work was underway to clear buildings on Talbot Road to make way for the Corporation Bus Station to be enlarged. Construction of the new Bus Station and multi-storey car park began in 1937 | National World
26. Lost Archives
Two thirsty competitors at the Blackpool Dance Festival for Juniors at the Empress Ballroom try out the drinks machine | National World
27. Lost Archives
Car goes adrift in Fleetwood. American designed, combined car and boat, the Amphicar, in it's first North of England sea trials off Knott End in 1964 | National World
29. Lost Archives
At the theatre when smoking in public places was still a thing | National World
30. Lost Archives
The shell is all that is left of the Hippodrome Theatre in Church Street as demolition workers made progress, 1962. Originally the Empire Theatre, the ABC Theatre and more recently the Syndicate nightclub have occupied the site | Gazette Library