They remind us what our great town looked like in a long ago era, the people, buildings, fashions and football. There's a cracking, rarely seen photo of the Winter Gardens at night and scenes which reflect how our town has changed.
13. Blackpool, 1955
Bill Perry opens the scoring for Blackpool after Sunderland had scored first at Bloomfield Road on May 3 | National World
14. Blackpool, 1955
Local Blackpool ice skaters in 1955. Left to right Shirley Chapman, Alan Chapman, Jean Cameron, Harold Leese and Edna Douglas | submit
15. Blackpool, 1955
23rd June 1955: A group of young women play with a beach ball on Blackpool beach. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | Getty Images
17. Blackpool, 1955
Prince Philip at the Opera House, Blackpool, at the 1955 Royal Variety Performance | National World
18. Blackpool 1955
Poulton-le-Fylde market place in 1955, at the junction with Blackpool Old Road. On the corner was Richard's the ironmonger's, which stocked everything that a farmer might need, plus domestic items. Next door on Blackpool Old Road was the Stocks Press and then the Old England Confectioner's. Both were later demolished | National World