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

placeholder image — 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

31 amazing pics to take you back to Blackpool's storied past, including town centre scenes

Digital Journalist

Published 7th Feb 2025, 11:41 GMT

These photos stir feelings of pure nostalgia and go right back in time to lost eras in Blackpool and elsewhere on the Fylde Coast.

Many were captured using Glass Plates Photography and stored in The Gazette archives for years to come and are a precious reminder of our town's history.

31 nostalgic Blackpool scenes of Waterloo Road from the 1920s to 1990s

13 historical Blackpool buildings once treasured but now lost to the landscape

31 striking Blackpool scenes of long lost shops down the decades