From Seaside Stars to the 1951 FA Cup, Pleasure Beach, the seafront and our streets they are a step back in time to a long age era. I often wonder what people thought of Blackpool back in those days, it was when it began to boom and placed itself firmly on the tourism map.
ICYMI: 47 amazing old pictures of life in 1970s and 1980s Broughton, faces and places you will recognise
1. Blackpool 1950-1951
Junior School relay race at Lytham, King Edward School, March 1951 | National World
2. Blackpool 1950-1951
A tram trundles down Clifton Street towards Talbot Square. The fine shelter was still intact, along with the Town Hall spire which was removed in 1966 and the Clifton Hotel is seen on the right | National World
3. Blackpool 1950-51
Stanley Junior School , Wordsworth Avenue, Blackpool was opened by Lord Derby in September 1950. | National World
4. Blackpool pleasure beach Ghost Train 1951
Blackpool pleasure beach Ghost Train 1951 | National World
5. Blackpool 1950-1951
Blackpool FC team ahead of their 1951 FA Cup match | National World
6. Blackpool 1950-1951
FA Cup final Blackpool v Newcastle 28/04/1951 . Despite losing the final the team received a hero's welcome as they toured Blackpool and the Fylde in a Seagull coach seen here by Yates's Wine Lodge as they approached the Town Hall and Talbot Square for a Civic welcome | National World