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.
7. Blackpool 1950-1951
Devonshire Road School - Boys School on the left Girls School on the right | National World
9. Blackpool 1950-1951
Portrait of actor and radio personality Wilfred Pickles, presenter of radio show 'Have a Go', sitting a piano in his home, circa 1950 | Getty Images
10. Blackpool 1950-1951
The windmill between South Pier and Central Pier ( close to the Manchester Hotel) is battered by the stormy sea in 1951 | National World
11. Blackpool 1950-1951
Despite losing the final the team received a hero's welcome as they toured Blackpool and the Fylde in a Seagull coach. The scene in Talbot Square when the Mayor (Ald Rhodes W Marshall JP) gave a civic welcome on the Town Hall steps to the Blackpool football team watched by thousands of supporters | National World
