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.
13. Blackpool 1950-1951
Highfield Girls Secondary School, Blackpool 1951. Reader Ann Marsh is 3rd from right 4th row from the front. | National World
14. Blackpool 1950-1951
Highfield Boys Secondary Modern School football team 1949-1950. Gerry North is first left middle row | submit
16. 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. Team captain Harry Johnston is greeted by the Mayor. Dated 01/05/1951 Blacpool Football Club | National World
17. Blackpool 1950-1951
Faces of young Blackpool children in 1950. Do you recognise any? | National World
18. Blackpool 1950-1951
10th March 1951: Blackpool player Stan Mortensen is carried from the pitch after a collision with Birmingham City goalkeeper Gil Merrick in the FA Cup semi-final at the Maine Road ground, Manchester. The match was a goal-less draw | Getty Images