It was the first year of Blackpool Illuminations since the beginning of the Second World War and it was also a time of school success, stars in the resort and the days when the trams still rattled down Dickson Road. They're a trip back in time...
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2. Blackpool, 1949
Ald J R Quayle JP, Chairman of Messrs. Singleton and Crystal bottlers (Right) starts the new bottling plant which cleaned, filled, sealed and labelled at Singleton and Crystal, Bickerstaffe Street. Behind him is Mr Peto Bennet, chairman and MD of Liquid Carbonic Co who made the plant | National World
3. Blackpool, 1949
A view along Central Promenade towards Blackpool Tower during the Illuminations of 1949. The Illuminations were prevented in 1939 by the start of World War Two , later restrictions on the use of fuel and decorative lighting and the austere climate of post-war Britain meant they didn't come on again until 1949 | National World
4. Blackpool, 1949
Marton Tram Depot in 1949 with upgraded Sun Saloon Car 12 passing along Whitegate Drive. | submit Photo: ((pic from Blackpool Tramways 1933-66 by Stephen Lockwood, published by Middleton Press))
6. Blackpool, 1949
The sunken gardens near Gynn Square in 1949, busy with people for the first Illuminations since 1939 when the Second World War broke out | National World