From the market where the old BHS building now stands to a great shot of Queen Street with the Cenotaph in the background, these pictures remind us how Blackpool has changed.
They have been plucked from our archives and some haven’t seen the light of day since they were first published. From strip show venues to the demolition of some of Blackpool’s most prized shops as the town’s redevelopment took place, its beaches and piers, they are an eclectic look at times gone by.
7. Streets and buildings in times past
Shop and a boarding house at the corner of Chesterfield Road and Sherbourne Road | National World
8. Streets and buildings in the past
The caption on the back of this photo says: "Among development projects in progress in Blackpool at present is this one of the old Palace Theatre. Workmen are busily engaged in constructing new foundations on which will be built a new superstore" | National World
10. Streets and buildings in the past
A bird's eye-view of Blackpool's Talbot Square in 1950. It says on the back of the photo that traffic troubles were expected | National World
11. Streets and buildings in the past
C&S Brewery at the corner of Talbot Road and Abattoir Road in 1965 | National World
12. Streets and buildings in the past
Hornby Road Blackpool in the 1920s looking from Central Drive | National World