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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1. 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))
3. 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
4. Blackpool, 1949
In 1949, Superintendent Evans Allen was in charge of security. Prime Minister Clement Atlee was in Blackpool for the Labour Party conference | National World
5. Blackpool 1949
The Windmill near Manchester Square on Central Promenade in 1949 | National World
