Most are long gone, except for a couple of high street names which have moved location. But these were the shops which knitted our wonderful town together and provided food, clothing and every day essentials. They are striking pictures which show how the shops and streets have changed.
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1. Blackpool's long lost shops
Timothy Whites Chemist which ended up as Harvey's Furniture Shop on the corner Birley Street
2. Blackpool's long lost shops
Staff outside C A Higgins and Company Rock Shop in Talbot Road, Blackpool in 1912
3. Blackpool's long lost shops
Abingdon Street shop scene in 1930s at the corner of Clifton Street. Bacon and butter
6. Blackpool's long lost shops
The Sweet and Clarke shop on the corner of Abingdon Street and Birley Street in 1964