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.
In case you missed them: 21 nostalgic Blackpool pictures to take you back to 1988 including streets and old shops
![Miss Hounds Hill Beverley Cowburn helps celebrate the opening of the Hounds Hill shopping centre.
The centre was opened by the mayor of Bottrop, Oberburgermeister Ernst Wilczok, second from right and mayor of Blackpool Councillor Collin Hanson, far right](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/17/9/06/12.JPG.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
13. Blackpool's long lost shops
Miss Hounds Hill Beverley Cowburn helps celebrate the opening of the Hounds Hill shopping centre. The centre was opened by the mayor of Bottrop, Oberburgermeister Ernst Wilczok, second from right and mayor of Blackpool Councillor Collin Hanson, far right
![An interesting picture dated November 1938. Bank Hey Street and Albert Street. The caption says: "One of the biggest land deals in Blackpool of recent years is that which has involved the clearance of property in the heart of the Central Station area. Before long, according to present plans, another big modern store will rise on the corner site shown in the above picture. Marks and Spencer and the executors of the late Ald RB Mather are the principle in the transaction](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/17/9/08/bank%20hey%20street.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
14. Blackpool's long lost shops
An interesting picture dated November 1938. Bank Hey Street and Albert Street. The caption says: "One of the biggest land deals in Blackpool of recent years is that which has involved the clearance of property in the heart of the Central Station area. Before long, according to present plans, another big modern store will rise on the corner site shown in the above picture. Marks and Spencer and the executors of the late Ald RB Mather are the principle in the transaction
![The original Littlewoods store on Bond Street](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/17/9/57/Littlewoods.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
![Talbot Road, Blackpool - south side between Abingdon Street and Topping Street. J.H. Berry & Son pork butcher and pie shop. Marlow's outfitters, Norwich Building Society, Charles Clayton and Co solicitors](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/17/9/20/Talbot%20Road.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
16. Blackpool's long lost shops
Talbot Road, Blackpool - south side between Abingdon Street and Topping Street. J.H. Berry & Son pork butcher and pie shop. Marlow's outfitters, Norwich Building Society, Charles Clayton and Co solicitors
![View from the Grand Theatre Door in 1952 looking towards the jewellers shops on Market Street from Church Street. County Hotel in the distance on the left](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/17/9/12/Grand%20Theatre.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
17. Blackpool's long lost shops
View from the Grand Theatre Door in 1952 looking towards the jewellers shops on Market Street from Church Street. County Hotel in the distance on the left
![RHO Hills](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/17/9/42/RHO%20Hills.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)