Princess Margaret visited the Fylde Coast in 1954.
Crowds gathered in the centre of Cleveleys waiting for  Princess Margaret to arrived on her way to FleetwoodPrincess Margaret visited the Fylde Coast in 1954.
Crowds gathered in the centre of Cleveleys waiting for  Princess Margaret to arrived on her way to Fleetwood
Princess Margaret visited the Fylde Coast in 1954. Crowds gathered in the centre of Cleveleys waiting for Princess Margaret to arrived on her way to Fleetwood | National World

33 historical and evocative photos down the decades in Blackpool, Fleetwood, Poulton and St Annes

The Fylde Coast is ancient and is documented, as one picture caption suggests, back a thousand years.

These pictures piece together the landscape, towns, buildings and people of the Fylde from farming to the coast, from Fleetwood through to Blackpool, Lytham and everything in between.

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