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Fylde market place in 1955, at the junction with Blackpool Old Road | National World

33 historical pictures down the decades depicting Blackpool, Fleetwood, Poulton and St Annes

Claire Lark
By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 16th Sep 2026, 16:00 GMT

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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Thornton in 1904. Celebrations at the turf laying cermony at Thornton Methodist Church

19. Fylde Nostalgia

Thornton in 1904. Celebrations at the turf laying cermony at Thornton Methodist Church | National World

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Pollux Gate's unusual three storey buildings had architectural and historic interest in the development of Fairhaven

20. Fylde Nostalgia

Pollux Gate's unusual three storey buildings had architectural and historic interest in the development of Fairhaven | submit

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The Clifton Hotel is on the right and beyond the cyclist, with what appears to be a plank across his back, is a stall on the corner of the old St John's Market. On the left is the Williams Deacons Bank which is now part of the Town Hall

21. Fylde Nostalgia

The Clifton Hotel is on the right and beyond the cyclist, with what appears to be a plank across his back, is a stall on the corner of the old St John's Market. On the left is the Williams Deacons Bank which is now part of the Town Hall | National World

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Originally opened in 1930 as the Joseph Cross Memorial Convalescent Home. From 1963 it became a teachers' training college as the Poulton campus of Preston Polytechnic. Since 1988 it has been Wyre Council Civic Centre

22. Fylde Nostalgia

Originally opened in 1930 as the Joseph Cross Memorial Convalescent Home. From 1963 it became a teachers' training college as the Poulton campus of Preston Polytechnic. Since 1988 it has been Wyre Council Civic Centre | National World

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The open air swimming pool at South Shore under construction. It opened in June, 1923. The biggest of its kind in the world it was designed by Blackpool Council architect John Charles Robinson

23. Fylde Nostalgia

The open air swimming pool at South Shore under construction. It opened in June, 1923. The biggest of its kind in the world it was designed by Blackpool Council architect John Charles Robinson | National World

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Crowds gathered and flags flew on an historic occasion for an Over Wyre village. This memorable moment marked the turning on of the Fylde supply in Preesall, on June 30, 1906

24. Fylde Nostalgia

Crowds gathered and flags flew on an historic occasion for an Over Wyre village. This memorable moment marked the turning on of the Fylde supply in Preesall, on June 30, 1906 | National World

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