33 historical pictures down the decades depicting 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.

ICYMI: 37 eclectic historic photos of Blackpool right through the years from the Pleasure Beach to breweries

27 retro Blackpool school pictures taken between 2007 and 2010 from Mereside Primary to Collegiate

15 of the last ‘proper’ old-school pubs still open on the Fylde Coast - including The Taps and The Thatched

31. Fylde Nostalgia

In Fleetwood in 1900, a new company was formed called The Fleetwood Steam Pleasure Boat Co. One of its vessels that offered pleasure cruises was a tug called Fylde Picture courtesy of Lancashire Coast Pleasure Steamers by Andrew Gladwell | National World

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32. Fylde Nostalgia

A defensive war sea mine washed up on a Fylde beach | National World

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

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

31. Fylde Nostalgia

32. Fylde Nostalgia

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