It’s outside living memory for many of us and so bring a glimpse of our town in the late 1950s.
25. Blackpool, 1958
New passenger-handling offices under construction as an extention to the terminal buildings at Squires Gate Airport, Blackpool Photo: staff
26. Blackpool, 1958
A terrific thunderstorm and downpour of rain caused flooding in several areas of Blackpool in 1958. The depth of the water under the railway bridge at Devonshire Road is indicated by the stranded car Photo: staff
27. Blackpool, 1958
One of the last remaining carriages from the Blackpool Big Wheel in the garden of a house in Cleveleys Photo: staff
28. Blackpool, 1958
RHO Hills , Bank Hey Street in 1958 the building was destroyed by a disatrous fire in 1967. Later the site was redeveloped and Binns department store traded there until 1987. Initially renamed the Tower Shopping centre it is now part of Houndshill and several high street names occupy the site the latest being Primark Photo: Archive
29. Blackpool, 1958
Prague Dynamo football team took in the sights on a visit to Blackpool a few days before their friendly match with Burnley at Turf Moor on 20th October 1958 Photo: staff
30. Blackpool, 1958
Work in progress on Blackpool's first subway on Central Promenade close to the Huntsman Hotel in 1958. The underground walkway ran from Fairyland ( next to the Huntsman Hotel seen here on the left) to the lifeboat house Photo: staff