They throwback to a very different era, 50 odd years ago. People, streets, places and buildings... they’re all there.
37. Blackpool 1970 - 1975
The south side of Church Street opposite Stanley Buildings Blackpool in 1976. The vacant lot was once owned by the Blackpool Bill Posting Company and was used for giant billboards which were set back from the pavement and seperated from it by a patch of grass and tiny iron railings. The site and the company's premises next door were sold to Waldron's builers in 1972. Apartments have recently been built on this site | National World
38. Blackpool 1970-1975
T.J. Hughes, alongside Redmans, Bank Hey Street, 1971 | National World
39. Blackpool 1970-1975
Roger Moore reads through the Blackpool Gazette in August 1973, to see how Live and Let Die was going down in Blackpool | National World
40. Blackpool 1970-1975
Blackpool's first box junction at the Church Street traffic lights, June 1971 | National World
42. Blackpool 1970-1975
Advertised on the side of the tram are Singer Kathy Kirby and actor Harry H Corbett (of Steptoe and Son fame) who were two of the big stars attracted to Blackpool 's show scene in a season when there were half a dozen packed theatres each with two houses a night. Tickets for their South Pier show were 50p and 40p! | National World