Cars and shoppers shared the space as they looked for bargains in the 1940s on the open air market that bordered Market Street, Church Street, Corporation Street and West Street, an area now given over to a multi storey car park and Bhs store. Looking towards Church Street "Buy UCP Tripe" urged the sign on that company's wall and names now gone include Maypole, Nevilles, Stead & Simpson and H Johns and Son. Still with us today, at either end of the picture, are H Samuel jewellers and the Grand Theatreplaceholder image
Cars and shoppers shared the space as they looked for bargains in the 1940s on the open air market that bordered Market Street, Church Street, Corporation Street and West Street, an area now given over to a multi storey car park and Bhs store. Looking towards Church Street "Buy UCP Tripe" urged the sign on that company's wall and names now gone include Maypole, Nevilles, Stead & Simpson and H Johns and Son. Still with us today, at either end of the picture, are H Samuel jewellers and the Grand Theatre | National World

48 ancient archive images of 1940s and 1950s Blackpool, from landmarks to locals eight decades ago

Claire Lark
By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 12th Aug 2024, 11:40 GMT

I often wonder what it was like to live in Blackpool years ago.

Things have changed so much - the landscape, the infrastructure - have the people changed? Society certainly has.

Blackpool as a seaside resort has never faltered though, it’s still as enticing as ever and while many of us opt for the beaches abroad, Blackpool still offers that classic British seaside feel. These pictures remember how our resort was in the 40s and 50s...

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Roberts Oyster Bar. Errol Flynn on the left.

7. Blackpool, 1940s

Roberts Oyster Bar. Errol Flynn on the left. | National World

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Popular wartime entertainers in Blackpool were the Oscar Rabin Band in 1944

8. Blackpool, 1940s

Popular wartime entertainers in Blackpool were the Oscar Rabin Band in 1944 | National World

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Coletta's Creamy Ices trailer on Blackpool beach in the 1940s

9. Blackpool, 1940s

Coletta's Creamy Ices trailer on Blackpool beach in the 1940s | submit

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Montgomery of Alamein greets the crowds at Blackpool Town Hall when he became a Freeman

10. Blackpool, 1940s

Montgomery of Alamein greets the crowds at Blackpool Town Hall when he became a Freeman | National World

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Looking towards Fox's Farm from Smithy Lane to the junction with Hardhorn Road to the left and Fairfield Road to the right

11. Blackpool, 1940s

Looking towards Fox's Farm from Smithy Lane to the junction with Hardhorn Road to the left and Fairfield Road to the right | National World

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Scottish music hall artist Will Fyffe outside the Clifton Hotel, Blackpool in the 1940s. He was famous for composing " I Belong to Glasgow" which he recorded in 1920

12. Blackpool, 1940s

Scottish music hall artist Will Fyffe outside the Clifton Hotel, Blackpool in the 1940s. He was famous for composing " I Belong to Glasgow" which he recorded in 1920 | National World

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