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They capture Blackpool’s shops, people and places - some still etched in the memory while others are lost to the archives. From town centre streets to the people who made Blackpool what it was, they are a photographic delight.
55. Retro shops, people and places
Lytham Road shops close to the junction with Waterloo Road. The Lido was further along on the left. According to the plaque this terrace of shops was built in 1892. Seen here in the 1950s the shops include from the left Greenhalgh's ladieswear, Frank Harbron grocers, J.W. Smith menswear, E.A. & M.A. Smith bakery and cafe and J.L.Dawson Cook dispensing chemist and opticians | National World
56. Retro shops, people and places
The Edith Centre, Marks and Spencer Store at the junction of Bank Hey Street and Albert Road | National World
57. Retro shops, people and places
Mac's Majestic Ballroom, Bathesda Square, Bathesda Road. The building consisted of a ballroom on the first floor, a garage and a small shop. The premises were sold to the Brunswick Workingmen's Club | National World
58. Retro shops, people and places
The 1953 opening of Maurice Green 's shop in Ansdell Road Blackpool - the Beverley Sisters pose with bicycles from the shop which also sold radios and televisions | National World
59. Retro shops, people and places
The former Raikes Smithy as a pet shop selling dog, bird and poultry food as well as being a gun shop on Church Street Blackpool. The building was situated opposite the end of Park Road and before it was burned down in 1988 it had been a the Continental Bedding shop | National World
60. Retro shops, people and places
Redman's Cafe and shop collapse in Bank Hey Street, 1956. H Samuel in the background | National World