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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.
13. Retro shops, people and places
Miss Hounds Hill Beverley Cowburn helps celebrate the opening of the Hounds Hill shopping centre. The centre was opened by the mayor of Bottrop, Oberburgermeister Ernst Wilczok, second from right and mayor of Blackpool Councillor Collin Hanson, far right | National World
15. Retro shops, people and places
Deep sea divers practice in Blackpool Open Air Baths | National World
16. Retro shops, people and places
Talbot Road, Blackpool - south side between Abingdon Street and Topping Street. J.H. Berry & Son pork butcher and pie shop. Marlow's outfitters, Norwich Building Society, Charles Clayton and Co solicitors | National World
17. Retro shops, people and places
Whilst the Giant Wheel was disappearing from the Blackpool skyline in 1929 work was underway to clear buildings on Talbot Road to make way for the Corporation Bus Station to be enlarged. Construction of the new Bus Station and multi-storey car park began in 1937. | National World
18. Retro shops, people and places
Two thirsty competitors at the Blackpool Dance Festival for Juniors at the Empress Ballroom try out the drinks machine | National World