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.

31. Retro shops, people and places
Shop and Boarding house at the corner of Chesterfield Road and Sherbourne Road North Shore in the 1940s | National World

32. Retro shops, people and places
Rock rolling in a sweet factory in george street, Blackpool. Pictured centre is the area Candy Queen Lisa Hart. | National World

33. Retro shops, people and places
Church street junction of Coronation Street 1930s. The shop right of centre is Barkers and is advertising ' holiday Wear ' at the top of it's windows. It was replaced in 1938 by Littlewoods and the White building is the Adelphi Hotel. To the right of the hotel is Taylors Chemist - note canopy at the entrance to the Winter Gardens and the original top of the dome | National World

34. Retro shops, people and places
Tower circus clown Charlie Cairoli demonstrates his skill with the camera to Circusettes Sandra Edwards (left) and Valerie Sutton before the ITV broadcast of excerpts from the season show | National World

35. Retro shops, people and places
Church Street 1939 - view from the Grand Theatre door looking towards the promenade | National World

36. Retro shops, people and places
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 | National World
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