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.

43. Retro shops, people and places
Cullen Stores, Beckenham Road, North Shore | National World

44. Retro shops, people and places
Demolition of properties in Winifred Street in Blackpool town centre in 1963 | National World

45. Retro shops, people and places
View from the Grand Theatre Door in 1952 looking towards the jewellers shops on Market Street from Church Street. County Hotel in the distance on the left | National World

46. Retro shops, people and places
Sonia Robinson - mural painter, in Blackpool | National World


48. Retro shops, people and places
This Marton double decker tram No 144 starts it's long journey to Boston as a gift from Blackpool Corporation to the New England Electrical Tramway Historical Society museum in March 1955 | National World
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