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.
1. 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
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2. Retro shops, people and places
Abingdon Street shop scene in 1930s at the corner of Clifton Street. Bacon and butter | National World
3. Retro shops, people and places
Timothy Whites Chemist which ended up as Harvey's Furniture Shop on the corner Birley Street | National World
4. Retro shops, people and places
The Household Cavalry, in town for the Royal Lancashire Show, parade along Blackpool Promenade, 1954 | National World
5. Retro shops, people and places
M & A Wood opened a new shop in Highfield Road, South Shore, Blackpool in 1958, specialising in wools, hosiery, knitwear and underwear | National World
6. Retro shops, people and places
The Giant Wheel stood on the site of what is now the Winter Gardens Olympia . Work began on the building of the wheel began in 1895 and it was opened on 22nd August 1896 but it proved to be unprofitable and demolition began in 1928 . Built to carry 750 people it stood 220 feet high and weighed 1000 tons including the carriages. One of it's carriages became a cafe at St Michaels, others were used as summerhouses and hen cabins across The Fylde | National World