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.
7. Retro shops, people and places
Ida Walton's ladies wear shop at 23 Waterloo Road in 1960. Situated opposite the post office, to the left of the property is the market, today modernised and renamed the Victoria Centre | National World
8. Retro shops, people and places
Building underway of the new houses in Grange Park, Blackpool. Chepstow Road looking towards Poulton Road | National World
10. Retro shops, people and places
Testing of the new Trailer Tram in Blackpool, January 1958 | National World
11. Retro shops, people and places
Sweet and Clark on the corner of Abingdon Street and Birley Street, 1964 | National World
12. Retro shops, people and places
The trams seen here in Talbot Square are on the Marton route (opened in 1901) which followed Clifton Street, Church Street and Whitegate Drive. The foundation stone for the drinking fountain, with it's elaborate cast iron canopy, was laid in 1870 by William Henry Cocker Esq. The public toilets were a later addition.The fountain was demolished in the 1920s and was later replaced by a large tram shelter. Behind the fountain is Yate's Wine Lodge which opened in 1896 in the building that began life in 1868 as the Assembly Rooms and included the Theatre Royal (later the Tivoli Cinema) , in 1880 Blackpool's first free library opened there | National World