Historical Images

Smoke across the sea as a pleasure steamer leaves the North Pier jetty in this Victorian photograph taken from Talbot Square. pre 1885 - no tram lines - possible gas lamp on right. Historical BlackpoolUpload Date: 26 Jan 2012Original Filename: north...

BLACKPOOL HISTORICAL BIG WHEEL Forget the London Eye, Blackpool s Big Wheel - also known as the Giant Wheel and the Gigantic Wheel - opened in 1896, two years after the Tower. The 220ft high attraction, alongside the Winter Gardens Pavilion, gave...

Gazette Years Blackpool Historical Giant Wheel Big Wheel - demolition of the wheel began in November 1928 The carriages and a sectiion of the wheel had been removed by the time this photograph was taken on 12th April 1929Upload Date: 26 Jan...

Evacuees travelled by train to Blackpool at the beginning of World War Two. Hundreds of children were given new homes to escape the blitz in other North West towns and cities. Historical 1940s Published EG 07 05 1985 , EG 29 03 1994.Upload Date: 26 Jan...

Aerial of the railway sidings attached to Blackpool Central Station. Coop Street on the right runs almost parallel with the railway lines. The Majestic Ballroom with three distinctive gable ends and light coloured roof is in Bathesda Road. Kent Road...

memory lane december 11 then and now Heavy Snow on Poulton Road Layton, Blackpool near to the junction with Plymouth Road . The houses on the left are on the north side of Poulton Road. The house to the right of the bus is on the east corner of Plymouth...

A view along Central Promenade towards Blackpool Tower during the Illuminations of 1949. The Illuminations were prevented in 1939 by the start of World War Two , later restrictions on the use of fuel and decorative lighting and the austere climate of...

memory lane april 19 BLACKPOOL HISTORICAL PROMENADE CENTRAL PIER 1950 S ? OR 1960S Jugs of tea for the beach, oysters and - of course Blackpool rock - was waiting for the crowds on the Golden MileUpload Date: 26 Jan 2012Original Filename:...

BLACKPOOL HISTORICAL An aerial view of Blackpool  Tower and the Giant Wheel taken in the early 1920s - Sheppard Street is behind the Tower. BIG WHEELUpload Date: 26 Jan 2012Original Filename: beg_ed_2_p45_7.JPGStore Filename: 20086958.jpgByline:...

Blackpool Tower from North Pier showing the Big Wheel , the dome of the Winter Gardens , The Palace Theatre and two seaplanes flying over. Historical undated - 1927-1930 when Midget Town was at the Tower pre 1928 When the demolition of the big wheel...

Gazette Years Blackpool Historical Giant Wheel Big Wheel Building began in 1895 demolition of the wheel began in 1928 This view down Adelaide Street shows the Tower and the wheel before demolition began in 1928Upload Date: 26 Jan 2012Original Filename:...

Blackpool Tower historical possibly wartime - radar antennaeUpload Date: 26 Jan 2012Original Filename: beg Tower under constructio.JPGStore Filename: 20086955.jpgByline: Queen Mum HistoricalKeywords: beg Tower under constructio.JPG...