Historical Images

Blackpool HIstorical Devonshire Road improvements in the 1930s eventually saw the demolition of Knowle Farm on the right. The farm was referred to in the Gazette at the time as the Bispham Bunion as traffic had to detour around it. The road to the left...

These building on Red Bank Road in 1928 can still be seen today with a few alterations and additions. Williams Deacon s Bank Ltd is now the RBS, the house with round bays and gable window, at an angle to the road, is on the corner of Beaufort Avenue and...

BLACKPOOL HISTORICAL North Promenade and the Derby Baths in 1953. The Olympic-class complex opened in 1939 but closed in 1988 after much controversy and protest from Blackpool residents. Although owned by the Blackpool Hilton the actual site of the Derby...

An aerial view of the Pembroke National Gardens, the land once next to Derby Baths, was part of the Pembroke Estate and is now the site of the Blackpool Hilton. Derby Road is to the right of the plot and Dickson Road above it, the regimented streets...

Blackpool Promenade looking towards Blackpool Tower with the Sunken Gardens to the right and the Savoy Hotel on the left. Today the volume of traffic is much increased and a large roundabout eases the conjestion at Gynn Square. 1930s Rock Gardens ...

Bispham Village in 1962 looking west along Red Bank Road from All Hallows Road with the Old England pub on the extreme left . Following the demolition of several properties, including Ivy Cottage, development of the area changed the view of centuries...

Originally a farm with a licence, the Gynn Inn, seen in this view from the early 1900s, looking towards Dickson Road, was demolished in 1921. The Sale of fixtures and fittings of the old inn raised £30, with eight cast iron spittoons being sold for one...

Wade s Cottage ,on the corner of Clifton Road and Cherry Tree Road North, was over 250 years old when this photograph was taken. The thatched roof was replaced with asbestos in 1960. The cottage was demolished in 1983 when flats were built on the land...

The new road layout at Oxford Square had just been completed when this photograph was taken in December 1967. The Gazette reported at the time that the junction comprises several sets of traffic lights, roundabouts, refuges, slip roads, pedestrian...

New traffic lights had just been installed at the junction of Marton Drive, Watson Road and St Annes Road when this photograph was taken in 1947 looking up Marton Drive . Bicycles seemed to be more numerous than cars and the delivery lorry of Woodhouse...

As the number of greenhouses in this photograph from 1975 show, Marton Moss was famous for it s market gardening and Blackpool tomatoes were renowned for their flavour. In recent years many of these greenhouses in the Sandy Lane area have been demolished...

Built in 1909 , the demolition of South Shore Baptist Church at the junction of Station Road and Bond Street was in progress when this photograph taken in January 1984. Today this site is a car park. Blackpool Historical Then and Now south shore...