Historical Images

* See aerial pic of the Pleasant View for exact location * JUST yards from the Golden Mile and seafront, this was Pleasant View, off Bonny Street, an area that today includes the police station and court buildings historical Blackpool These old streets...

No. 3 hotel, Devonshire Square, Blackpool. Number Three Number 3 No 3 undated historical Published GH? 19 12 1975, EG 03 06 1976Upload Date: 03 Aug 2012Original Filename: BEG NO 3.JPGStore Filename: 21826534.jpgByline: beg specials submitKeywords:...

Muppets Lights supp Frank Oz & Jim Henson BLACKPOOL ILLUMINATIONS SWITCH ON 1979 THE MUPPETS KERMIT THE FROG HISTORICAL A rare glimpse behind the scenes : Jim Henson and colleague Frank Oz bring Kermit and the Great Gonzo to life as Mayor of...

Vicarage Lane close to its junction with Midgeland Road which starts at the other side of the bridge , Marton, Blackpool. Part of the bridge has been demolished in preparation for the link road which will run along the former railway line to a massive...

memory lane april 9 Then and Now. Market Street From Talbot Square . The Clifton Hotel is on the right and beyond the man with what appears to be a plank across his back there is a stall on the corner of the old St John s Market. On the left is the...

Lytham Road shops close to the Junction with Waterloo Road to the right . The Lido was further along on the left. According to the plaque this terrace of shops was built in 1892. Seen here in the 1950s the shops include from the left Greenhalgh s...

Loos Trenches, Blackpool. These were constructed near Watson Road Park in 1915 for training purposes, but were later an attraction for locals and visitors to give the public some idea what the trenches were like for those fighting in World War One ...

Elmslie Girls School pupils Pat Howarth now Pat Cole , Betty Taylor , Mavis Jones and Margaret Jones ice skating on Stanley Park Lake in 1946 . historical Blackpool winter frost snowUpload Date: 03 Aug 2012Original Filename: BEG ICE SKATERS.JPGStore...

Procession on Blackpool Promenade in 1897 to mark the Queen Victoria s Diamond Jubilee. The Hotel on the left is the County Lane Ends Hotel on the south corner of Church Street . Central Pier can be seen faintly in the background. Historical...

Historical - Birley Street, Blackpool No date known. 1930s?Upload Date: 03 Aug 2012Original Filename: Beg Historical Birley Stree.JPGStore Filename: 21826526.jpgByline: Beg News libraryKeywords: Beg Historical Birley Stree.JPG ENGASH0004200398About our...

The ABC Hippodrome, Church Street , Blackpool. Transformed in recent years to the syndicate Night Club. Hippodrome Theatre cinema originally the Empire Theatre. Historical undated 1955 - date of film showingUpload Date: 03 Aug 2012Original Filename:...

The Grapes Inn, Corporation Street, Blackpool Built in 1931 Historical undated glass negUpload Date: 03 Aug 2012Original Filename: BEG GRAPES INN JPG.JPGStore Filename: 21826524.jpgByline: staffKeywords: BEG GRAPES INN JPG.JPG ENGASH0004197402About our...