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Danny Ross, was a judge at the 5th heat of theMiss Blackpool Bathing Beauty Competition at the Open Air Baths, South Shore . was appearing at the Grand Theatre Blackpool. l-rDiane Parker Of Sowerby Bridge first , Danny Ross, Sheila Forrest, of Liverpool...

BLACKPOOL HISTORICAL Shirley Anne Field on board an illuminated tram with a wave and a smile when she came to Blackpool to switch on the 1962 Illuminations. BLACKPOOL ILLUMINATIONS SWITCH-ONUpload Date: 03 Aug 2012Original Filename: SS Field.JPGStore...

The judges at the Open Air Baths , South Shore, Blackpool for the first stage of the Miss United Kingdom Contest final. 16 08 1967 L- R Jimmy Tarbuck, Pearl Carr, Eric Morley, Ann Sidney and Dickie Henderson. For seaside stars Published 17 08 1967Upload...

SMILES from the successful competitors in the Lytham St Annes Personality Girl contest at St Annes open air baths in 1956. From left: Shirley Edwards second , Rita Young winner and Kim Barrie third .Upload Date: 03 Aug 2012Original Filename:...

Lytham St Annes bathing beauty competition at St Annes open air baths in 1951 l-r Miss Sidney Walker , Miss Audrey King and Mrs Joan ThompsonUpload Date: 03 Aug 2012Original Filename: ref1501c.JPGStore Filename: 21828195.jpgByline: submitKeywords: ref...

memory lane july 14 then and now book Opera House Blackpool seen from Abingdon Street in 1908 with the original arched entrance to the Empress Ballroom in the centre of the Empress Buildings on Church Street. Note the railings and gates to the St Johns...

memory lane february 16 then and now Derby Road North Shore Blackpoo 18 01 1967 historical houses on the south west corner of the Pembroke Estate on part of which the Derby Baths was built . These houses and the Derby baths have since been demolished...

memory lane january 29 Passengers at Central Station in Blackpool in May 1955. historicalUpload Date: 03 Aug 2012Original Filename: img693.JPGStore Filename: 21828192.jpgByline: submitKeywords: img 693.JPG PUBDATE_2008_01_26_BEG002_001_28-01-08__??_??...

Memory lane supplement Two features you would not see today are the spire on the Town Hall building and the Giant Wheel. A good number of these properties have since been demolished and redeveloped in the name of progress, but others remain, such as...

Memory lane supplement Cars and shoppers shared the space as they looked for bargains in the 1940s on the open air market that bordered - not surprisingly - Market Street, Church Street, Corporation Street and West Street, an area now given over to a...

Memory lane supplement All aboard for a tour of the Promenade by toastrack tram. Passengers, in best coats and hats, clamber to take their seats as the tram waits in Talbot Square with Sacred Heart Church seen top right. Blackpool historicalUpload Date:...

Memory lane supplement THE Winter Gardens had already been a star attraction for half a century when this 25-year-old car drew the crowds in Church Street in 1928. The picture was taken in front of the entrance of a previous Opera House to the one that...