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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...

Tower Heritage Trail Although the Tower s foundation stone had been laid on 25th September 1891, its structure only began to make an impression on the Blackpool skyline from the spring of 1893. Here during the summer, its height has reached 355 feet. The...

The Evening Gazette building, Victoria Street, Blackpool in 1972 with Gazette Stationers to the right. historical dated August 1972Upload Date: 03 Aug 2012Original Filename: BEG_EVENING_GAZETTE.JPGStore Filename: 21826565.jpgByline: beg specials...

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: 03 Aug 2012Original Filename: beg_ed_2_p45_7.JPGStore Filename: 21826564.jpgByline:...

Blackpool Beach in 1976 PROMENADE CENTRAL PIER VIEW CROWDS HISTORICALUpload Date: 03 Aug 2012Original Filename: beg_Bpool_Beach_in_1976(2).JPGStore Filename: 21826562.jpgByline: Beg News SubmitKeywords: beg Bpool Beach in 1976(2).JPG...

Crowds of holidaymakers on the beach at Blackpool in the 1950s Blackpool tower historicalUpload Date: 03 Aug 2012Original Filename: BEG_BLACKPOOL.JPGStore Filename: 21826561.jpgByline: staffKeywords: BEG BLACKPOOL.JPG ENGBGH02420110609132817About our...

Reflections: Blackpool FC team, early 1890s - featuring James Skill Parkinson front row, left and Edward Pank Parkinson front row, third right . bpl football club team historicalUpload Date: 03 Aug 2012Original Filename: beg_1890s_BFC_team.JPGStore...

This German Messerschmitt, shot down by a World War Two British fighter plane, arrived in Church Street Blackpool . It was on it s way to the old St John s Market site to raise money for the Spitfire Fund. historical Published EG 30 10 40Upload Date: 03...

Winifred Street car park, Blackpool seen from Albert Road in 1964. Trinity Methodist Church on Adelaide Street can be seen on the left beyond the car park and the rear of theCo-op Emporium department store on Sheppard Street is on the far right it s...

Cottage which stood next to Great Marton Windmill in Oxford Square Blackpool. The gable end of the Oxford Hotel can be seen on the far right. The windmill stood between the cottage and the hotel , to the right of the cottage. Undated historical used EG...

Wilkinson s Yard, looking towards Bonny Street seen through the archway . The location of the white cottage on the left can be seen near the centre of the section enlarged from the original photograph of Central Station in the archive . These old streets...

memory lane then and now Looking up Victoria Street Blackpool at it s junction with Corporation Street Undated - late 1960s correct signs for Marks and Spencer development on the white fences and pre decimal prices in the windows historicalUpload Date:...