| Blackpool, Lancashire |
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| During the second world war my mother often took me to Blackpool to stay with my Auntie Annie who ran a boarding house in Bispham. It was also fairly safe from bombing !! I've visited occasionally ever since and love it there - super beaches and a great promenade. I don't think a lot of the lights, but I suppose they attract visitors ! The trams are great !! |
| The North Pier about 1910. Note the ads on the trams for Tennent's Lager. (click on the image for a larger view). |
| A 1939 postcard of Bispham. |
| This aerial view is from 1925. |
| A postcard mailed in 1905. |
| The Victoria Pier was Blackpool's third pier. It opened in 1893 and was later - 1930 - renamed the South Pier. This postcard was mailed in 1907. |
In 1953 Blackpool beat Bolton Wanderers 4-3 in the FA Cup Final, after being 3-1 down. Stan Mortensen scored 3 goals but the match will always be remembered as the Stanley Matthews match for it was his performance which inspired the team and laid on the goals for Mortensen. This postcard shows Matthews and the victorious team with the Cup. |
| The Tower Ballroom, with a full orchestra playing. Remember Reginald Dixon ? |
| An undated postcard of "Maxim Flying Machine, Blackpool, Travelling 40 Miles an Hour". |
| An excellent quality real photo postcard from 1917. |
| A view of Blackpool from the North Pier, posted in 1918. |
| An undated postcard of the beach. |
| Children on the sands, 1915. |
| postcards of the past |
| Bispham Village in the 1930s. |
| Bispham Church where my cousin was married in the late 1940s. This postcard is from 1905. |
| A 1918 view from the Tower. |
| Talbot Square from the Tower. |
| Three postcards of the Illuminations. |
| Princess Parade. |
| Click here for a second page of old postcards of Blackpool. |