Blackpool, Lancashire
Blackpool is a seaside town on the Lancashire coast, about 40 miles north of
Manchester. In 1846 a railway link to the town was completed and this resulted in a
rapid growth of tourism and of the town itself. The 158 metre tower, based on the
Eiffel Tower, opened in 1894. During the second world war my mother often took me
to Blackpool to stay with my aunt who ran a boarding house in Bispham. It was also
fairly safe from bombing !! The number of tourists has fallen greatly since the 1960s
when people began flying to the Mediterranean resorts, but Blackpool remains one
of the country's most popular holiday spots.
Old Postcard, Blackpool, Aerial View
Blackpool, Talbot Square
Blackpool, Aerial View
Blackpool, Aerial View
Blackpool North Pier
Blackpool Maxim Flying Machine
The North Pier about 1910. Note the ads on the trams for Tennent's Lager. (click
on the image for a larger view).
Old Postcard, Bispham
Blackpool Tower and North Pier
Blackpool
A 1939 postcard of Bispham.
This aerial view is from 1925.
A postcard mailed in 1905.
Victoria Pier, Blackpool
Blackpool Promenade and North Pier
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.
Blackpool Illuminations
Blackpool Illuminations
Blackpool Illuminations
Blackpool, Stanley Matthews, Stan Mortensen





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.
Blackpool Tower Ballroom
The Tower Ballroom, with a full orchestra playing. Remember Reginald Dixon ?
South Shore, Blackpool, Old Postcard
Blackpool, Princess Parade
An undated postcard of "Maxim Flying Machine, Blackpool, Travelling 40 Miles an
Hour".
An excellent quality real photo postcard from 1917.
Blackpool, North Pier
A view of Blackpool from the North Pier, posted in 1918.
Blackpool Storm
Blackpool Front
An undated postcard of the beach.
Blackpool Beach
Children on the sands, 1915.
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Postcards of the Past
Bispham Church
Bispham Village
Bispham Village in the 1930s.
Bispham Church where my cousin was married in the late 1940s. This postcard is
from 1905.
Blackpool View from Tower
A 1918 view from the Tower.
Talbot Square from the Tower.
Three postcards of the Illuminations.
Princess Parade.
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Did You Know.... that Alastair Cooke, the
broadcaster and journalist, was born in Blackpool in
1908 ?
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