These amazing photos take us back to Blackpool in 1950 to 1951.
From Seaside Stars to the 1951 FA Cup, Pleasure Beach, the seafront and our streets they are a step back in time to a long age era. I often wonder what people thought of Blackpool back in those days, it was when it began to boom and placed itself firmly on the tourism map.
A tram trundles down Clifton Street towards Talbot Square. The fine shelter was still intact, along with the Town Hall spire which was removed in 1966 and the Clifton Hotel is seen on the right | National World
Despite losing the final the team received a hero's welcome as they toured Blackpool and the Fylde in a Seagull coach.
The scene in Talbot Square when the Mayor (Ald Rhodes W Marshall JP) gave a civic welcome on the Town Hall steps to the Blackpool football team watched by thousands of supporters
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