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.
19. Blackpool 1950-1951
Church Road, Lytham photographed in 1951. This section of cobbled wall which at one time marked the boundary of the Lytham Hall estate, stretches the full length of Church Road and Blackpool Road | National World
20. Blackpool 1950-1951
Bob Hope finds time to put his feet up before his Blackpool Opera House show in 1951 | library
22. Blackpool 1950-1951
Lee Savold (right) on Blackpool Promenade , heavyweight boxer who fought Britain's Bruce Woodcock for the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) world heavyweight title in June 1950 | National World
23. Blackpool 1950-1951
Ella Shields (left) and Tessie O'Shea met for a cup of tea in a break from performing in Blackpool's season shows in 1950. Tessie O'Shea was starring at the Opera House alongside Nat Jackley in George and Alfred Black's lavish new musical "Out of this World" and music hall star Ella Shields was appearing in "Thanks for the Memory" on Central Pier | National World
