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.
![Joseph Newsome & Sons Ltd. party at Blackpool 9th July 1950](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/12/11/12/Joseph%20Newsome.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
25. Blackpool 1950-1951
Joseph Newsome & Sons Ltd. party at Blackpool 9th July 1950 | DEWSBURY SERIES
![Jimmy Armfield runs out for his final match at Blackpool FC's Bloomfield Road, against Manchester United in May 1951](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/12/11/47/jimmy%20armfield.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
26. Blackpool 1950-1951
Jimmy Armfield runs out for his final match at Blackpool FC's Bloomfield Road, against Manchester United in May 1951 | National World
![The 1950 view from the landing window in Bispham Road, Bispham of Annette and Frank Hobbs, looking back towards the village](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/12/11/52/Bispham%201950.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
27. Blackpool 1950-1951
The 1950 view from the landing window in Bispham Road, Bispham of Annette and Frank Hobbs, looking back towards the village | submit
![Thames Road School. Roderick Wray, wearing glasses, in his woodwork class](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/12/11/36/Thames%20road%20school%20.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
28. Memory Lane Classmates Thames Road School, Blackpool Roderick Wray, wearing glasses, in his woodwork class some time between 1941 and 1951.
Thames Road School. Roderick Wray, wearing glasses, in his woodwork class | submit
![Anona Winn on Blackpool Prom 1950](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/12/11/40/Anona%20Winn.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![Crowds of holiday-makers on the beach at Blackpool, Lancashire, dominated by the Blackpool Tower](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/12/11/41/blackpool%20beach%201951.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
30. Blackpool 1950-1951
Crowds of holiday-makers on the beach at Blackpool, Lancashire, dominated by the Blackpool Tower | Getty Images