It was the year a town centre cafe collapsed- Redmans in Bank Hey Street and it was also devastation for Blackpool Tower Ballroom which was gutted by fire. It was a year of flash floods too.
In case you missed them: 31 old school photos taken in Blackpool through the years including some from Fleetwood and Lytham
21 fantastic Blackpool pictures from 1995 including Oasis and Noel Gallagher, Miss Blackpool and Sooty
25. Blackpool, 1956
Actor Tyrone Power took a stroll along the prom during his Blackpool visit in 1956
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