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Many of these pictures are from the Gazette’s Glass Plates Photography Archives.
They’re rare and are an important window to our resort’s past. They reflect a decade in Blackpool from the war years to when Blackpool resurfaced at the start of its glory years. There’s a brilliant shot of Church Street in the rain, a spitfire in the town centre and a chimney where Grange Park is now, being demolished
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This is how the central Promenade looked in wartime, the concrete blocks were to stop invading tanks but bathing huts and pleasure boats were still in use Photo: submit
Evacuees travelled by train to Blackpool at the beginning of World War Two. Hundreds of children were given new homes to escape the blitz in other North West towns and cities Photo: staff