Bygone Blackpool

[@E2MC2]

Brilliant. The loss of Central Station and so many other buildings is so sad.

[@christinacramsie5646]

Loved looking at these old photos, though some are very old. I was born in 1964, my grandparents lived in St Anne's (grandad worked at Dewhurst butchers in the Square, and also sold ice cream at one point). Then they moved to Blackpool lived North Shore opposite Victory pub. Used to go 4 times a year for at least a week each time. If it was good weather we went to the beach, not so good we went to Stanley Park. My Dad was also a member of the George Formby society, they used to meet up in the Winter Gardens, he passed away 2020 with Covid but used to enjoy playing his banjo. Great times thank you for the memories.

[@trevorrobinson8577]

Lived there 63/65. Some fantastic memories. Just wish the Council would have saved some of the old buildings to retain some of the great history of the town.

[@lornaburgess9762]

Thoroughly enjoyed this although I was born in 1955 I can remember lots of places in Blackpool don't know what happened to the indoor market beside the Tower you had to go down stairs to get in, it was great, I can remember a lady who used to make lace dressed dolls in the market .I last went there in 2000 and she was still there making the dolls and other things she must have been about 80 then. 🗼😊

[@michaelcardwell1018]

Them where the good old days, great to look back. THANKS

[@ianstewartorr8455]

It has a magic feel to it of all the happiness had by a lot of people over the years

[@ja773r]

Great collection thanks. A reminder that the hell hole we now call Blackpool was once a beautiful Victorian town.

[@moescholl2742]

Fantastic. A dream trip, shows why Blackpool was a great destination worldwide

[@lynnshaw465]

What a great film, it brought a tear to my nostaligic eye! Thank you for posting and sharing.

[@iandickson1330]

I fell 🥰 with Blackpool the first time in 1966 from a small town what great 👍 times and was so near to sign for Blackpool fc in the mi 1960 and on the 22-10-1960 I became a world 🌎 record holder for football ⚽️ by Guinness records with two other records in football that has never been beaten to this day than you for all the lovely 😊 memories from IAN DICKSON all true thank you 🙏 again

[@mariamontalbano2925]

I love this clip it truly brings back memories of many of the places I visited from 1962 to 85, Thanks so much for giving me a true feeling of my hometown where I grew up, now I live in Florida but still love the memories of all these pics, So Grateful Maria Kaye formerly of Manor rd.. grew up playing in Stanley Park and then worked close to the beach at a hotel on Albert Rd after Tyldesley High school, Loved the tower Ballroom with me Nana and all the streets, learnt to swim at Derby Baths and loved the circus and Charlie Caroli, Snuck on many a ride at the Pleasure beach too..The laughing clown at the end of this clip really brings back that whole fun house experience and the smell of Candy Floss and mussels...truly a masterpiece!

[@johnathanriley8202]

Blackpool has changed much, but the 80s was the last time it was popular crowds on the beaches, the 90s and new millennium era it went all downhill, i have grown up here all my life, my dad sold ice cream on the beach in the 70s and 80s, hes being here in Blackpool since the 60s when he was young moving from Manchester

[@trevorjenkins2339]

Looking at this film brought back such happy memories. My mom, her sister and their mom bought a boarding house in Park Road, just off Church Street. I used to stand outside the stage door of the the theatres and get autographs of the stars. It was such a happy place to be and loved living there but unfortunately Blackpool today is nothing like it was. Thanks you Blackpool for my memories as a child and memories last forever. I am using my husbands iPad and my name is Gillian.

[@alanvanallen7762]

Never been to Blackpool,but still time yet,these pictures are absolutely great,love that one of the man having a paddle in the sea with his trousers rolled up ,LMFAO,absolute classic 😁😁.Many thanks for this.

[@CasAshworth1]

What a great collection of old Blackpool photos you have here! enjoyed that! thanks.

[@MARKETMAN6789]

Thank you for a great video of a great town in this video .so sad to see today's Blackpool these days and it's demise into a low life haven .THANK YOU FOR SO MANY MEMORIES OF A TIME WHEN BLACKPOOL WAS IN ITS HEYDAY

[@sisteray3539]

Brilliant look through history of one of my favourite places in the world! Love the music too. Thankyou x

[@xWatchman13x]

So many great buildings that should have been saved. What on earth have our town planners done over the years?

[@bonjovi7399]

The 70's. 80 90's business owners ruined a lot. In the 80's the winter gardens was a kids play area, abused by children. The older sites were destroyed to make way for new stuff. At least now they realise the cultural and historical significance of the building interior and exterior.

[@alanvanallen7762]

How many times have we heard that William,we destroy our heritage in the name of modernisation,a few years later we want it back as it was .Never a truer word spoken (or written) 😒😒

[@streamsofconsciousness8651]

@@alanvanallen7762 oh i don't know. There are areas of Blackpool that remain that should totally be demolished and rebuilt anew

[@sisteray3539]

Robbed us all 😣

[@teddyshepherd2854]

Stunning compilation, thank you. Quite amazing how much I remember what was "as is" in the photographs.

[@chookaschookas444]

Wow - I was there in 1953, and I distinctly remember the Tram lit up as the gondola 15:56. It was so magical for a little boy from New Zealand, but seeing recent Illumination pix, it is looking very sad there these days

[@johnathanriley8202]

So glad to hear a Kiwi, yeah blackpool is not what it is anymore, it's rundown depression but improving at the same time, nickelodeon land is installed at the pleasure beach and they charge you to get in what a joke, I must say blackpool in the 20s and 30s looked good in the pics tho i have a friend who has being living here since the 40s and 50s first he lived in fleetwood then here in blackpool

[@hjp1hjp22]

I don't visit Blackpool very often, and is not the place like in the 1960s when on a hot summer day, thousands of people, holidaymakers, and daytrippers were in town. There is of course the famous Tower and Winter Gardens. There were two swimming pools, the indoor Derby Baths at the North Shore, and the open air baths at the South Shore, replaced by the indoor Sandcastle Water Park. My favourite amusement was having brown or grey stockingfeet in the famous Funhouse at the Pleasure Beach. But even the Pleasure Beach with the mighty Pepsi Big Max Roller Coaster fails to impress me now.

[@flurblewibble7735]

What a town it was - totally destroyed by the greed and avarice of the councillors, planners and tourist trade vendors. A perfect example of how not to develop a seaside resort.

[@iandickson1330]

What a lovely place with lovely people that place had everything

[@ianbentley7276]

wow, some great photos.

[@shanemanchester]

1986/87 I worked 2 summer seasons at The Ship’s Wheel Restaurant, North Pier. Pancake Polly on Central Pier/The Tower. And Palladium Bingo, South Shore. Was easy getting jobs then, meeting good folk, enjoying working.

[@quickclipsbyjmj]

Thank you for sharing pictures of the Alhambra. I wasn't aware of it before. Plus, seeing a steam train chuffing along the promenade, past the tower. Palace ballroom and the open air swimming pool. How classy Blackpool was and how tacky it is now.

[@shaneobrien2257]

Fantastic video. Thanks so much. 👏🙏🙏

[@doreenfawcett9717]

Oh my God I'm so exited watching this its just amazing . Absolutely great . Thankyou And Best wishes BlACKPOOL FOREVER Dee

[@sharongill1595]

I grew up around All Hallows Rd. This is great footage, thanks. How much better does the town look back in the day compared to now!?

[@VJW1407]

interesting. My grandfather died in Victoria hospital, and use to live near Bipsham, so interesting to see. Its changed a wee bit ;)

[@ja773r]

Fantastic collection. Thanks for sharing.

[@lancashirememories6123]

I love this. Many thanks for compiling it.

[@jamalhasan7737]

Wonderful video... Thanks.

[@iandickson1330]

That was for my Debut leugue away senior game aged 18 years old on Cathkin Park home of third Lanark fc beat 7-4 that day playing for montrose fc and laid on a pass for jimmy kemp to score the fourth an I just about got four but the keeper got his finger tips to it to tip it over the bar Olson at age of 17 years turned down full time football ⚽️ with Carlisle United fc and played a reserve game for ST Johnstone fc after training with them thank you 🙏

[@roynelson1582]

Thanks for this marvellous upload, I can see all the work and time collecting all the clips some considerable effort, great stuff. Roy Nelson ex Blackpool Tech College ex Marton near the Park.

[@jeffcopestake7863]

At one Time I worked at Dawsons Men's Out fitters Yates Wine lodge and drove trams. Its best to remember Blackpool as it was -----Not as it's become.

[@SAVOYCHAPPELL]

Just brilliant. Thanks!

[@jessiegleaves9037]

So sad to see Blackpool so run down now.

[@vaslav030547]

I lived in St Annes 1967-1968 Happy times.

[@anoshya]

North Station was a great building but was bulldozed around 1970..great iron work and features..very sad

[@Sean-Ireland]

Eeeeeeeeeehhh Bahhhhhhhhhhh Gum!!!! That were grand,

[@afromanscarecrowproduction9170]

Loved this brought back great memories of a misspent youth

[@chrislane7548]

Wow. Loved this. Thank-u. X

[@Paul-010]

Fascinating, I’d like to see what these streets and places look like now.......or probably best not too!

[@rosschambers1987]

Marvellous

[@G4RY1159]

I often think what Blackpool will be like in 2030 or 2040

[@AbbeySnooks]

Amazing! Thank you.

[@8-bitsteve500]

I live in Blackpool now, quite frankly I wish it was like that now, it's just a shit hole these days. Full of junkies, alcoholics and thieves. :(

[@towerpower6867]

love it

[@dogruffpro]

This is brilliant. Love the rostrum camera effect. Some real gems in this collection. Is aporkyprimecut a member of History of Blackpool group on Facebook? If not why not??

[@keithsnaith7312]

it's still a magical place xxx

[@john111257]

oh my blackpool

[@iandickson1330]

Sorry the date is wrong 22-10-1966

[@Xander137x]

Hi, who is the barbershop singing sitting on top of Blackpool tower on this please? Thanks

[@aporkyprimecut]

The name of the band singing 'Sitting on the top of Blackpool Tower' is On Spec

[@Xander137x]

aporkyprimecut I thought so my dad was in on spec I’ve only ever heard the version on a cassette tape I have stored away, he passed many years ago so I couldn’t believe my ears when I watched it. Can I ask if you don’t mind where you got the music from, thanks for getting back to me : )

[@aporkyprimecut]

@@Xander137x I really can't remember where I got the song from. I collected many songs relating to Blackpool over the years and the On Spec version of Sitting on the top of Blackpool Tower seemed to best fit the old Blackpool photograph's. I'd be happy to send you the mp3 version of the song if you want it?

[@Xander137x]

aporkyprimecut it was so nice to hear as it’s a fab track, Thankyou so much if you could send me the mp3 : )

[@8meisha]

Enjoyed the video but set a little bit before my time. Glad to see many people agree with an email I sent a few days ago saying how the Blackpool of today has deteriorated and now It looks quite slummy. It’s a pity things have to change and many times not for the better. I think things began to change when boarding houses became self catering and B and Bs. The boarding houses of the past were great. After an early morning walk on the Prom returning to have breakfast the lovely smell of bacon cooking as one walked along the street to where you were staying certainly whetted the appetite. A table on the ground floor window with White tablecloth and condiments which always included HP sauce and Vinegar was the hallmark of of every boarding house! You didn’t always get the sea view promised or you might get a glimpse if you poked your head out of the window and looked to the left still they were happy days and something you always looked forward to. Memories memories. l On a positive note I read the other day that Blackpool beach has been voted the third best beach in the World!

[@dylantalbot620]

Which version is it of Blackpool Bell on 14:04

[@aporkyprimecut]

Dylan, It isn't the Blackpool Belle.. It's a song called the Blackpool Bounce by Lita Roza

[@kkrispy2009P]

Road to 500 subs nice updates

[@leathandrubb]

Charlie Cairoli and don't forget about Paul.

[@antonchristian873]

Why do such lovely buildings have to be replaced with the 'cheap 'n' cheerless monstrosities that look like the back end of of tyre factories, Corporate vandalism at it's worst !

[@doreenfawcett9717]

Any CDs Dee

[@davidhoward2487]

Singer wouldn't be Two Ton Tessie O' Shea would it? Great ole gal, often played Blackpool.

[@TheFowler99]

When you see the Victorian lady's walking the north pier,in their lovely dresses .you see how far Blackpool has gone,from what it was.very sad. its just the winds of change.

[@derekhough3405]

Such a nice place to go to forget you got the dirty end of the stick in life

[@keengro3740]

very true...but now blackpool council dont want the working class there anymore and are removing as much connection to that part of its history as possible

[@anthonytaylor3989]

Blue remembered Hills 😊

[@keyfizz]

....the happy highways where I went ...

[@anthonynew8472]

Blackpool tower bieng built

[@lewiskillingbeck8070]

Shame it's not as popular now there hen parties and stag nights etc making it a less and less of an attraction to England :/

[@Mike0918097]

DalekLad 16:16