They mark a century of change, right back to 1926.


6. Blackpool, 1926
Westcliffe Drive Layton. The bungalow on the right is the Layton Working Men's Institute, on the corner of Lynwood Avenue . In March 1926 the institute moved across the road to a new purpose built building. The Improvement Bill of 1925 proposed to extend the Layton tramway along Westcliffe Drive to Bispham but this was thown out at a public meeting | library

7. Blackpool, 1926
On the Water Chute in 1926 at Blackpool Pleasure Beach | National World

8. Lost Archives glass plate negative Thornton Cleveleys railway station photographed from the junction of Victoria Road East and Alexandra Road in 1955. Opened in 1862 the original station was on the other side of the track and was used until 1926 the station finally closed in 1969. Thornton Historical Dated 14/02/1955 Published TCT 19/02/1955
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