South Shore 's Promenade gardens. The new South Promenade and Stanley Park opened in 1926 - three years after the world's largest open air baths opened in South Shore — South Shore 's Promenade gardens. The new South Promenade and Stanley Park opened in 1926 - three years after the world's largest open air baths opened in South Shore | National World

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18 fascinating pictures of Blackpool that are a century old

Digital Journalist

Published 9th Jan 2026, 18:00 GMT

These fascinating pictures are 100 years old.

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

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Travelling by tram past the Winter Gardens in 1926

17. Blackpool Gazette

Travelling by tram past the Winter Gardens in 1926 | National World

Talbot Road and Abingdon Street junction

18. Blackpool, 1926

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