From the very early days of beach hut changing facilities protecting our ancestor's modesty to the heydays of the 1976 heatwave, the piers, storms, Punch and Judy and everything in between, these photos capture the magic and appeal of our beach.
Whenever I put a gallery of pictures together, it never ceases to amaze me how different things were, yet it is still all so familiar. And I can barely believe how many people packed on the beach back in the day!
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1. Blackpool Beach through the years
A child photographs his mother and grandparents on the beach, c1946-c1955. The Promenade provides a backdrop. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images) | Heritage Images/Getty Images
2. Blackpool Beach through the years
A young woman in a knitted bathing costume stands on the beach in the midst of the crowds of holidaymakers, Blackpool, c1946-c1955. Blackpool Tower is visible in the background. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images) | Heritage Images/Getty Images
3. Blackpool Beach through the years
Blackpool beach during the heatwave of 1976 | National World
4. Blackpool Beach through the years
Bathing machines lined up on the beach in front of the North Pier, 1900 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | Getty Images