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!
In case you missed them...
25. Blackpool Beach through the years
Storm scene on Central Beach in 1893. The central section of the Tower Buildings are being put up around the base of the Tower itself. The Promenade was widened by 100ft when a new sea wall was completed in 1905 | Nationnal World
26. Blackpool Beach through the years
Boat trips were kept busy as youngsters paddled in the waves in this 1905 view | National World
27. Blackpool Beach through the years
Central Pier, beach and lifeboat house, 1962 | National World