The Empire Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire, 1895-1910. The Empire was built in 1895. Here, it advertises an appearance by the actor and music hall artiste, Cissy (Cecilia) Loftus. It was later converted into an ABC cinema. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)placeholder image
The Empire Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire, 1895-1910. The Empire was built in 1895. Here, it advertises an appearance by the actor and music hall artiste, Cissy (Cecilia) Loftus. It was later converted into an ABC cinema. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images) | Heritage Images/Getty Images

I walk through Lancashire towns in pictures during a time span which goes back decades

Claire Lark
By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 7th Mar 2025, 10:27 GMT

These incredible pictures from the Getty archive depict times gone by.

From rail crashes to miners, sports people to cobbled streets, they are a throwback in time which most of us can only tap into through old photos.

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An instructor takes a class in martial arts for female trainee police officers at the Lancashire Constabulary Training School near Preston, UK, June 1942. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

21. Lancashire's Past

An instructor takes a class in martial arts for female trainee police officers at the Lancashire Constabulary Training School near Preston, UK, June 1942. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | Getty Images

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The victorious team Blackburn Rovers FC parading in the streets of Blackburn after winning the FA Cup Final, UK, 24th April 1928. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

22. Lancashire's Past

The victorious team Blackburn Rovers FC parading in the streets of Blackburn after winning the FA Cup Final, UK, 24th April 1928. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | Getty Images

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Instant lettering being demonstrated on a model at the International Gifts Fair, Blackpool. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

23. Lancashire's Past

Instant lettering being demonstrated on a model at the International Gifts Fair, Blackpool. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) | Getty Images

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Workers at a factory in Lancashire stacking rolls of barbed wire made out of scrap metal. The wire is bound for France to help protect the Allied forces from German invasion. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

24. Lancashire'a Past

Workers at a factory in Lancashire stacking rolls of barbed wire made out of scrap metal. The wire is bound for France to help protect the Allied forces from German invasion. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) | Getty Images

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