These are a fascinating trip down memory lane looking at Blackpool shops from yesteryear.
Most are long gone, except for a couple of high street names which have moved location. But these were the shops which knitted our wonderful town together and provided food, clothing and every day essentials. They are striking pictures which show how the shops and streets have changed.
Mac's Majestic Ballroom, Bathesda Square, Bathesda Road.
The building consisted of a ballroom on the first floor, a garage and a small shop.
The premises were sold to the Brunswick Workingmen's Club
Lytham Road shops close to the junction with Waterloo Road. The Lido was further along on the left.
According to the plaque this terrace of shops was built in 1892. Seen here in the 1950s the shops include from the left Greenhalgh's ladieswear, Frank Harbron grocers, J.W. Smith menswear, E.A. & M.A. Smith bakery and cafe and J.L.Dawson Cook dispensing chemist and opticians
The former Raikes Smithy as a pet shop selling dog, bird and poultry food as well as being a gun shop on Church Street Blackpool. The building was situated opposite the end of Park Road and before it was burned down in 1988 it had been a the Continental Bedding shop
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