Scenes from Blackpool, Fleetwood and Poulton

Scenes from Blackpool, Fleetwood and Poulton

33 evocative historical Fylde pictures down the decades in Blackpool, Fleetwood, Poulton and St Annes

The Fylde Coast is ancient and is documented, as one picture caption suggests, back a thousand years.

Published 7th Mar 2024, 13:13 BST

Updated 7th Mar 2024, 13:15 BST

These pictures piece together the landscape, towns, buildings and people of the Fylde from farming to the coast, from Fleetwood through to Blackpool, Lytham and everything in between.

ICYMI: 37 eclectic historic photos of Blackpool right through the years from the Pleasure Beach to breweries

27 retro Blackpool school pictures taken between 2007 and 2010 from Mereside Primary to Collegiate

15 of the last ‘proper’ old-school pubs still open on the Fylde Coast - including The Taps and The Thatched

27 retro Blackpool school pictures taken between 2007 and 2010 from Mereside Primary to Collegiate

Fylde market place in 1955, at the junction with Blackpool Old Road

31. Fylde Nostalgia

Fylde market place in 1955, at the junction with Blackpool Old Road

In Fleetwood in 1900, a new company was formed called The Fleetwood Steam Pleasure Boat Co. One of its vessels that offered pleasure cruises was a tug called Fylde Picture courtesy of Lancashire Coast Pleasure Steamers by Andrew Gladwell

32. Fylde Nostalgia

In Fleetwood in 1900, a new company was formed called The Fleetwood Steam Pleasure Boat Co. One of its vessels that offered pleasure cruises was a tug called Fylde Picture courtesy of Lancashire Coast Pleasure Steamers by Andrew Gladwell

A defensive war sea mine washed up on a Fylde beach

33. Fylde Nostalgia

A defensive war sea mine washed up on a Fylde beach

Blackpool Fylde Poulton Fleetwood People Farming St Annes Lytham Pubs

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