25 nostalgic Blackpool pictures in 1960 including pubs, old shops and cinemas

More than 60 years ago, these retro photos remember elephants from the Tower Circus being exercised on the prom, ice skating on Blackpool FC’s pitch, inside the Saddle Inn and repairing the top of the tower.

In case you missed them: 41 evocative Blackpool pictures from the 1970s and 1980s including street scenes, football trouble and nightclubs

17 nostalgic pictures of Blackpool in 1974 from Doctor Who to Blackpool Illuminations switch-on

19 of Blackpool's oldest businesses still operating today from Roberts Oyster Rooms to Yorkshire Fisheries