Lost Archives: 21 nostalgia-soaked photos of Blackpool Talbot Square through the years
By Claire Lark
Published 28th Feb 2023, 04:55 BST
These incredible pictures show one of Blackpool’s oldest areas – Talbot Square.
The area has recently undergone extensive renovations but it is still hugely recognisable, flanked by buildings which haven’t changed for decades – except where the iconic Yates’s Wine Lodge once stood.
It was once known as Belle Vue Square and became the focal point of the town with the Town Hall, Clifton Hotel, North Pier and Yates’s. These pictures also show its use for the Illuminations switch-on, VE Day celebrations and when Blackpool FC won the FA Cup in 1953, it was the natural choice for the homecoming parade.
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Smoke across the sea as a pleasure steamer leaves the North Pier jetty in this Victorian photograph taken from Talbot Square. It's 1885, no tram lines, possible gas lamp on right Photo: Historical
The homecoming in 1953 - Talbot Square was central to celebrations following the FA Cup Final between Blackpool and Bolton. The triumphant team rounds the corner of Blackpool Town Hall from Corporation Street in the open top Seagull Coach Photo: Submit