9th May 1956:  Donkey rides for holidaymakers at Blackpool seaside resort in Lancashire. Blackpool Tower is in the background.  (Photo by Harry Kerr/BIPs/Getty Images)9th May 1956:  Donkey rides for holidaymakers at Blackpool seaside resort in Lancashire. Blackpool Tower is in the background.  (Photo by Harry Kerr/BIPs/Getty Images)
9th May 1956: Donkey rides for holidaymakers at Blackpool seaside resort in Lancashire. Blackpool Tower is in the background. (Photo by Harry Kerr/BIPs/Getty Images)

25 nostalgic Blackpool pictures through the 1920s and 1930s era

These incredible pictures are mostly unseen and cast a fascinating insight into our two through two decades

They are from the 1920s and 1930s and show a changing Blackpool - from its circus animals to wrapping up the beaches for the summer season, the people, fashions and street scenes from the past - they are a brilliant clutch of nostalgia.

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