Whilst skimming through Google images, I stumbled across many old photos of this town I find myself living in now. It was a shock to see how much Blackpool has changed even in my lifetime . I thought it might be appropriate to feature some of these pictures to show the changing face of a seaside town and it's neighbours.
Above is a an aerial photo of Blackpool Tower from 1952. Just above the Tower you can see a railway station. Below is a photo of that reasonably busy Blackpool Central Station in the early Sixties, before the Beeching cuts destroyed much of the rail infrastructure across the UK. Alas this line, which carried many a holidaymaker through South Shore before arriving at the terminus just near the Tower, was closed down, the tracks ripped up, the station demolished...
and now we have this instead:
Blackpool Central... car park. Yes holidaymakers still come in down what was the old railway line but it's now it's Yeadon Way, a bypass transporting coachloads of tourists to this cold 70's nightmare. Where the terminus was is now Coral Island, a gaudy tatty glorified arcade run by people who don't give a monkeys about the town but are happy to try to bleed it dry of cash. This car park is the location for what was to be the Mega Casino. The Council still have plans for it but I'd say it'll still be a car park in 5 years time.
Here's some more photos of the station before it was removed:
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