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Streets U-Z

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38 Vance Road – 1956

Vicarage Lane – 1967

Victoria Street

Warbreck Drive, North Shore. c.1939

Warbreck Drive, between Shaftesbury Avenue and Knowle Avenue

Warbreck Road, later renamed Dickson Road, looking south from outside the Duke of Cambridge on the left, now the site of the Gynn pub. c.1922

Warbreck Road, c.1924

Warbreck Road, renamed Dickson Road, looking towards the Gynn Inn

Warbreck Hill Road – King George Ave

Warbreck Hill Road

Warley Road looking West. c.1913

Warley Road looking East

Warley Road at junction of Ormond Avenue

Warwick Road – 1957

Waterloo Avenue, later renamed Barton Avenue

Waterloo Road, looking from Lytham Road, towards the sea

Dog & Partridge Hotel on the right was demolished in 1969, along with the block of shops further down

150 - Waterloo Road. West (2)

Waterloo Road West

Cafe Victoria on the corner of Saint Bedes Avenue

Waterloo Road – Marton. Junction with Rectory Road

Waterloo Road – Marton. Looking from Spen Corner c.1912

424 Waterloo Road – Fred Laytham – Fish Dealer

Now occupied by Lords Kitchens opposite Domino’s Pizza

Wellington Road, corner of Lytham Road

Wellington Road, corner of Lytham Road

The Kettledrum Cafe, 7 West Street,  Prop. J.R. Clayton

Lyons Pianos – 9 West Street

Westbourne Avenue, from Waterloo Road

Westcliffe Drive – Layton

Westcliffe Drive – Layton

10 Westcliffe Drive – C. Ryding

Westcliffe Drive with early cars

Westgate – Bispham, now Red Bank Road, near the fire station

Whitegate Laundry Annual Trip

The laundry was established in 1890 at Woodland Grove

The Dailmer is named ‘GUY KNIGHT’ and numbered ‘No. 4’ , with the registration FR 4699

Dated 1923 from the Carnival flyer on the windscreen

Whitegate Drive, junction with Bryan Road

Whitegate Drive – Circular Tour

Whitegate Drive – Circular Tour

Whitegate Drive, junction with Palatine Road. Belle Vue on the right

305 Whitegate Drive – 1965

307 Whitegate Drive – 1957

17 Whitegate Drive – 1967

22 Whitegate Drive – 1967

48 Whitegate Drive – 1967

First Church of Christian Science, Whitegate Drive, Blackpool

The church was founded in 1929

Whittaker Avenue

Previously called Princess Avenue – renamed on 1st February 1929

Wilshaw Road, North Shore c.1943

Wilshaw Road, North Shore, 1918

Wilshaw Road from the Gynn Inn. c.1914

Winifred Street

Withnell  Road, looking from Church Street (Bond Street), towards Lytham Road

Withnell Road, from Skew Bridge, Lytham Road

Withnell Road looking from Church Street (now Bond Street).

Woodfield Road, from Lytham Road

Woodfield Road, from the Promenade – 1920’s

Woodfield Road, from the Promenade

Woodland Grove – 1967

Wren Grove

Previously called Green Lane – renamed on 1st February 1929

York Street

showing the Prince of Wales Hotel and York Hotel

York Street at the east end near Caroline Street

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