About
This site has been created to display some of the many views of Blackpool and the surrounding Fylde area. Most images are taken from postcards or CDV cards. I do not have access to early photographs and drawings. Some pictures show the appeal of the town and why people visited for several centuries
All items which show the images are owned by myself, unless credited to a third party
Every picture is clear and easy to see, and described in detail where possible
More detailed descriptions will be added in time !
All pictures are clear and easy to see, and described in detail where possible. Some of my images have appeared in books
A Carte de visite showing West Hey, built in 1837 by Benjamin Heywood. The Blackpool Tower is now located on the site of this splendid house
The size of a carte de visite is 2⅛ × 3½ inches mounted on a card sized 2½ × 4 inches
A Cabinet Card from Wolstenholme, Blackpool portrait photographer.
The Cabinet card was the style of photograph which was universally adopted for photographic portraiture in 1870. It consisted of a thin photograph that was generally mounted on cards measuring 4¼ by 6½ inches. It replaced the Carte de visite
A court card postcard showing the Gigantic Wheel and promenade. Court cards were smaller and squarer in shape than later cards and were used from about 1894 to 1902
A postcard showing Brunswick Street on Central promenade. Today this view shows the Funland amusements on the left, with the police station building at the centre of this picture
