Blackpool's Promenade and Beach from the Tower, 1959
Introduction
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Blackpool's Promenade and Beach from the Tower, 1959
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 31 Jul 1959
For once, it was a fine, warm day so the Beach was swarming - see Image Bottom left is the roof of the Central Station (closed 2/11/64); on right centre, the Central Pier, far right South Pier.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.811592
Longitude
-3.054697