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North Albert Street, FLEETWOOD, FY7 6AA

'Balloon' car No 723 is photographed from the rear as it prepares to turn the corner at Albert Square with a full load of passengers returning from Fleetwood Market.

Car No 710 on a southbound service from Fleetwood. See Image

A service 14 bus turns the corner of Lord Street past St Peter's Church in the rather uninspired pale cream livery of the period. Blackpool Transport is one of only a small number of bus undertakings which is still owned by the local authority, although now as an arms-length company which has to be financially viable. This is one of a series of views featuring buses in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2114547&displayclass=slide

Pocket Park is on the corner of North Albert Street and Victoria Street. The site was originally a hardware shop, then a TSB bank and a temporary police station before being demolished. Permission was given in 1998 for the land to be used as public open space. In 2008 the Fielden Fleetwood Charity Trust purchased the land with support from Wyre Council. Brick planters are named after Fleetwood primary schools and pupils plant flowers in them each year. The sign on the lamppost reads "Please don't encourage pigeons and gulls into the park by feeding them. This can sometimes spoil the original idea of the garden which was to provide a peaceful place to sit for a while.

The building on the right hand corner bears an inscription E1902R which I presume means it is early Edwardian. On the Victoria Street side is an EIIR postbox FY7 44 Image

On Victoria Street Image

Pocket Park is on the corner of North Albert Street and Victoria Street. The site was originally a hardware shop, then a TSB bank and a temporary police station before being demolished. Permission was given in 1998 for the land to be used as public open space. In 2008 the Fielden Fleetwood Charity Trust purchased the land with support from Wyre Council. Brick planters are named after Fleetwood primary schools and pupils plant flowers in them each year. On the wall are ten ceramic panels Image, designed and produced by all the schools in Fleetwood working with local artist Norma Tate. The sign on the lamppost reads "Please don't encourage pigeons and gulls into the park by feeding them. This can sometimes spoil the original idea of the garden which was to provide a peaceful place to sit for a while.

Ten ceramic panels at Pocket Park Image, designed and produced by all the schools in Fleetwood working with local artist Norma Tate.

The tram was heading for the terminus at Fleetwood Ferry Port. For details of the tram's history, please see:- Image

This large church stands at the junction of North Albert Street with Lord Street, a point known as Albert Square.