I am addicted to your videos Stephen. The council ought to pay you for promoting Blacpool, as you do a great job. When I was very young my mum and dad came to Blackpool most years. I think it is the best seaside resort I have been too. There is plenty to do. All the best Stephen. Keep up the good work.

Trams also used to turn round at the front of North Startion. They had a route which came up Dickson Road. This was closed in the early 60s.

Fascinating history, Stephen. I think we all have memories of how different Blackpool looked from our younger days. Nothing stays the same, eh?😊

Looking at nls maps, it looks like only the very end of the curve of Sainsbury's (nearest the town centre) clips Swainson Street, which ran through to George Street, crossing the first green area, nearest Cookson Street. About halfway down it's length was another now-missing street, named Eden Street, which continued across Larkhill Street to Buchanan Street, with which a crossroads is formed with Fisher Street, directly opposite the end of Eden Street. Larkhill Street ran from the opposite end of the Sainsbury's curved frontage and parallel to Swainson and Buchanan Streets - as did Seed Street, which ran between it and Larkhill Street. It appears that the short left turn off Talbot Road immediately after the Ramsden Hotel and shown at 08.29 in your video (with ahead only signs), is in fact, a remaining part of Seed Street... A further, much shorter and also now-missing street named Hornby Street, also connected Eden and George Streets, midway between Swainton and Larkhill Streets!

The beer monsters haha you are so funny Stephen, i remember the big brick wall opposite the bus station which had posters advertising the Blackpool shows it was part of North station, i used to catch either the number 2 of number 15 to take me home in the bus station , i think New Larkhall street was just called Larkhall street back in the day ...i would now struggle to find my way around Blackpool now so much has changed from my youth.

My mum and dad stayed in helens close blackpool i was kid that time, but i remember the trams going down the beach front, with all the colourfull lights down to the pleasure land, and not to mention the old fish 'n chips out the news Brown paper. My parents came from wallasey village just over the water from liverpool. My father became a professional footballer played for many clubs. his greatest team was Liverpool.Thank you so much for your video brings back so many good childhood memories. 😃

Another fabulous vlog. Agree with the comment that the council should pay you for your knowledgeable info and promotion of Blackpool. ❤

Thank you for another informative video Stephen, love it when you add a bit of history into them. Sirens again, kicking off again. Thanks for the Barnes sisters link, going to read it now. 😊😊😊

Yes, there was an original Larkhill St that ran in between the car park and the indoor bowls place where Sainsburys is now. My grandad lived on 17 Larkhill St on the 1911 census and was one of 9 living in a 2 up 2 down. Loving the videos btw😊

We used to come on a coach to the bus station. I remember Barney Rubbles being opposite

There was an auction house near there, and a cab office. The cab office was for Progress taxis, the cab company that was bought out by C. Cabs, about 10 years ago. Process Taxis was opened on october 3rd 1983.

I remember there was an Apollo 2000 electrical superstore (similar to Comet) next to the Mecca during the 2000's.

When we were in Blackpool in 2004 my boyfriend (now my husband) and Me had our dinner in a lovely little cafe opposite where they had just started work on the Houndshill. I think it was on Adelaide St.The lady who owned it told us they were closing in 2 weeks to make way for the shopping centre -shame.

Swainson Street is where New Larkhill Street is (approx) It used to have Tudor car sales on the corner....

Brilliant mate - I love the thought of beer monsters in the artists impression & maybe a mercedes dropping the beggars off for their shift ! I've said it before, I love the variation in your videos Stephen - keep up the great work.

It's all kicking off at Sainsbury's 😂, great vlog Stephen

I remember seed street, my mum used to tell be about a bomb that was dropped on it during the war. I can't believe you mentioned the tache, used to be my favourite drinking hole in the late 90s, i can smell it now! I also used to go for a few in the rammy arms, if you had a few too many you could get a room upstairs for about £20

All these new hotels ! Do the investors know something we dont know ? Like air travel will be severely restricted and we will have to holiday in this country, seems like it.

Wife told me about your channel - great stuff. Me and my bro have been trying to find places we went when we were kids. One of our three Blackpool holidays was in 1974 at the 'Dene House' ( or 'Dean House' ). I cannot remember whereabouts it was and wondered if anyone else knew? I remember us being ripped off by the guy who ran it who claimed he was fitting a new shower in our room ( double-booked, I bet ). We ended up a few doors up at a guest house called 'The Derby House', which was run by a nice old couple ( Not the same Derby House as we stayed at in 1981 ). I noticed today that our 1971 holiday residence - The Balmoral Hotel ( later 'The Argosy' ) has been demolished. Chunks of the place disappearing left, right and centre.

Bickerstaff Square/Council Offices are sittting where Swainson Street was. It sat between Cookson Street and Lark Hill Street, which is now New Lark Hill Street, leading onto Grosvenor Street.

Another fantastic video Stephen xx 😊

If you go to google maps and go back to 2009 you can see the old car parks, shops and indoor bowling. I think the car park used to be called Larkhill, which is why there is a New larkhill street now.

As far as I know the only street to get bombed was Seed street.

If I remember rightly, I think Seed Street was off Talbot Road at the opposite side of the Ramsden pub from Buchanan Street, so a little bit of it remains although there doesn't appear to be a street sign.

Love your videos, really interesting stuff. Normally go to blackpool once or twice a year. Back at weekend and looking forward to it again.

Thank you for another great video Stephen. Myself and the Girlfriend are coming up in October for a few days. Hope to see around town, will buy you a pint and maybe get us both on Big One for the first time. Thank you for your great video.

Another great, down to earth video. Well done, Steve 👍👍👍

Who Designs these buildings?Blind school of Architecture 😂

Evening all, hope you're all ok👍

There was a stick of bombs in the North Station area around 1940

Amazing how much that area has changed can remember Talbot Rd Bus Station very well that is where My monthly weekends in Blackpool would begin back in the early 90s after getting dropped off by Coach coming from Darlington. The coach used to stop off at Tebay Services it used to take ages to get to Blackpool, Swainton Street interesting street name very similar to My surname.

Interesting history u r the man top man Steve love watching u vids thanks

We learn a lot from the comments too. Very interesting video. Thank you.😀

Thanks Stephen an interesting walk about,take care 😶

Great Video steve I Enjoyed It 😊

Swainson street and Seed street are underneath Sainsbury’s and the car park by the Ramadan Arms is called Seed street car park

Great vid once again. Im sure Seed Street is still there, right next to the Rammy Arms, When the car park was there, wasnt it the site of the original Flamingos and indoor crown green bowling too?

Looking forward to coming back to Blackpool for a visit.

i remember a car park were Sainsburys is used to be a pound all day,diesel's cheap there i.60 in yorkshire near me

Seed Street was probably not a great name with the amount of grow houses that crop up in blackpool. I believe the redevelopment was a joint venture.

My Grans family were killed in the Seed St bombing at No 33.

Thankyou x

Stephen the pup on Cookson st used to be called the veevers

You said it was gonna be a good one and it was 👍

I remember parking on the NCP carpark from the 80s to the early 2000s but i cant remember the street names.

I do miss the old bus station! My Nan liked the old market that was around the corner, St Johns was it called? She was quite upset when it closed.

I'm fairly certain there was a pub on the site of Sainsburys as I do remember hearing some quite painful noise (people murdering songs on karoke) coming from there. Don't know/can't remember the name of the pub though.

Wheatsheaf pub was demolished. Old flying handbag too

Very informative video again, very much enjoyed, but I've just seen a map.... do you remember eden street, just off seed Street

There was an indoor crown green bowls

Was Apollo 2000 somewhere here too

Bombs dropped on swainson street in 1940 killing 8 people and injuring 14 others, a compulsory purchase order was made on the houses there on the pretext cocker baths would be rebuilt there, this of course never happened.

if you go on google street view on your phone you can go back to 2009 looks way different

Is that where the flying handbag used to be where sainsburys is now ?

I tell you what ill do when i come over next year ill draw some beer monsters on some of these posters so you know your in blackpool 😂😂😂😂😂

two iconic pubs were demolished to make way for these carbuncles the wonderful kings arms a higsons house and the wheetsheef mathew brown , did my drinking apprenticeship in both what wonderfull pubs great landlords locals and beer.not like the plastic so called pubs of today.☹

Hi Stephen

The begging and the drug addicts Esp when leaving the station People dont.want that crap 60s style bus and coach station Why does the council need a new build plenty of old buildings they can do up

It was Tache not Cache nightclub

Why I am no longer a mod? @walkonthewildside

No siren's today? So it's not kicking off in blackpool 🙋