The friends we were with were keen on us seeing the Illuminations so we duly stayed in Blackpool till the sun had gone down.

Illuminations, Tower in Distance:-

Tower:-

Tram:-

Overhead Illuminations:-

Roadside Illuminations, Alice in Wonderland Theme:-

More roadside Illuminations:-

The Imperial Hotel, an imposing building on Blackpool sea-front now possibly a bit down from its height. The inside walls are covered with photographs of various luminaries who stayed there in its heyday, including the Beatles:-

Blackpool Town Hall. Victorian high style:-

Stained glass windows in Blackpool’s Town Hall:-

Norbreck Castle Hotel. A modern castellated fantasy. From south:-

From southwest:-

Northern part of Norbreck Castle Hotel complex:-

From north:-

A stunner to finish Blackpool’s Art Deco with. Yates. Everything you could want in an Art Deco building (except perhaps for primary coloured paint, original windows and a flagpole.)

Reverse view. Sadly with street furniture in the way:-

Yates and a moderne chippy across the road:-

Moderne building on left, Yates to right:-

Modern Art Deco in Blackpool.

We took a Blackpool tram all the way up to Fleetwood and back down to the southern terminus then back up to Blackpool again.

I’m afraid some of these photos are blurry due to being taken through the tram’s window.

Lots of the tram stops have deco features:-

Including Bispham:-

This is the former Store Twenty One in Fleetwood, unoccupied at the time of the photo:-

I saw Fleetwood’s football ground off in the distance but too far for a photo. The town has a more or less typical seaside town park and pavilion but looks alittle down on its luck. not too many people about. Note too the bus shelter:-

Reverse view:-

Pleasure Beach Casino. The curves on the building but especially the tower are deco features:-

A very geometric rectilinear tower inside Blackpool Pleasure Beach:-

New Oceans Hotel:-

Rounded windows and horizontal columns plus canopy in central portion:-

Solaris. Modern deco style:-

Frontage:-

Very Art Deco building in the grand style in Blackpool – though actually I think it’s technically in Bispham.

The ground floor now houses Hart’s Amusements. The rest is, I think, holiday accommodation.

From southwest. Its eyes have been poked out, though:-

Full vista. Wonderful deco style. Great horizontals and verticals. Rule of three in columnar windows and the central portion above the rounded canopy. Flagpoles! Clock!:-

Clock and Sculptures, Queen’s Mansions, Blackpool. Fine Art Deco styling. 1936 date on roof half-roundel. The sculptures are reminiscent of the A A Gill ones on the Midland Hotel, Morecambe:-

Under refurbishment at the time of photo. I’ve no idea what it is or was. Possibly once an insurance company?

Detail, cartouche and slogan, “Progress.”

Friezes. Representations of aeroplanes of various sorts:-

Cartouche on corner block:-

Ship friezes (right):-

Ship friezes (left)

Stitch of ship friezes:-

The further end of the building:-

Window detail:-

Las Iguanas. Nice curved frontage and great detailing if you zoom in:-

Harry Ramsden’s. This looks more like a seaside café than a chippy. Near Blackpool Tower:-

Modern Art Deco. Goldsmith’s. Doesn’t look at all like it’s from the 1920s or 1930s but still has the style:-

Art Deco style flats:-