Share your old Photos of Poulton-le-Fylde for everyone to share and remember.
Electrification of the Railway Line
The first couple of photos are more recent, but it’s amazing how you forget once a project is complete.
The first photos dates back to March 2013, when rebuilding Tithebarn Street bridge was in full swing.
The next photo was taken by Visit Fylde Coast contributor Barrie C Woods, who helped to document the electrification of the railway line in photos.
Old Photos of Poulton-le-Fylde – from about the 1980’s?
Many thanks to Robert Sykes who sent these photos in back in 2015 for us to share with you. Robert’s uncle had recently died, and was a very keen photographer who had hundreds of photos in print and slide form. This is just a very small selection.
Do you know when this was, what they were doing and why?
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Changing Roads
Our friend, photographer Mel Jones, gave us this photo to share of the exact same spot before and after the construction of the River Wyre roundabout.
The ‘after’ photo is from 2010, so even that is an old shot now!
Mel also sent in these photos below to share, going back a bit further and looking at roads we all know.
Skippool Creek
Mel Jones also kindly shared these photos of sailing boats at Skippool Creek (which is technically in Thornton!)
Back to the 1950’s for Old Photos of Poulton
I’ve saved these photos with the caption ‘shared by Peter Lucas, photos from his father Leslie Lucas‘. I’ve got no other information in my records than that. Can you add anything?
Diana and Jerry got in touch in Nov 2018 to say they thought they knew who Peter Lucas was. They write: “I think Peter was Leslie Lucas’ younger son. In the 1950s, they lived in one of the roads off Blackpool Old Road. They were parishioners at St John’s RC church, and Peter and his older brother Gerard attended St Joseph’s College in Blackpool. I believe Leslie worked for British Rail and they moved (to Kettering??) for his job @1960.”
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Have you got any old photos of Poulton that you’d like to share? Please email them to jane@theRabbitPatch.co.uk
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I lived in Poulton for three years with my sister and her husband from the age of six,.in nineteen fifty. We lived on Tithebarn Street in a tall old house which I think was mock Tudor, it was on the left going out of the centre before the little church. There were farm fields at the back. It had an orchard which was demolished to build a road through to a new estate. I love seeing old photos from that time and would be so happy if you know where I could find a photo of this house Thank you for this site.
I’d suggest looking on one of the local history groups on Facebook. They often turn up all kinds of interesting things.
My nana was in service in Poulton-le-Fylde around 1924. Does anyone know of any grand houses that she could have worked in?
Does anyone remember the garden centre on station rd opposite the park think its houses now
Yes, I clearly remember the garden centre but unfortunately I don’t remember the name of the business..I remember it being a waste piece of land adjacent to the railway embankment and I was rather surprised when it became a small garden centre. I lived on Mains Lane between the River Wyre Hotel and Shard Lane , from 1937 until 1972, so I remember Poulton well.
Hi Mandy, the garden centre was Parkside it was owned by brothers. We lived just round the corner on Haworth Crescent.
Might anyone have a photograph of the yellow pyramid shaped floating target which was anchored off Pilling during, and for a short time afte, the Second World War?
Needed for web page.
I remember Reeds. Amongst the wedding presents my wife and I received (in 1971) was a recipe book (we would probably have said cookery book then) which included a recipe of Avocado Prawns. Very 1970‘s! The problem was that not only were avocados not available, nobody had a clue what they were. Knowing the reputation of Reeds I tried there. A flummoxed girl assistant summoned Mr Reed. I explained that as far as I knew, the avocado was similar to a pear. ˋAdvocados (sic) eh!´replied Mr Reed. ˋWe don’t have them, but we’ve got Conference‘. How things have changed!
They relaid the cobble sets in the square after accidents in the winter. They also were not user friendly for people in wheelchairs and with prams
A wonderful shop with little drawers an old fashioned grocers
Does anyone remember the old maypole shop/ supermarket.
Can anyone remember the name of the old grocers shop that was in the row at Queens Square, clost to what used to be Hanbury’s? It was still open when we moved there in the early 1970’s and it had an old fashioned counter with all the goods behind. I can remember the smell of ground coffee it had. It was named after the people who ran it, I’m sure it was a surname. Anyone with a better memory than me?? I’d love to know what it was called.
Yes, it was Reed’s and was a fabulously interesting shop.
Reeds – our mother worked there for Billy Reed for many years, I helped to make up orders and went out on the delivery van in school holidays. I seem to recall Billy Reed died in a boating accident on the River Wyre
Hi there was Reeds it was an old fashioned grocery store and Brandwoods fruit and veg.