Whilst in Hoyles Market in Olympia last weekend I found this postcard. It's a watercolour painting of the Gynn area, although it looks very different to today's Gynn Square. At the time there was a deep inlet into the land and the trams had to negotiate a sharp bend. I'd put the date of the postcard somewhere around 1910. The large Dreadnought trams had problems with the curve and it was decided to fill the inlet and build over it, giving the coast the shape that we know today and giving the trams a much straighter track.
Great postcard, really looks very different to now. The whole coastline from South Pier to North Pier is currently changing with an £80 million project. This will create 6 new headlands called 'the peoples playground' details are here: The Northern Lights in Blackpool
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