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Ball Street looking East with the Golden Ball pub to the left. 
A view looking West along Ball Street. The buildings on the left backed onto the Graveyard and were demolished by 1911. 
A recent view of Ball Street. 
The demolition of Charnleys Garage to make way for the first Poulton Booths Grocers store. 
Ball Street with Charnleys Central Garage. 
A postcard of Ball Street dating from the 1960s. 
A postcard view of Ball Street from the 1960s. 
A postcard view of Ball Street from the 1950s. 
This extract is taken from the1932 25” Ordnance Survey Map. The buildings on the South side of Ball Street were demolished in 1911 to give the layout of Ball Street that still exists today. 
A procession through Ball Street soon after it was widened. 
The demolition of Ball Street South side in 1911. In the days before Health & Safety at Work. 
Looking West along Ball street. 
Another view of the original Ball Street. 
The buildings on the South side of Ball Street with the corner of Church Street to the right. 
Looking East along Ball Street prior to 1911. The building with the arched windows was operated by James Parke Dobson; Wheelwright and Funerals Furnisher. 
A photograph of Ball Street annotated with the width (or lack of it) prior to 1911. 
This extract is taken from the 1892 25” Ordnance Survey Map. Note the numerous buildings on the South side of Ball Street, backing onto the graveyard. 
The original Poulton branch of Booths Grocers. Later replaced by Cardfactory. 
Central Garage on Ball Street; later replaced by the Booths Grocers.
Bourne Hall in its finery. 
Bourne Hall. 
Bourne Hall after it had been abandoned. 
Bourne Hall after it had been abandoned. 
Bourne Hall 
Bourne Hall after it had been abandoned. 
A sketch of Bourne Hall in its heyday. 
Detail from the ceiling of Bourne Hall. 
The location of Bourne (Burn) Hall near the Ammonia Soda Works (ICI) on a 1921 Ordance Survey map. 
A fireplace at Bourne Hall. 
Bourne Hall after it had been abandoned. 
Bourne Hall after it had been abandoned. 
A sketch of Bourne Hall (also called Burn Hall). 
Bourne Hall after it had been abandoned.
Bull Street florist. 
North side of Bull Street in the 1960s. 
Poulton Festival Gala 1913 
Bull Street demolition, looking towards the Bull. 
1 – 23 Blackpool Old Road. Demolished August to September 1968. Looking towards Blackpool. 
Bull Street C1900. 
The Bull Hotel viewed from Market Place. 
Bull Street demolition opposite the library. 
Bull Street, Merrie England Cafe. 
Bull Street, Harts Corner looking towards Queen’s Square. 
1 – 23 Blackpool Old Road. Demolished August to September 1968. Looking towards Queen’s Square. 
Bull Street with an entrance to the original Teanlowe Centre. Now occupied by Booths. 
Bull Street with the Bull Hotel to the left and Market Cross to the right. 
Stocks and Bull Street.
Market Place was converted to a pedestrian precinct in the late 1970s. 
Market Place was converted to a pedestrian precinct in the late 1970s. 
The War Memorial was moved to Market Place from its original site in Queens Square in 1977 
Market place when it was still open to through traffic. The “flying saucer” lampposts would suggest a date in the 1970s. 
Market Place with motor traffic, possibly from the 1960s. 
A view from the 1950s / 1960s with the two storey police station on the right. 
The building in front of St. Chad’s Church is shown on the 1932 Ordnance Survey Map as being a bank branch, probably what became Midland Bank. It was demolished in the late 1930s. 
Buses from the days when each bus was crewed by a driver and a conductor. The style of bus would suggest the 1930s. 
Market Place as it was in the 1932 OS map. The bank facing South in front of St. Chads Church was demolished later in the 1930s, giving us the clear view of St. Chad’s Church that we now have. 
Market Cross and the Bull Hotel to the left 
This photograph was probably taken in the 1940s. Black and white markings around Market Cross and on the kerbstones only appear in a few images. Used to mark trip hazards during the blackouts in WWII. 
E Richards & Son stood on this site for decades. Initially it traded as E. Richards Farm Stores. Later as E. Richard & Son, ironmongers. 
1902 Gala Day procession in Market Place, also celebrating the imminent, but postponed, coronation of Edward VII. 
This gathering in Market Place probably took place in the 1920s or 1930s as the large bank building still exist at the North end. 
E. Richards store with cycle shop above it, adjoining the shop of R.W Lord, who provided many photographs & postcards of the town between 1901 and 1911. 
The building at the North end of the street and near the church is called Cyclist’s Rest, probably refreshment rooms. The hands of the church clock signify 12:25 PM. Behind the street lamp is the Police Station, without its second storey. The horse-drawn coach, advertising the Cleveleys Hydro, is outside the Blackpool Co-operative Society, on the ground floor of the Masonic Lodge. To the right is Mary Lawrenson’s bookshop and newsagents. The posters in her window report Mafeking and Ladysmith, two key events in the 2nd Boer War. Both were relieved in 1900, close to the end of the reign of Queen Victoria. The photo was probably taken soon after the arrival of photographer R W Lord, who extensively documented the town in pictures. 
An extract from the 1892 25″ Ordnance Survey map.There was then a large house at the North end of Market Place in front of St. Chad’s Church. 
Early photograph with Market Place as a cobbled street. Properties are both houses & small shops. 
An image of Market Place listed as C1864 
Market Cross looking towards the Post Office when at the junction of Blackpool Old Road and Queens Square. 
Some rather grand looking buildings on the East side of Market Place
