Blackpool - the gateway

Two panoramas from Rigby road bridge!

From the top of the bridge looking towards the sea. This bridge originally carried the railway line but now carries car traffic into central car parks.
The bus depot is on the left, I worked on the buses for a season too! the remains of the gasometers is on the right. This takes you all the way to Manchester square.

Rigby road going inland. The buildings on the left are situated on the old rugby stadium which doubled as a dog track(Bugsy). I used to train there. Never could catch those bloody dogs. However the walls around the ground are the original ones and still in good condition. I can recall a bus driving into the bridge one evening - taking a short cut back to the depot!

To the right is where the old illuminations depot was, just behind is where the Mecca used to be and to the right is Bloomfield road home of Blackpool FC. EVERYTHING in this picture has changed in 20 years. At least the close stuff. If you enlarge the picture the big building left of centre is Revoe library.

I applied for and got the job as a programmer at the illuminations department. The buildings were shared with donkeys - good job, but the smell!

More gateway pictures but this time from Waterloo Bridge in South Shore.

The top of Waterloo Road bridge Looking north. Waterloo road is on the extreme right heading downhill with the ambulance station on the right. The climbing walls are visible in the centre  of the picture. The Graffiti on the wall at the left is the cinema end wall

A Clser view, actually taken with a wider lens. This was a Friday afternoon in mid May. Surprised the car parks are empty. Blackpool Tower is dead centre.

The other side of the bridge. The road running through the bridge reappears on the picture above as the upper road. This road (Yeadon Way) eventually joins the M55

Very similar shot to the two above, but at the left side of the bridge. Shows empty car parks.

The end of the line - literally. This is South Shore station. A single track heads towards Preston via Lytham. The rail track used to run to central station, long since demolished. The road in the distance is Yeadon way which joins the M55.

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