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Fleetwood history from ‘Events’ archives...

Fleetwood’s tram history – a question of transport across the Fylde

Fleetwood tram in Pharos Street

Fleetwood’s first conrete road, breaking new ground in more ways than one

Beach Road, Fleetwood, Lancashire (formerly Cemetery Road)

Tank Week in Fleetwood, inspiring everyone to do their bit in World War I

Egbert, the mock tank at Fleetwood

Fleetwood circus days – all the fun of the fair in Edwardian England

The circus in Fleetwood, 1912

The launch of the Harriet, marking a new era in Fleetwood’s fishing industry

The launch of Fleetwood fishing smack Harriet

The origins of Fleetwood’s gas supply, bringing a key service to the town

Cop Lane, Fleetwood, Lancashire

Fleetwood’s history, from domain of the Northmen to pioneering modern town

Early map of Fleetwood, with Decimus Burton and Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood

Law and order: Fleetwood police nostalgia and scandal at the market…

Fleetwood police officers outside the Town Hall in 1900

Lost children of the empire – the story of the £10 Poms sent to Australia

Oh yes it is! Fleetwood’s first pantomime offers a glimpse into the past

Fleetwood pantomime

When Fleetwood trawlers queued to come home – the bond between a town and its industry

Fleetwood trawlers queuing

Building churches in old Fleetwood – was your great-granny there?

Fleetwood churches - the brick-laying ceremony for the Wesley Methodist Church