26 charming old pictures turn back the clock to a bygone era in Morecambe, Heysham and Lancaster

Take a trip down memory lane with these black and white pictures we’ve dug out from our archives.

By Debbie Butler

Published 7th Jul 2023, 14:49 GMT

Updated 7th Jul 2023, 15:33 GMT

They include TB patients being treated in outdoor cubicles at Heysham Sanitorium, Bruce Forsyth and champion golfers playing at Heysham Golf Club, and children enjoying a 1953 Coronation party.

We hope you enjoy them.

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More pictures of events and people at Morecambe and Lancaster churches over the decades

The Indian Gardens behind the old Morecambe Tower.

1. Morecambe memories

The Indian Gardens behind the old Morecambe Tower. Photo: Submit

Morecambe players celebrate at Wembley with their FA Trophy in 1974.

2. Morecambe memories

Morecambe players celebrate at Wembley with their FA Trophy in 1974. Photo: Submit

Bathing beauties in Morecambe, in the 1970s we think.

3. Morecambe memories

Bathing beauties in Morecambe, in the 1970s we think. Photo: Submit

This picture, taken in 1910, shows TB patients being treated in outdoor cubicles at Heysham Sanitorium. Lancaster also had an isolation hospital on the Marsh.

4. Heysham memories

This picture, taken in 1910, shows TB patients being treated in outdoor cubicles at Heysham Sanitorium. Lancaster also had an isolation hospital on the Marsh. Photo: Courtesy of the John Read Collection at Lancaster City Museum

Morecambe Heysham Coronation Winter Gardens Lancaster