#rawcliffes

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A view of the original building at the junction of Corporation Street (then Lytham Street) and Church Street in the 1892 which was later demolished to make way for a fancy Rawcliffe's building.

It didn't last long however and was itself demolished and rebuilt in 1914 which is the building we have standing to this day.

It has housed a variety of commercial outlets since the departure of Rawcliffe's including Dixons, Curry's and Costa.

[blackpoolhistory]

A view up Corporation Street (formerly Lytham Street) from the junction with Church Street (outside the Grand Theatre).

[blackpoolhistory]

Looking up Church Street from opposite the Grand Theatre showing the Rawcliffes building which spent decades being a Dixons electrical store before being converted into a Costa Coffee shop.