Blackpool Archives - Desperate Living

Hollywood’s greatest sex symbol puts some va-va-voom into the British seaside resort’s illuminations in 1959.

Rarely have album covers so wildly misrepresented the music within as on 1970s easy listening Hammond organ collections.

The appeal of erotic ephemera you encounter on holidays by the coast.

The sun-kissed allure of the naughty holiday postcard.

Vintage film footage of summer holidays and carefree social events of yesteryear.

Remembering the good old days of salacious seaside postcards.