19 scenes which snapshot life in Blackpool's best loved pubs in the 1990s - including Devonshire Arms, Saddle Inn, Wheatsheaf and No3
By Claire Lark
Published 12th Oct 2022, 15:45 BST
Updated 24th Mar 2023, 12:31 BST
There’s nothing like a pint in your favourite pub.
These hark back to the 1990s when pub life thrived and there was seemingly a pub on every corner. They’re snapshots, a taste and a reminder of how it was back then including landlords and landladies.
Blackpool FC players Phil Barnes (left) and Phil Robinson swapped their boots for cues, when they joined in the pool challenge at the Wheatsheaf Hotel in 1999 Photo: Bill Johnson
This is Peter McCulloch, landlord of The Bloomfield in 1999. The government was proposing to scrap 'Happy Hours' in pubs, but Peter defended his cheap prices and said they did not lead to trouble Photo: Rob Lock