23 vibrant pictures of Blackpool's Lionel's Bar and Heaven and Hell in the 90s and 00s
By Claire Lark
Published 27th Jan 2023, 15:45 BST
Updated 4th Dec 2023, 16:34 BST
Crazy nights and boogie nights is what it was all about at two of Blackpool’s most memorable venues.
And at the heart of it was the resort’s own spoof seventies groover Lionel Vinyl, who was behind the success of some of the town’s most successful bars and clubs of the era.
These photos look back to Lionel’s Bar which took over Boomerang on Clifton Street, the opening of Heaven and Hell and other fun pictures from the 90s and early 00s.
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13. Party Nights
Business was booming in 2003 when Lionel's opened - special times for a generation of party-goers in Blackpool Photo: Dave Nelson
Probably the Fylde's most intellectual 'bouncers', the doormen at Blackpool's Heaven and Hell club boasted a trainee barrister, doctor and engineer.
Pic L-R: Bill Etherington, Andrew Maund, Chris Lee, Ian Randall, Stephen Swallow and Peter Clark Photo: Rob Lock