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7. Pub Life
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre CAMRA branch chairman Ian Ward presents the Pub of the Season award to Ramsden Arms landlord Brian Luxton, 2009 Photo: submit

8. Pub Life
New manager Mick Sugden with bar staff David Carrington (left) and Daniel Lyttle at the Stanley Arms pub on Chapel Street in 2007 Photo: Mark Pearson

9. Pub Life
The Shovels Pub paid its own tribute to Blackpool FC legend Alan Suddick by bringing in a guest beer named after him. Landlord Steve Norris pulls a pint of Alan Suddick, with Roy Thomson, Harry Howe, Glyn James and Dave Warren Photo: Rob Lock


11. Pub Life
Penny and Dean Evans, licensees of the Oxford, Oxford Square Photo: Martin Bostock

12. Pub Life
The Saddle pub on Whitegate Drive in Blackpool won CAMRA's Pub of the Year award for Fylde in 2007. Regulars queue up to congratulate landlord Alan Bedford on the award Photo: Rob Lock

