Landlord Hamish Howitt (centre) and happy smokers at the Happy Scots Bar, Rigby Road, Blackpool. They were planning to flout the smoking banplaceholder image
Landlord Hamish Howitt (centre) and happy smokers at the Happy Scots Bar, Rigby Road, Blackpool. They were planning to flout the smoking ban

24 mind-blowing scenes which capture life in Blackpool's favourite pubs in the 00s

These photos from the noughties, with a couple of extras in 2010, celebrate life in Blackpool’s best loved pubs.

They were always at the heart of the community, would you like to go back to those days? I would. You might be pictured…

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