This was the opening night at CoCo, Market Street, 2009This was the opening night at CoCo, Market Street, 2009
This was the opening night at CoCo, Market Street, 2009

24 scenes which capture life in Blackpool's favourite pubs including Cahoots, The Shovels, Ramsden Arms and Wetherspoon's Albert and Lion in the 00s

By Claire Lark
Published 18th May 2023, 15:31 BST
Updated 18th May 2023, 15:31 BST
These photos from the noughties, with a couple of extras in 2010, celebrate life in Blackpool’s best loved pubs.

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New manager Mick Sugden with bar staff David Carrington (left) and Daniel Lyttle at the Stanley Arms pub on Chapel Street in 2007

7. 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

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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

8. 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

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Glasgow Rangers at the Jaggy Thistle pub

9. Pub Life

Glasgow Rangers at the Jaggy Thistle pub Photo: Mark Pearson

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Penny and Dean Evans, licensees of the Oxford, Oxford Square

10. Pub Life

Penny and Dean Evans, licensees of the Oxford, Oxford Square Photo: Martin Bostock

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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

11. 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

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Gary Dewitt, Robin Duke, Bob Summers, Steve Mills, Miss Blackpool Sally Hempel and Jade Slusarczyk - Gazette Face of the Year 2006

12. Pub Life

Gary Dewitt, Robin Duke, Bob Summers, Steve Mills, Miss Blackpool Sally Hempel and Jade Slusarczyk - Gazette Face of the Year 2006 Photo: Submit

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