33 retro scenes at Blackpool Yates's Wine Lodge and Rumours nightclub down the decades
These photos rewind to remember nights out at two of Blackpool’s iconic venues – Yates’s and Rumours.
By Claire Lark
Published 20th Oct 2023, 14:20 GMT
Updated 20th Oct 2023, 14:20 GMT
They went hand in hand, over the road from each other and punters would go to back and forth between them. Do you remember? They are a cracking set of pictures from two of Blackpool’s most legendary watering holes and go back to the 80s with a couple of older ones thrown in. You might spot yourself…
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1. Rumours and Yates's - 80s, 90s and 00s
This was a typical night out at Rumours in the 1980s - how good would it be to relive our youth? Photo: Steve Lynton

2. Yates's and Rumours - 80s, 90s and 00s
Back in the day - Yates's Wine Lodge, 00s Photo: submit

3. Rumous and Yates's - 80s, 90s and 00s
Steve Lynton aka DJ Steve Martell spins the decks at Rumours Photo: submit

4. Yates's and Rumours
Reopening of Yates's Wine Lodge, Talbot Square after a refurb in 2008 Photo: Bill Johnson


6. Yates's and Rumours - 80s, 90s and 00s
Inside Yates's Wine Lodge following refurbishment Photo: Bill Johnson
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