34 scenes of Blackpool town centre bars and clubs in the 90s and 00s - including Rumours and Yates's
By Claire Lark
Published 19th May 2022, 15:45 BST
Updated 19th Jul 2023, 12:48 BST
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These pictures dug from our archives bring back memories of some of Blackpool’s legendary pubs, clubs and bars where you might have spent nights out in the 1990s and 2000s.
Rumours was massive in its day, a fun club which was always up there as a place not to be missed. And how can we forget Yates’s? Or Yates Wine Lodge to give it its full name. There are others too as well as pictures of bar staff who kept the drinks flowing – they are sure to have you reminiscing.
Preparing for Coronation Street villain Richard Hillman's (alias actor Brian Capron) appearance at Rumours, Blackpool, 2003 are Steve Martell, Colin Jon, Dave Corner and a cardboard cut out of the character Photo: Martin Bostock
Star Search Karaoke Contest (Blackpool final) at Yates in 2003. From left, Suzie Bean, Fiona Merrifield, Sarah Jones, Felina Merrifield, Tommy Russell, Chris Farrell, Keith Jones (DJ), Matt Neil, Terry Beswick, Karen Pettitt and Lisa Jones. Photo: Bill Johnson