The 25 roughest Blackpool pubs and clubs down the decades as decided by readers
Blackpool is full of fabulous pubs and clubs but there are some which back in the day earned reputions for being ‘rough’.
By Claire Lark
Published 21st Sep 2023, 13:06 GMT
Updated 13th Nov 2023, 15:02 GMT
We asked you which ones you remember as being the roughest and you told us in your hundreds. We are not suggesting they are still like that today but these are some which made the list, retrospectively...
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1. Blackpool's roughest pubs
These are some of the pubs which readers said were a bit rough through the years... Photo: submit

2. Roughest pubs through the years
The Queens in Talbot Road had a mention. The community pub, once one of the few out of town centre live rock music venues was also part of what was known as the Talbot Road pub run, which included the New Road Inn, the Ramsden Arms the now demolished Wheatsheaf Photo: Martin Bostock



5. Roughest pubs through the years
The new Star Hotel in South Shore opened in 1932. It made the list as one of the roughest Photo: staff

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