And it has been like that for decades with Irish bars laced through the town centre - and there is no place like them on St Patrick’s Day...
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7. St Patrick's Day memories
Jellies Nightclub St Patrick Day Celebrations Melissa Hall 19 , and Karl Hudson 21, | National World
8. St Patrick's Day memories
Kirkham and Wesham Club Day. St Patrick in the parade. | National World
9. St Patrick's Day memories
Landlady of the Queens Hotel, Lytham, Beverley Hargreaves gets into the St Patricks Day spirit. | National World
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12. St Patrick's Day memories
Picture:Bill JOhnson. Assistant Manager Danny Kearns gets into the St. Patricks Day celebrations at O'Neill's, on Talbot Road Blackpool, watched by staff (from left), Cath Duff-Cole, Jimmy Wood and Darren Ryder. | National World
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