The Wheatsheaf Hotel on Talbot Road declared itself the first Kosovan Embassy, after regulars travelled to the region with a company building army camps.
Pictured under the Kosovan flag are L-R: pub landlord and Kosovan 'Ambassador' Barrie Eastwood, and 'envoys' Ian Bootham and Syd Marshall. PIC BY ROB LOCK — The Wheatsheaf Hotel on Talbot Road declared itself the first Kosovan Embassy, after regulars travelled to the region with a company building army camps. Pictured under the Kosovan flag are L-R: pub landlord and Kosovan 'Ambassador' Barrie Eastwood, and 'envoys' Ian Bootham and Syd Marshall. PIC BY ROB LOCK | National World

placeholder image — The Wheatsheaf Hotel on Talbot Road declared itself the first Kosovan Embassy, after regulars travelled to the region with a company building army camps. Pictured under the Kosovan flag are L-R: pub landlord and Kosovan 'Ambassador' Barrie Eastwood, and 'envoys' Ian Bootham and Syd Marshall. PIC BY ROB LOCK | National World

I go back to one of Blackpool's long lost pubs The Wheatsheaf through 20 retro photographs

Digital Journalist

Published 7th Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT

Updated 7th Mar 2025, 16:04 GMT

The Wheatsheaf was a typical street corner pub, full of regulars putting the world to rights

It suffered a fire and was closed in 2004. Its memories are now buried deep underneath the foundations of Sainsburys but it was one of those places which remains in the hearts of those who drank there. One reader commented on Facebook “I used to go in the Wheatsheaf. Apparently you were barred once you reached eighteen!”

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