Fylde Coast pubs/clubs gone

The Catcher in the Rye said:
What, The Vic’s prices were as cheapest around! You must have asked for crisps as well for it to be over a tenner!
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The stout was £5 a pint & the pure brew lager £5.50 .. landlord said the brewery set the prices !
I remember an uproar when the bitter went over £1.10 a pint years ago !
Long gone the nights of 5 pints in the Vic, 6 hot wings from KFC for the walk home & still have some change from a tenner !
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
Some joke. 🤷‍♂️
Why don’t you just come out and say you think I’m a racist just because I can pick and choose who I want to live next door to?
I’m a grown man and I’m used to it now.
Shame only you can turn a thread about old pubs on the Fylde coast into racist rant completely off topic so well done for that.
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I said you were racist last time but we agreed to disagree. And it's your choice, not my problem as long as we don't move next door to you. You can hold whatever opinions you want Jaffa and live wherever you want. Your racism in itself doesn't make you a terrible person, just narrow minded possibly. Just my opinion, I wasn't ranting, thought you might see the humour in it. Obviously not, sorry for upsetting you.
 
gjr said:
I said you were racist last time but we agreed to disagree. And it's your choice, not my problem as long as we don't move next door to you. You can hold whatever opinions you want Jaffa and live wherever you want. Your racism in itself doesn't make you a terrible person, just narrow minded possibly. Just my opinion, I wasn't ranting, thought you might see the humour in it. Obviously not, sorry for upsetting you.
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Lose the high & mighty approach. I wouldn't have wanted Johnny foreigner moving next door to me years ago. But I've learnt to take people at face value & treat everyone an equal, hopefully working & contributing to the Fylde Coast pot. If others have doubts about whether their neighbours actually do that then they are more than entitled to express views along those lines.
 
gjr said:
I said you were racist last time but we agreed to disagree. And it's your choice, not my problem as long as we don't move next door to you. You can hold whatever opinions you want Jaffa and live wherever you want. Your racism in itself doesn't make you a terrible person, just narrow minded possibly. Just my opinion, I wasn't ranting, thought you might see the humour in it. Obviously not, sorry for upsetting you.
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You haven’t upset me trust me.

Like I said I’m just surprised you’ve brought this up again on a thread about old Fylde coast old pubs.
 
It's been a good thread. I have the book about Blackpool's lost pubs - mentioned above - and it is a good read. The only thing I would add is a memory. When I was 15 I was running a stall with a friend at St. Mary's Church summer fete (Lytham Rd). His parents were church goers. When it was closing down my friend's uncle took us into the Dunes for an underage pint of Bods. I recall reading the price list. Boddingtons bitter was 19p in the lounge and 18p in the vaults. That was summer 1975.
 
voyeur said:
It was developed in the 70s, new owners no doubt, and became a crappy family pub type of thing. To be avoided. I was always gutted i missed out narrowly on the old fairhaven, and the Bodds it sold. My bodds drinking was done in the vic and the county. The Lytham pubs all got done up in the 80s, and ruined, in my opinion! A whole sort of thatcher yuppy culture took over, so I upped sticks and moved to London! Plenty of choice. Then on to manchester.
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I remember both the Old Fairhaven and the first days of the New Fairhaven. The last night of the old victorian-built hotel was notorious, as everyone ripped the interior apart to take home souvenirs (doorhandles, coat hooks, the lot!). The new Fairhaven became two very distinctly different environments, with a posh, G&T set, main lounge for the middle-aged and the much smaller tap room where us lads used to go.
 
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hertfordseasider said:
I bought my very first pint of Bods in the vaults at the old Fairhaven from Edna the hunchback barmaid, it was 12p!! Cracking old pub and ruined by the new build although Sam Ellis used to drink in there every night, I loved the Vic too
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Ellis used to live in the Club's house on Ansdell Rd S. I think OO sold it off. He was often in The County sometimes with Paul Stewart.
 
Rumours. I worked there for a couple of years at the beginning when it was novel and packed. Made great tips…especially when I rolled a bar towel in a particular way and stuffed it down my shorts 😎.
In the Squirrel, Mariners, and other pubs that are still open I did Gorrillagrams, Tarzangrams, and Kisssagrams ( I was the gorilla escorting the kissers so to speak )….these were bohemian and creative times in my favourite place on earth….Blackpool 😎
 
Sooty59 said:
Looks like the Winmarith/Burlington/Spen Dyke has finally expired after years of decline. Shame as it was a thriving busy place back in the late 70/80s. Times have changed & the Arnold under aged element have also now gone. There was still quite a few going in even in the 90s but the place was going down hill. Pub culture has changed & this place looks destined for another use or demolition. It's a big place spread over 4 floors, last time I saw it packed was when they probably illegally showed the Blackpool games on many screens when we were in the Premier league & they even had a van in the car park with a screen at the back. Sadly over the last 5 years when I've occasionally popped in for a swift one on my way home from the matches there've been more staff than customers, they seemed to try during Covid with outside seating, but after that it was quiet inside. So I'm not surprised it's closed.
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Loved the Winny back in the day , perfect downstairs for a group of lads when we 17,18 ish , two pool tables, pinball , the gents and Pete the landlord could turn the duke box up - great days 👍🏻💥🍻
 
Kyle Seasider said:
They can have them, but they have to be on silent and have to be in a pocket or bag so they can't be seen. You can't even have it out to text someone back or read if you're on your own. I get having them on silent, but not even being able to read the news whilst having a quiet pint is too far, then getting a permanent ban if you do.
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Permanent ban, ridiculous
 
The Merry Stripes said:
Why has nobody mentioned the Dinmore
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I DJ'ed there once and the next morning it was raided by police with guns and drugs found. This is a very nostalgic thread for me as I was DJ at about a dozen places mentioned. I wonder if it was was something I said :(
 
Mark_GT said:
The Burn Naze. A Souvenir Bully behind the back bar, bad karaoke, laughs. Ken the landlord's dog showering us with blood when we were getting changed for football under the regime of master football impressario Frank Whelan, because someone had trapped its tail in the door the night before and the bandage was slipping off. Ken's Mrs. Old school.
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Had some great lock ins with Ken. Great pub sadly missed
 
Archibald Knox said:
The County's original name was the "The County and Commercial Hotel". By its name, implying accommodation for commercial travellers.
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Remember playing footy against the County and Commercial who at the time were a decent Sunday team and they switched the KO time to the afternoon on Park View, how we beat them that day remains a mystery as we were all in the pub from 12 🤭🤭
 
The Louisiana Belle , or just The Belle , inside The Grand in St Annes. Loved it in there from early70s to early 80s . Happy days .
 
ansdellmafia said:
The Louisiana Belle , or just The Belle , inside The Grand in St Annes. Loved it in there from early70s to early 80s . Happy days .
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One of our mates regular drove so we got about during the week. We went there & my mate was on the dance floor when someone threw an empty can. He booted it & it hit someone. The person in question must have been a prominent local. Queue scuffle, the 4/5 of us legged it to the getaway mobile & then ensued a car chase of about 4 motors all along Clifton Drive to Blackpool. Think it was something like a Tuesday night 😁
 
TangerinePeel said:
Always gutted when I come back from Manchester and see the tiny, unused car park that they replaced Scrooges with. What an absolute waste.

Many a Thursday night spent in there. The older generation remember it as a wine bar but it was the indie music bar for me when I was going!
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I remember a 16/17 year old me drinking tequila in Scrooges. Subsequently spent the rest of the evening on the piss covered floor in a toilet cubicle spewing up. When I finally came round, the place was closed and in darkness. Fortunately, I managed to unlock the bottom door and make my escape.
 
fcblackpool said:
Did you work at the Taps as well after?
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no. I worked for Whitbread in Blackpool. I knew all the landlords and cellar men as we would lend each other bits and bobs occasionally and some of the landlords would visit each others pubs on their days off.
 
Ginge 2 said:
no. I worked for Whitbread in Blackpool. I knew all the landlords and cellar men as we would lend each other bits and bobs occasionally and some of the landlords would visit each others pubs on their days off.
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Thanks for the reply. I thought I might have known you.
 
Willie Mcgrotty said:
One of our mates regular drove so we got about during the week. We went there & my mate was on the dance floor when someone threw an empty can. He booted it & it hit someone. The person in question must have been a prominent local. Queue scuffle, the 4/5 of us legged it to the getaway mobile & then ensued a car chase of about 4 motors all along Clifton Drive to Blackpool. Think it was something like a Tuesday night 😁
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It probably involved Tony Virco (RIP), he was the main boy back then in St. Annes.
 
Raging_Bull said:
It probably involved Tony Virco (RIP), he was the main boy back then in St. Annes.
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Possibly Raging. Truth be known when they attacked us on foot one lad was way ahead of his mates. I said stop the car, jumped out & layed in. He soon legged it back & then the car chase
 
fcblackpool said:
I seem to think Thwaites.

The Talbot was good. I was a particular favourite of the female staff who worked there so when there was a promotion on for an auction you'd get tokens with every purchase. These kind girls would collect all tokens not given out and hand them to me. Come auction time, guess who won the race for the Sega Mega drive with some games 😂

Still got it set up with Sonic loaded.
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I had exctly the same happen to me in the Blue Room. I had more tokens than everyone else combined. Thanks Mim
 
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