They were two town centre boozers, typical community pubs with darts teams, football teams and where you could put the world to rights. The Pump and Truncheon is now the Number 13 and The Hop Inn is a dental surgery. These picture memories take us right back to those days. Are you pictured?
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25 fantastic retro pictures of Blackpool Tower Lounge where drinks flowed until 2014 when it shut for good
![Pump and Truncheon wins CAMRA award](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/27/9/31/onecms_ed7821bf-c29d-4368-ae5b-00637cc974df.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![The Hop Inn was in King Street](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/27/8/42/onecms_8ec413a4-24d8-427d-9cca-21032c83271a.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=430)
![Whitbread Bowland Inns' managing director, Norman Jepson (front left) is seen presenting licensee Pauline Tiernan and her team of staff with a Hospitality award at the Pump and Truncheon](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/27/9/29/onecms_9c419e4d-ea6c-4318-80d8-685e1331570c.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
3. Pub Memories
Whitbread Bowland Inns' managing director, Norman Jepson (front left) is seen presenting licensee Pauline Tiernan and her team of staff with a Hospitality award at the Pump and Truncheon | National World
![Inside the Pump and Truncheon](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/27/9/50/onecms_9d54d1e1-6eae-4093-99e5-00cf52e18c69.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![Blackpool Thursday darts league finals at the Devonshire Club. Hop Inn team L-R Paul Dagger, David Gosney, Michael Snell, John Bell, Kevin Ingam, Jay Riley and John Burke](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/27/9/14/onecms_9ef90c1b-c7ff-48a0-96c6-857de5a62c32.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
5. Pub Memories
Blackpool Thursday darts league finals at the Devonshire Club. Hop Inn team L-R Paul Dagger, David Gosney, Michael Snell, John Bell, Kevin Ingam, Jay Riley and John Burke | National World
![The Pump and Truncheon, Bonny Street](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/27/8/13/onecms_7c5748f6-3574-4558-883a-90cc91dab050.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)