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?
25 fantastic retro pictures of Blackpool Tower Lounge where drinks flowed until 2014 when it shut for good
![Pump and Truncheon wins the CAMRA spring pub of the year award](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/27/9/12/onecms_8550a091-eca8-45e2-b639-59970d124a43.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=226)
13. Pub Memories
Pump and Truncheon wins the CAMRA spring pub of the year award | National World
![Wendy Daly landlady at the Hop Inn which was vandalised on Manchester City fans after a Blackpool Man City game at Bloomfield Road.
9 windows were smashed](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/27/9/57/onecms_9446be18-24fe-46fd-bcdf-63f0c38b60d3.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
14. Pub Memories
Wendy Daly landlady at the Hop Inn which was vandalised on Manchester City fans after a Blackpool Man City game at Bloomfield Road. 9 windows were smashed | National World
![Staff and Bloomfield Bear from Blackpool FC officially re-opened the Hop Inn pub on Cookson Street.
Pic shows Bloomfield Bear, pub manager Paul Fearon and wife Ruth, Derek Spence and Paul Whitehead cutting the ribbon.](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/27/9/37/onecms_7524717b-cead-4369-b30f-6d1099905398.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
15. Pub Memories
Staff and Bloomfield Bear from Blackpool FC officially re-opened the Hop Inn pub on Cookson Street. Pic shows Bloomfield Bear, pub manager Paul Fearon and wife Ruth, Derek Spence and Paul Whitehead cutting the ribbon. | National World
![Barmaid Danielle Slater at the Pump and Truncheon Pub](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/27/9/57/onecms_a0da4d4b-ee0f-4c1f-8883-97002917e30c.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![Staff at The Hop Inn](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/27/9/18/onecms_bd81a1f3-5317-48e1-bc6a-2e33a684d1c2.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![Keith Slater and Barbara Savage with their CAMRA award, at the Pump and Truncheon, Bonny Street](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/jpim-static/2024/06/27/9/39/onecms_c834a5b1-0d1a-4a36-93a8-f881462da9a0.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
18. Pub Memories
Keith Slater and Barbara Savage with their CAMRA award, at the Pump and Truncheon, Bonny Street | National World