With the Guinness flowing, shamrock hats and Irish flags draped across the bars, these pictures are a throwback to past times on St Patrick’s Day. They also revisit some of the proper Irish Bars which people loved back in the day. Some have gone but others are still very much around.
1. St Patrick's Day at the Pub
This was Jellies Nightclub on St Patrick Day in 2001 - Melissa Hall 19 , and Karl Hudson 21, Photo: David Nelson
2. St Patrick's Day in the Pub
Assistant Manager Danny Kearns gets into the St Patricks Day celebrations at O'Neill's, on Talbot Road, watched by staff Cath Duff-Cole, Jimmy Wood and Darren Ryder in 1999 Photo: Bill Johnson
3. St Patrick's Day at the Pub
Peter Clempner who was the chef at the The Plough in Staining, tries a pint of the new green lager - in a Guiness glass - on St Patrick's Day 2006 Photo: Bill Johnson
4. St Patrick's Day at the pub
Club Sanuk organised a St Patrick's Day Party in 2007 Photo: Submit
5. St Patrcik's Day at the Pub
Copper Face Jacks' Michael Pedley and Pearl Mina prepare for St Patricks Day in 2001 Photo: Martin Bostock
6. St Patrick's Day at the Pub
Unmistakable Shenanigans in Blackpool. This was back in the 00s Photo: sub