Crumbling Blackpool pub had been repaired with pebbles from the beach

Blackpool Council agreed emergency work could be carried out to demolish and reinstate a new wall, reports Shelagh Parkinson

Lifeboat Inn, Blackpool

One of Blackpool’s oldest pubs was in danger of collapse after its historic frontage was found to be crumbling away.

Restorers discovered the alarming situation at The Lifeboat Inn on Foxhall Road after work began to repair the building earlier this year.

Planning permission was already in place for the renovation, but Blackpool Cou…