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Originally Posted by garinda
Returning from a family dinner out in Ramsbottom/Bury way tonight, (Fisherman's retreat, very good,) we were discussing the number of local restaurants which have closed down over the years.
We were talking about one that opened up in Rishton in an old Co-op building, though it could have been Gt. Harwood. Late eighties.
We think the chef/owner was called Wiggington, a local, who'd been trained in London, and later returned north to open a very swishy nouvelle cuisine restaurant.
It was decorated black and white inside, like an eighties Adam and the Ants pop video. Very chic, and probably a bit ahead of it's time, because it only lasted a few years. Lancastrians prefering something a bit more filling than some foam, drizzled with jus, next to an artfully placed flower.
I can only come up with the name Harlequins, but my Ma thinks it had a French name.
Anyone remember?
Please settle the confusion going round in my bonce.
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You were right Garinda, there was a restaurant in the co-op builds which closed down, but it was in Great Harwood, the chap that owned it was called Wigglesworth, can remember his first name, but his Mother and Father Brian and Rita lived on Mallard Place opposite to where I live, sadly Brian died a few years ago but Rita still lives in the same flat, would think Wynonie knew Brian from the Stop and Rest many moons ago, hope that helps with your problem Garinda