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Wasn't the Horse Shoe Inn near the blacksmith's?

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There is a photo of the Horse Shoe in my book 'Accrington Acclaimed'. Posting photos is beyond my technical ability

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Yes, I just about remember the blacksmith being at the bottom of the same street, I think it was across from the Blockade.
It was about 1970 when I started frequenting the Horse Shoe.

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I remember a woman called Phillamina ( probably spelt wrong) who lived three doors down from the Horse Shoe, she played the piano there and liked a drink, to say the least.
Next door to the pub lived Stan Hindle and next to him Ted Sharples.

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I spoke only yesterday with a mate about the blacksmith. I told him I could still smell the horses' hoofs. It was impossible to walk past the doorway without leaning on it and having a gander inside. One of the smiths left to breed shires horses in Hampshire (?) but is now in France, still with a few horses.

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The Horse shoe Inn was at the bottom of School St at the junction with Crawshaw St. The Blacksmiths (Fitzpatricks) was the first building on the left as you turned into Crawshaw St from King St. Then next to it was a wholesale newsagent, the first house was where my aunt Maud lived, then quite a few houses before you came any where near the Horse Shoe whose address was 17 School St.

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Know what you mean about the smell, Bob.

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Retlaw, did someone named Fulcher once own it, maybe in the 40s early 50s?.

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[QUOTE=Aussie Irene;1082468]Retlaw, did someone named Fulcher once own it, maybe in the 40s early 50s?.[/QUOTE

I mean the Blacksmiths not the pub Retlow. Around that time, we thought the licensees name at the little lads pub ( Horse Shoe ) was Walt. Don't remember his surname.

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1951 Directory says that T Fulcher was the blacksmith.

The Horsehoe's landlord was W.Packer.

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Thanks Bob

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When I knew it late 1930/40's the blacksmith was Fitzpatrick.

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I knew it in the 50's/60s and it was always referred to as Fitzpatrick's even if he wasn't around by then.