Old House At Home Pub

[WillowTheWhisp]

They made mining equipment. My Dad used to call it Fenners - maybe that was an earlier name. I think they had a works in Church too.

[accymel]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

They made mining equipment. My Dad used to call it Fenners - maybe that was an earlier name. I think they had a works in Church too.

Ah right, yeh i've heard of Fenners & think they did have a works in Church I grew up further up there, was mainly passed to & from town to home & know it more when it was the Karimor factory

[steeljack]

were it a Masseys pub ?

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by steeljack

were it a Masseys pub ?

Not sure but I think it was Bass

[Wynonie Harris]

It was a Masseys pub originally, then it became a Bass pub, after Masseys were taken over. A big Claret fans pub too, as I recall, as the Burnley bus stop was just across the road.

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

It was a Masseys pub originally, then it became a Bass pub, after Masseys were taken over. A big Claret fans pub too, as I recall, as the Burnley bus stop was just across the road.

Yes it was a big Clarets pub. They used to meet in there for home and away matches regardless of time they were setting off. If front door wasn't open back door was

Hope & Anchor was the Blue/White pub

[steeljack]

If I remember , you used to have an idea what brewery ran a pub by the paint job outside , Lion usually green , Thwaites a dark red , Duttons a darkish blue I think and Masseys a black and cream job

[Wynonie Harris]

Spot on, Steeljack. The Broadway was a Masseys pub, too.

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Spot on, Steeljack. The Broadway was a Masseys pub, too.

When I was looking after the OH the Broadway was run by a bloke called Bob, I think he was Irish ? He never seemed to be sober

[steeljack]

one pub allways stuck me as a bit odd , think its the Hargreaves (across from the police station , a big huge place but it was allways empty ,never more than 5 or 5 customers maybe at the time I used it ,it had a poor landlord, or the location put 'regular' folks off

[Wynonie Harris]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

When I was looking after the OH the Broadway was run by a bloke called Bob, I think he was Irish ? He never seemed to be sober

Don't remember him but, then again, I was very rarely sober when I went in!

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by steeljack

one pub allways stuck me as a bit odd , think its the Hargreaves (across from the police station , a big huge place but it was allways empty ,never more than 5 or 5 customers maybe at the time I used it ,it had a poor landlord, or the location put 'regular' folks off

Think it's still the same. Never been in but there is a For Let sign on it now.

[cherokee]

Gawd !!! ive been wrecking my brain for hours now tryin to think where melbourne st were. and im still hazy , but was it anywhere near the old dhss in accy ???

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by cherokee

Gawd !!! ive been wrecking my brain for hours now tryin to think where melbourne st were. and im still hazy , but was it anywhere near the old dhss in accy ???

yep , thats right , where the Ribble buses used to set off from to Manchester, Clitheroe and Burnley , Accrington corporation buses on the Gt. Harwood -Whalley ,#231 run used to set off from there as well, think the wakes weeks charabancs used to set from there as well.

[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by steeljack

never more than 5 or 5 customers

Sure there weren't ever 4 or 6?

Melbourne Street has now been absorbed into Eastgate.