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Old 09-08-2007, 07:56   #31
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Re: Pubs in Oswaldtwistle

anyone used to go in the british legion on simpson street in ossy??
i never did was toooooo young, and it shut when i wasnt, wonder what it was like...emmm
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Old 09-08-2007, 20:27   #32
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i would have claimed 16 if the (Irish League) had been included,unfortunately the enterance was on the side street so it dont count.
It's only 11 for me, probably a lot before my time, but I will ask my dad.....he's likely to know or even supped in most of them.
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Old 10-08-2007, 00:12   #33
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I cant remember the pubs i went in to in ossy mainly because it was a long time ago and wasnt sober anyway when we got up there!!!
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Old 10-08-2007, 19:27   #34
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anyone used to go in the british legion on simpson street in ossy??
i never did was toooooo young, and it shut when i wasnt, wonder what it was like...emmm
i seem to remember it being a large dark room bare floorboards
bar to the right as you walked in i cant remember if they had an
upstairs for artist (cabaret style) but then even i was young
so it might have been really trendy
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Old 10-08-2007, 19:31   #35
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i seem to remember it being a large dark room bare floorboards
bar to the right as you walked in i cant remember if they had an
upstairs for artist (cabaret style) but then even i was young
so it might have been really trendy
Is that where the Irish League was? Had some great nights there
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Old 10-08-2007, 22:05   #36
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Is that where the Irish League was? Had some great nights there
think thats the one,if so weds nights when groups used to be on was great, my mate improved a group one night.
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Old 11-08-2007, 07:25   #37
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anyone used to go in the british legion on simpson street in ossy??
i never did was toooooo young, and it shut when i wasnt, wonder what it was like...emmm
Like a canteen........small bar to the right as you went in.......rows of tables and chairs........stage at the other end with small dancing area to the front.
Upstairs committee room.
The committee at the time tried everything to make the place pay it's way,
they tried to entertain Ossy but Ossy was not ready to be entertained so down the pan it went.
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Old 11-08-2007, 08:34   #38
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think thats the one,if so weds nights when groups used to be on was great, my mate improved a group one night.
Yep some really good memories of time spent there
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Old 16-08-2007, 13:08   #39
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well its twelve for me 13 if you include irish league and 14 if you can include plain tree although never drank in there just lived there as a small child lol
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Old 19-08-2007, 09:11   #40
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Origins of the name 'Tinker and Budget' referred to in the first post of this thread:
"Then up got the Tinker and likewise his sack"
His budget of leather and tools on his back"

Budget could have been a leather back protector or rucksack?

Berkshire History: The Ballad of King James and the Tinker
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Old 19-08-2007, 11:48   #41
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Its a rucksack we explored the name of it when we lived in it lol
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Old 19-08-2007, 12:01   #42
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Its a rucksack we explored the name of it when we lived in it lol
Thanks for that Cherokee..........The memory of the Tinker and Budget goes back a long way............The Landlord at the time was called Tim.......it was then a haunt of the traveling community in Ossy.......Sunday mornings, Tim would come downstairs in his shreddies open the back door and go back to bed leaving the customers to get their own booze..........it was then termed as honour among thieves..........drinks had to be paid for and the money was put on the bar.............there were so many eyes watching it would be more that your lives worth to take a drink without paying.
When Tim came downstairs he would scoop the money in the till........he never complained about shortages..............Happy days
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Old 19-08-2007, 12:34   #43
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always remember jesse
as the landlady
a flaming redhead in more ways than one
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always remember jesse
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a flaming redhead in more ways than one
I too knew Jessie both in the Tinker and her previous pub...The Ordnance in Blackburn..............Before you ask............NO!!!
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Old 19-08-2007, 13:22   #45
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the thought would have never crossed my mind
.......until.......
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