spread eagle pub
 

i have been reserching the pub i live in (spreadeagle) and ive been trying to find out how long its been a pub etc,i have been to accy libray and found out a bit more (thanks to catherine ) ive found out there were beer houses and public houses,i also found out that in 1947 the spread was still a beer house and the landlord was a william holmes does anyone remember him or the pub being a beer house,and not a public house?( the differance is that a public house can sell spirits and a beer house only sold beer)and has anyone got any photos of this part of blackburn rd?or any info on the pub?i also found out that in 1888 the rear of the pub was called pomfrets yard has anyone heard of this or what was its use ?
and if anyone likes a knees up were having one on paddys night as the landlady (sheila)has been in the pub 8yrs on that night,everyone is welcome.

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ive always believed the spread eagle got its name because you can view teh spread eagle on teh coppice from its front door very clearly

wheni say clearly i meant before hbc and all teh rest of teh pople who think they know anything wrecked teh coppice by sticking fences and extra trees up there that now block the spread eagle from propper view

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dont know how long its been a pub,but it was one of the last of the town centre pubs,to have a waiter. had me 40th in there many years ago.started going in the spread early 60s, landlady then was isabelle, jack was her husband.;)

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Don't know about the history of the pub,but my grandfather and family at the 1901 census were living at no. 1 Pomfret Yard so there was at least one residence there.

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Really Les ? .. is this where I get my drinking habits from then. :D

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The Spread Eagle is one of the very few pubs left that is not on a street corner, anyone want to name the others?

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is the Duke of Wellington still going? that was one. Kings Arms another.

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yeah walk through the duke and yer stoned when you get to the other end.....but then again it depends which duke your on about *ok i'll shup now*

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yep now agree,used to be a great pub were all the navvies used to drink, long ago.

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you on about the one in accy cashy?

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ive got a kids party in the kings on the 31st, i dont even know where it is n i lived in accy for 15 years

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Lee St 1st left off Plantation St from the Abbey st/ Mancheter rd end.

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cheers ianto, i think i know where plantation st is ...mebbe

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Is the Lamb and the one up the road from it in Clayton still open? They are in the middle of a terrace.

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This is absolutely no help to anyone but about 20 years ago when I'd just left college I had a job as an artist at a signwriters and I painted the Spread Eagle pub sign - feathers are quite specialed to do and so I did a lot of bird related pub signs around Lancashire around that time.

End of boring trivia fact no. 723!

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it most certainly is neil, it was a nice pub at one time, i spent many a friday night in there wi tinks when we where ickler, and the other one you where on about is the oddfellows (oddys)

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You could have said the same about the late lamented Blockade...gone, but not forgotten!

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was that the one near the railway bridge?

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At the bottom of Edgar Street, across from the viaduct. A classic town centre pub in the 60s and 70s when Joyce and Eddie ran it. The atmosphere in the back room was...er...a little "exotic" to say the least!

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yep flashy the one on abbey street.:)

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That's closed now, isn't it?

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ooooooo that was my old haunt back when id just left school.....great little boozer ....it were joyce then i think...but that was early 80s

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i asked that earlier wyn but no-ones said oneway or t,other.

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Looked pretty closed the last time I walked past a few weeks ago. They should never have got rid of the topless barmaids. :(

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See what i missed now i cant drink.;)

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Yes the 'Duke' is shut, Queens killed it off.

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Does the Bold Street count even though its a WMC?

Brian

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Nice try Brian, but I said public houses Bold St is a Working Mens Club, that's if you can find any in there.:D just to add to the fun how many pubs in Hyndburn can you walk all the way round in other words stand alone, no 1 the Spinning Jenny the bit they sold is still on brewery land:p

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Unless it can be shown on a map I don't think pomfret yard is where you say it is
I used to play in that yard at the back of the spread eagle between 1950 to say 1958 and I know that was a long while after 1901 but it was old then there where yards in quite a few locations in accy we will have to find an old map
tony

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Bold Street Club is on a street corner and not in the middle of a row.