Langs Arms - Accrington?

ktb · 16-01-2012, 10:08

Good Morning to All

on this sunny but very cold & frosty morning...

Does anybody out there know anything about this old pub (Langs Arms or The Langs Arms) & where exactly was it? - Does anyone know if it has ever been covered in a book about 'Accrington Pubs'?
Does anyone have a photo of it, that they wouldn't mind sharing with me?
Thanks
ktb

Benipete · 16-01-2012, 10:26

It was on the corner of Grant St. and Dale St.I say was because It was demolished a long time ago.

LANG STREET on ACCRINGTON Street Map

It's the St to the left of Lang St.

cashman · 16-01-2012, 11:06

Benipete is spot on, Twas a Thwaites House always a good pint when i called in.

Retlaw · 16-01-2012, 11:51

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Originally Posted by ktb

Good Morning to All

on this sunny but very cold & frosty morning...

Does anybody out there know anything about this old pub (Langs Arms or The Langs Arms) & where exactly was it? - Does anyone know if it has ever been covered in a book about 'Accrington Pubs'?
Does anyone have a photo of it, that they wouldn't mind sharing with me?
Thanks
ktb

The Langs Arms was at 80 Dale St. Joseph Redfearn was the landlord in 1894.
Never come across a book on Accringtons Pubs.
Library may have a photo.
Retlaw.

Bob Dobson · 16-01-2012, 20:11

It was situated half way between the Grammar School on Blackbuirn Rd and 'the Underground', a passage running under the railway at the top of Grant St.

It may well have been named 'in honour' of Lang Bridge.

I cannot put my hand on my books due to being in the middle of preparing for a carpet fitter coming. My wife has been tidying up. However, if someone has access to my book 'An Accrington Mixture', it tells of a one-time landlord of the pub, Harry ?, who was an inventor, and came up with the idea of a vertical take-off 'plane, .It would have been the fore-runner of the Harrier jump-jet. He got killed on a motor bike at Rishton.

Wynonie Harris · 16-01-2012, 20:19

Cracking little pub. It was my local - lived on the other side of the underground - and was always my first port of call on a stroll into town.

ktb · 17-01-2012, 01:32

LANGS ARMS

Thanks for all the info - nice to know where it was, even though it's gone now. My maternal grandmother put the Langs Arms down as her usual address upon her marriage in 1925, when really she should have been at Lonsdale st, Accrington. I know that her new husband's brother had married in 1924 a L Madigan & it was her mother a Margaret A Madigan who managed the pub at I guess around the time of 1925ish. I was surprised to ever see my grandmother in a pub as she hated them, according to my old mum.

jaysay · 17-01-2012, 10:01

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Cracking little pub. It was my local - lived on the other side of the underground - and was always my first port of call on a stroll into town.

Used to go in yon in the late 80s a bloke called Eddie had it in those days, can remember his last name he sadly died about 15 years ago.

Bob Dobson · 17-01-2012, 20:48

In 1951 the landlord was H H Crawshaw.

JCB · 17-01-2012, 21:00

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Cracking little pub. It was my local - lived on the other side of the underground - and was always my first port of call on a stroll into town.

The underground no longer exists . About a couple of months ago they began to fill it in . The cycle path was closed for the duration of the work . It re-opened this week , and I went along it with the dog this afternoon . I was amazed . There is no sign whatsoever that an underground had ever been there .

maxthecollie · 17-01-2012, 21:05

It used to be my route to the Grammar School from Hope Street in Accrington

Wynonie Harris · 17-01-2012, 21:41

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Originally Posted by JCB

The underground no longer exists . About a couple of months ago they began to fill it in . The cycle path was closed for the duration of the work . It re-opened this week , and I went along it with the dog this afternoon . I was amazed . There is no sign whatsoever that an underground had ever been there .

No great loss - a vile, smelly place and I know one or two who got jumped there. Bit of a trek round to Willows Lane, though.

odders · 17-01-2012, 22:27

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Originally Posted by JCB

The underground no longer exists.

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

No great loss - a vile, smelly place and I know one or two who got jumped there. Bit of a trek round to Willows Lane, though.

Agreed. The last time I went past(which was about 15 years ago), it was impassible. Due to the over knee deep water, traffic cones, doors and household rubbish thrown down there.

Was told many a time to do the long walk round, as it was safer, or only with a adult. As kids we just jumped the tracks, getting on via a building up Scaitcliffe St, avoiding the "Billy Goats Gruff".

Only ever went on my own down there, quick sharp, was to get to that chippy down Lister St...yum yum

jelly baby · 23-01-2012, 16:08

I used to use the underground to get to St Oswald's school (Willows Lane) from Lower Antley St. It could be quite scary on dark mornings. Also remember it flooding, we used to paddle through in our wellies, cold wet socks all day!

accypete · 26-05-2012, 23:55

Used to drink in there in the early 80's me great gran used to used it when she used to lived in Grant street in the 60's