1st pint, 1st local.

[gdm27]

All this talk about under age drinking, was anyone caught in a boozer under age and if so did anything happen to you??? I was in a couple of pubs when I was around 16ish when the local Peeler came in but never got asked??

[Wynonie Harris]

Yep, was sat in the Grey Horse with a few others aged 17 in 1968 when an Inspector and a couple of bobbies walked in. We were ordered outside, ages established and then given a dressing down with the advice: "If you want to have a drink at night, there's plenty of coffee bars in town" (them were t'days!). Anyway, after promising never to do it again, we were dismissed with the warning: "If I see you in a pub again, you'll be charged with under-age drinking."

We drank a toast to our close shave in the Globe the following evening.

[jaysay]

Once got nabbed in the Bay Horse in Ossy was only 16 at the time, there must have been about 15 of us underage at the time, fortunately I was 6' 2" tall at 16 and they seemed to pass me by stood at the bar

[jaysay]

Was sat outside the Arden partaking a nice glass of Ye Old Speckled Hen, soaking up the rays, don't you just love Indian Summers

[Michael1954]

My first pint of wallop was age 17 at the Lomax Arms in Great Harwood in the days when R-R-R-Roland R-R-Rathbone was the landlord.

[Tealeaf]

If I recall correctly, visits by Lancashire Constabulary to Accy's various licensed premises occured roughly every two weeks, usually by an Inspector and a Sergeant. I remember - aged 14 in 1970 - ordering a couple of pints from the bar in the Black Bull, turning round to take them into the little room (the one with the table football machine), and coming eye to eye with with a man with a flat cap, a stick and three pips on his shoulder.

"Good Evening", I said and walked past him to the said room to deliver life's elixir.

Nowt happened, but several months later the story was somewhat different when a constable who knew me entered the same pub. But that's another story.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Michael1954

My first pint of wallop was age 17 at the Lomax Arms in Great Harwood in the days when R-R-R-Roland R-R-Rathbone was the landlord.

Gee thanks Michael, was trying to remember the name of the landlord of the Lomax Arms, was right next to skinners bingo hall and I used to go in at lunchtimes with Bernard Wailing when we were doing some maintenance for Skinner, ya R-R-R-Roland R-R-Rathbone, what a cantankerous old git he was

[Michael1954]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Gee thanks Michael, was trying to remember the name of the landlord of the Lomax Arms, was right next to skinners bingo hall and I used to go in at lunchtimes with Bernard Wailing when we were doing some maintenance for Skinner, ya R-R-R-Roland R-R-Rathbone, what a cantankerous old git he was

Jay, I use to play with his daughter, Anne, when we were children. Also, do you remember the three shops across the road? There was a greengrocers, a dress shop and a newsagents. My dad had the newsagents from the mid 1960s to 1985. All three shops have now become private housing.

[Michael1954]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Gee thanks Michael, was trying to remember the name of the landlord of the Lomax Arms, was right next to skinners bingo hall and I used to go in at lunchtimes with Bernard Wailing when we were doing some maintenance for Skinner, ya R-R-R-Roland R-R-Rathbone, what a cantankerous old git he was

The bingo hall was previously the Grand Cinema, where I saw all the early James Bond films and also numerous Hammer horror films. Happy days!

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Michael1954

Jay, I use to play with his daughter, Anne, when we were children. Also, do you remember the three shops across the road? There was a greengrocers, a dress shop and a newsagents. My dad had the newsagents from the mid 1960s to 1985. All three shops have now become private housing.

Used to go in the Newsagents quite a lot in the 70s Michael, pick up a paper before going down to the cafe fore breakfast, can't remember the cafes name now

[Michael1954]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Used to go in the Newsagents quite a lot in the 70s Michael, pick up a paper before going down to the cafe fore breakfast, can't remember the cafes name now

Was it the Palatine? It's lower down from the post office and is still open for business.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Michael1954

Was it the Palatine? It's lower down from the post office and is still open for business.

No it wasn't the palatine was something like freda's cafe or something like that Michael

[mobertol]

First evening drink out in a pub -me and my friend Charlotte at the Grey Horse on Whalley Road -we had a very tame Britvic orange! After that our first "local" was the bar at Accy Cricket Club (we were tennis club members there) -they still served us even though they knew we were under-age! Port and lemon was a great favourite back then...

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by mobertol

First evening drink out in a pub -me and my friend Charlotte at the Grey Horse on Whalley Road -we had a very tame Britvic orange! After that our first "local" was the bar at Accy Cricket Club (we were tennis club members there) -they still served us even though they knew we were under-age! Port and lemon was a great favourite back then...

Now I suppose its plenty of Vino Collapso on a regular basis

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Now I suppose its plenty of Vino Collapso on a regular basis

Unfortunately -Yes! We bottle our own red,white and rosé at about 1-60 euros a litre!!!
Good stuff -but not good for the waist-line...
It's quite strong too so I have to be careful when I'm on medication (painkillers when my bad neck flares up) -can lose the plot easily. Luckily I don't have to drive home