1st pint, 1st local. - Page 27

groove · 15-10-2011, 15:01

Groove's first local was the Spinning Jenny

jaysay · 15-10-2011, 15:41

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Groove's first local was the Spinning Jenny

Me thinks groove is a bit of a bipstick

gdm27 · 15-10-2011, 16:49

One for you Jaysay, who's the oldest serving landlord in the Accy area? For another 10 points, what pubs? Anyone can join inn!

Taggy · 15-10-2011, 17:59

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One for you Jaysay, who's the oldest serving landlord in the Accy area? For another 10 points, what pubs? Anyone can join inn!

Havn't a clue really as i don't get out much, but one of the longest serving must be Dave Johnson at the Peel Park. Previously at Bridge & Grey Horse.

Best Regards - Taggy

jaysay · 16-10-2011, 10:20

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Havn't a clue really as i don't get out much, but one of the longest serving must be Dave Johnson at the Peel Park. Previously at Bridge & Grey Horse.

Best Regards - Taggy

Think you could well be right there Taggy, Dave must have been a landlord for 35 years now, He and Sue took over the Bridge from Sue's mother Ella

Mog · 17-10-2011, 09:24

Had my first pint in the catholic club. I think thats what it was called. Upstairs in Warner street Accy. (I think.) Tony Boardman and me.We were only kids about 14, dont know how we got away with it. Used to drink in the Royal and Globe on blackburn road with me dad and also in the Richmond. Bob Burnside Gerrald Moores and me used to drink in the Australian. My mate Gerrald Moores dad was gaffer at the time. Got done in the Bridge when I was 17. £5 for drinking underage. I was the oldest in the pub at the time.
Drunk in most pubs in Accy,Ossy and Blackburn in the 60s. The last pint I had in Accy was in the Black Horse. about 1969. Moved south for work and crap ale.

jaysay · 17-10-2011, 09:38

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Originally Posted by Mog

Had my first pint in the catholic club. I think that's what it was called. Upstairs in Warner street Accy. (I think.) Tony Boardman and me.We were only kids about 14, dont know how we got away with it. Used to drink in the Royal and Globe on blackburn road with me dad and also in the Richmond. Bob Burnside Gerrald Moores and me used to drink in the Australian. My mate Gerrald Moores dad was gaffer at the time. Got done in the Bridge when I was 17. £5 for drinking underage. I was the oldest in the pub at the time.
Drunk in most pubs in Accy,Ossy and Blackburn in the 60s. The last pint I had in Accy was in the Black Horse. about 1969. Moved south for work and crap ale.

Ya I know why one brewery was called Courage, you needed it to drink it

groove · 19-10-2011, 09:25

Groove thinks in 10 years the local pub will be a thing of the past and the only establishments to survive will be the town centre chain pubs like Wetherspoons etc...Groove finds this sad

jaysay · 19-10-2011, 09:43

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Groove thinks in 10 years the local pub will be a thing of the past and the only establishments to survive will be the town centre chain pubs like Wetherspoons etc...Groove finds this sad

Everybody thinks grove is sad

MargaretR · 19-10-2011, 10:03

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Everybody thinks grove is sad

You can't speak for everybody

- who elected you?

gdm27 · 20-10-2011, 16:13

Did Accy ever have a Yates Wine Lodge? Is the one in Blackburn still open?

cashman · 20-10-2011, 16:20

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Did Accy ever have a Yates Wine Lodge? Is the one in Blackburn still open?

Nah was never one in Accy, Owd un in Blackburn is long gone, may be a new establishment now have no idea.

Tealeaf · 20-10-2011, 20:02

There's a pub down the Rossendale valley - don't ask me exactly where - that sells nowt but soft drinks (Dandelion & Burdock and the like). It's a bit of a tourist attraction but historically it's a throwback to the temperance movement of the late 19C. Funnily enough, the C.I.U. started off in a similer vein. I wonder if there was ever a similar 'pub' around Accy, and if so where?

jaysay · 21-10-2011, 08:52

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There's a pub down the Rossendale valley - don't ask me exactly where - that sells nowt but soft drinks (Dandelion & Burdock and the like). It's a bit of a tourist attraction but historically it's a throwback to the temperance movement of the late 19C. Funnily enough, the C.I.U. started off in a similer vein. I wonder if there was ever a similar 'pub' around Accy, and if so where?

If I remember rightly its in Waterfoot Tealeaf, seem to remember it was more of a shop than a pub, but something tells me they did graduate to a pub, maybe Jen could shed a bit more light on that, as for one in Accy area, the closest that came was when Britcliffe suggest that for, I think, the Printers Arms a few years ago, but it was a none starter

groove · 21-10-2011, 18:44

Groove beleives the temperance movement was responsible for dozens of pubs closing on Union.rd more or less overnight. The drink Vimto was also borne out of this temperance movement. There was a Bell's temperance movement in Accy and Groove thinks thats were Belfield.rd got its name, being situated near Bells temperance ground-Stanleys original home.