1st pint, 1st local. - Page 3

jaysay · 08-08-2009, 13:51

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Originally Posted by Taggy

Aye yer not wrong there Jaysay, at least with the first 3 you could tell with one look what mood they were in, but Gary could flip so quick it was frightening!!! One minute nice as pie...next minute a complete animal!!

Going back many years my uncle was a pal of Dave Salmon, and when Dave got married my uncle who was a keen amateur photographer offered to take his wedding photo's as a wedding present. Well, all seemed to go well, and they had piccy's taken in a few locations including either Haworth or oakhill park, only for my uncle to find none of the photos had developed properly and were completely ruined!! Well as you can imagine, my uncle was crapping it at this point, but obviously had no option but to tell Dave what had happened. He took a pal with him, expecting the worse, but fortunately must have got Dave on a good day, and he actually laughed about it, and got everyone together again to have em redone...luckily all well second time around, but think my uncle's pants needed chucking away!!!

Best Regards - Taggy

Your not wrong about Gary, Taggy, one minute he was a real nice guy, the next he went berserk, his brother was different altogether, played pool with him many years ago think he was called Melvyn,but not sure

Sara · 08-08-2009, 13:59

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Originally Posted by jaysay

The Black Horse Ossy, Sara

can't remember that pub at all, and I think I've frequented every pub in Ossy over the years, a lot of which are closed now

Oops. Could it have been called the Bay Horse? It's on the same block as Franco's on the corner, near a taxi office.

jaysay · 08-08-2009, 14:25

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Originally Posted by Sara

Oops. Could it have been called the Bay Horse? It's on the same block as Franco's on the corner, near a taxi office.

Thats better Sara, the Bay was one of my haunts when I was underage

Taggy · 08-08-2009, 16:33

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Your not wrong about Gary, Taggy, one minute he was a real nice guy, the next he went berserk, his brother was different altogether, played pool with him many years ago think he was called Melvyn,but not sure

Yeh thats right Melvyn...good pool player, played a mean game of snooker too, he too had a couple of run ins with the law, but petty stuff really i seem to recall, not the violent stuff of his bro!!

Best Regards - Taggy

shillelagh · 08-08-2009, 17:15

The rising bridge inn and rising bridge working mens club ... how old was i when i had my first alcoholic drink in a pub .. about 11 ... when i was with my mum and dad .. they'd get me half a lager and a coke on the table just in case the police came in .. the coke was mine otherwise i was drinking lager ... Jim and Maureen Parks were the landlord and landlady of the rising bridge inn.

jaysay · 09-08-2009, 09:43

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

The rising bridge inn and rising bridge working mens club ... how old was i when i had my first alcoholic drink in a pub .. about 11 ... when i was with my mum and dad .. they'd get me half a lager and a coke on the table just in case the police came in .. the coke was mine otherwise i was drinking lager ... Jim and Maureen Parks were the landlord and landlady of the rising bridge inn.

Jim and Maureen Parks, that's brought back some memories Jen, the last time I saw Maureen was when my mother was in hospital just before she died she was a nurse on the ward, had a natter with here, that was 7 years after I moved back to Ossy from the Valley 1993

Wynonie Harris · 09-08-2009, 22:10

1st pint - when I was 16, I had to do a geographical survey of Sabden for my A level, along with another classmate who was a bit more worldly wise than me. He insisted that we go in the Pendle Witch for a pint and I'll never forget the scene that greeted us - the roaring fire, the gleaming brass beer pumps, the friendly smiling landlord waiting to serve us, the warm glow of the bar on a late winter afternoon and when I lifted that glass of foaming nectar to my lips...that was it, I loved it and I knew then that I would be spending a lot of my future life in places like this.

First local...three actually -
1) Evenings out with the lads - the Derby - home to a whole host of weird and wonderful characters in the late 60's, as Cashy will testify!
2) Lunchtime - the Globe - most ably run by Doreen Dunn who was always happy to serve a young gentleman in an Accrington Grammar School uniform!
3) With the old fella - the Stop & Rest, where I had the privilege of standing in the "Deep End" with another bunch of equally fascinating characters, all of whom Jaysay knows!

cashman · 09-08-2009, 22:51

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

1) Evenings out with the lads - the Derby - home to a whole host of weird and wonderful characters in the late 60's, as Cashy will testify!

funnily enough bumped into one of me best mates from yon, this aft when out wi dog,nearly ran me oer in his biffmobile,

had a good natter n left thinking- "There but fer the grace of god."

Wynonie Harris · 10-08-2009, 07:57

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Originally Posted by cashman

funnily enough bumped into one of me best mates from yon, this aft when out wi dog,nearly ran me oer in his biffmobile,

had a good natter n left thinking- "There but fer the grace of god."

Good to hear he's still knocking around albeit with less mobility than before, Mr C, there's a few from those days who aren't.

jaysay · 10-08-2009, 09:25

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Good to hear he's still knocking around albeit with less mobility than before, Mr C, there's a few from those days who aren't.

Quite right there Wynonie, there's a lot of casualties in the Stop deep end, all the Mine Hosts that I knew from my days as a customer have now departed, Ron and Isobel, Jim and Barbara, and more recently Andy who went on to become steward at Ossy Con, who sadly passed on a couple of years ago, his wife Irene still work behind the bar in the club occasionally

shakermaker · 10-08-2009, 09:33

First pint was in the Accrington Stanley Sports Bar. First night out around Accy was under the wing of the Stanleyites. A night that featured then goalie Jon Kennedy dancing like a cabbage to 'Baby Give It Up'. Good night, that.

Restless · 13-08-2009, 13:49

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

At the tender age of 15, I had just started work in the offices of Mullard Simonstone.
I was working with older girls and they lured me into a night out which included a Babycham in -
The Old House At Home Melbourne St - now demolished for the dual carriageway.

my dad used to work there at mullards... Perhaps you may remember him Bob Dunn??

Restless · 13-08-2009, 13:50

that being said i think my first pint may have been with my dad at the platt's social club... i dont remember really

Tin Monkey · 13-08-2009, 14:42

My first pint was in the St John's Hotel, just off Burnley Road. Must have been in the early 80s.

I noticed a couple of years ago that it had shut down, but I don't know for how long. It's so rare that I get round that way, that it'd probably been shut 10 years.......lol

jaysay · 13-08-2009, 16:16

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Originally Posted by Tin Monkey

My first pint was in the St John's Hotel, just off Burnley Road. Must have been in the early 80s.

I noticed a couple of years ago that it had shut down, but I don't know for how long. It's so rare that I get round that way, that it'd probably been shut 10 years.......lol

Used to go in there every lunch time when I was at college many moons ago, if I remember it was magnet ales Sam Smiths I think