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Old 31-01-2013, 09:07   #466
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Think that pub would be the "Little Crown" dotti? a masseys house long gone.
Where was the Ritz Ballroom then cashy, I always thought it was near Church St.
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Old 31-01-2013, 09:10   #467
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Where was the Ritz Ballroom then cashy, I always thought it was near Church St.
It was i assumed dotti meant Church St, Glad to help dotti, seems funny i can remember pubs n not banks.
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Old 31-01-2013, 09:31   #468
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It was i assumed dotti meant Church St, Glad to help dotti, seems funny i can remember pubs n not banks.
Ya concidering you'd use one when you were sober and the other when you were brams and list
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Old 31-01-2013, 10:03   #469
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More than probable it WAS Church Street - at our age we're lucky to be able to remember the name of a town ne'er mind a street......
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Old 01-02-2013, 21:46   #470
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Another watering-hole remembered from his misspent youth is the Thorn Inn at Church Kirk. He remembers the doorway was so low that people of above-average height had to duck their heads to enter, or take the step down. Was in the darts team - the very low big oak teams had plenty of darts stuck in them. Good times – hangovers aplenty!
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Old 02-02-2013, 00:09   #471
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Another watering-hole remembered from his misspent youth is the Thorn Inn at Church Kirk. He remembers the doorway was so low that people of above-average height had to duck their heads to enter, or take the step down. Was in the darts team - the very low big oak teams had plenty of darts stuck in them. Good times – hangovers aplenty!
I do believe the Thorn is now closed
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I do believe the Thorn is now closed
Think it's still open ..according to a lad I've just been chatting to in't Peel Park over a pint of Acorn Blonde.
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Old 03-02-2013, 19:13   #473
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Think it's still open ..according to a lad I've just been chatting to in't Peel Park over a pint of Acorn Blonde.
I could swear somebody was telling me the other week that the Thorn had been boarded up, that week, might be wrong
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Old 04-02-2013, 12:54   #474
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I could swear somebody was telling me the other week that the Thorn had been boarded up, that week, might be wrong
Just been round to Church Kirk to do some brass-rubbing Mr J
Doors open at the Thorn Inn and it looked nice and tidy.
Can't say the same for the Cross Guns..looked tired and in need of some tlc
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Old 04-02-2013, 14:44   #475
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Did one of my first ever djing gigs at the thorn about 1987
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Old 04-02-2013, 18:46   #476
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Just been round to Church Kirk to do some brass-rubbing Mr J
Doors open at the Thorn Inn and it looked nice and tidy.
Can't say the same for the Cross Guns..looked tired and in need of some tlc
Cheers D and for the pic too, ain't seen the thorn in years
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Where was the Ritz Ballroom then cashy, I always thought it was near Church St.
I think the street name may have changed just about there Jay. The Ritz entrance was down the arcade(?), between Barnes Furniture/Carpets. Ritz entrance was to the left and Bullough's Cub to the right. The Ritz Cinema was a few yards further up the street.
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Old 05-02-2013, 18:39   #478
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I think the street name may have changed just about there Jay. The Ritz entrance was down the arcade(?), between Barnes Furniture/Carpets. Ritz entrance was to the left and Bullough's Cub to the right. The Ritz Cinema was a few yards further up the street.
Ya Barrie that's where I thought it was which didn't seem the place that was being described in the post
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Old 06-02-2013, 00:37   #479
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Himself says he remembers that The Ritz Ballroom was on the corner of Cannon and Church Streets, so you are spot on there. Did a lot of tripping the light fantastic at The Ritz (or maybe just tripping over depending on how much time had been spent in the Little Crown beforehand).
One of his mates, Johnny Armstrong, was lead singer at The Ritz in those days - in the (earlier) '50's. Btw, does anyone know what happened to Johnny?
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Himself says he remembers that The Ritz Ballroom was on the corner of Cannon and Church Streets, so you are spot on there. Did a lot of tripping the light fantastic at The Ritz (or maybe just tripping over depending on how much time had been spent in the Little Crown beforehand).
One of his mates, Johnny Armstrong, was lead singer at The Ritz in those days - in the (earlier) '50's. Btw, does anyone know what happened to Johnny?
Dotti where was this Little Crown the only crown I can remember in Accy Centre, is the one which was near Joe Morts, Church side of the bridge on Blackburn Road
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