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cashman 28-08-2010 14:08
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Anyone remember what those guys with the white coats used to sell besides seafood (mushrooms, not magic ones????) and do they still sell stuff from a basket in pubs??? :confused::confused::confused:
I used to work fer Buntings i think they was called,around the pubs only sold Cockles,Mussels, shrimp, prawns kippers, seafood nowt else.:)

jaysay 28-08-2010 14:10
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Anyone remember what those guys with the white coats used to sell besides seafood (mushrooms, not magic ones????) and do they still sell stuff from a basket in pubs??? :confused::confused::confused:
Bill Eckersley former Rovers and England full back did that for years after giving up playing, its only two or three years since a bloke with the seafood basket popped into Ossy Con on a Friday night

gdm27 05-09-2010 20:16
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Anyone remember the Bridge and the Pickwick being so busy you had to go out the front door and down the pavement and in the other door to get to the loo???? Any other you can think of??? :confused:

walkinman221 05-09-2010 20:53
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first pint in duke of york accy just as somebody was getting it over the head with a hammer at the bar i was out of the back door super quick after drinking up of course was about 15-16 .First local corners in accy top pub!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cashman 05-09-2010 22:09
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first pint in duke of york accy just as somebody was getting it over the head with a hammer at the bar i was out of the back door super quick after drinking up of course was about 15-16 .First local corners in accy top pub!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ya musta been drunk? never known a pub of that name in accy.:D was a Duke of wellington on abbey st.

Benipete 06-09-2010 08:28
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I used to work fer Buntings i think they was called,around the pubs only sold Cockles,Mussels, shrimp, prawns kippers, seafood nowt else.:)
I remember Kershaws. They sold seafood in the pubs round Accy.

cashman 06-09-2010 08:43
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I remember Kershaws. They sold seafood in the pubs round Accy.
yep they were the 2 firms that did this part of Lancs pubs,my round was Haslingden, finished early 1 night n came down accy to sell a few on blackburn rd pubs, was set on fer me troubles fer poaching Kershaws punters.:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

jaysay 06-09-2010 08:45
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I remember Kershaws. They sold seafood in the pubs round Accy.
Jar of cockles over the Bar for the Landlord Beni:D

gdm27 08-09-2010 13:52
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yep they were the 2 firms that did this part of Lancs pubs,my round was Haslingden, finished early 1 night n came down accy to sell a few on blackburn rd pubs, was set on fer me troubles fer poaching Kershaws punters.:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:
Saw that happen in the Bridge once, was like a western!!!! Shrimp and cockles everywhere!!!!

Mancie 08-09-2010 18:00
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yep they were the 2 firms that did this part of Lancs pubs,my round was Haslingden, finished early 1 night n came down accy to sell a few on blackburn rd pubs, was set on fer me troubles fer poaching Kershaws punters.:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:
Ah yes I remember the "Accy Shrimp War"... they should make a film about it.... Cashy you could play a leading role as "Al Caprawn" :D

jaysay 08-09-2010 18:27
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Ah yes I remember the "Accy Shrimp War"... they should make a film about it.... Cashy you could play a leading role as "Al Caprawn" :D
You'd make a good sidekick Mancie, Pretty Boy the Burmondsey basher:D

Tealeaf 08-09-2010 19:05
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You'd make a good sidekick Mancie, Pretty Boy the Burmondsey basher:D
He could even get some jellied eels from his Bermondsey cousin, Manzie:

Manzes Pie & Mash Shops - Step back to 1892 and taste how pie and mash should really be!!

Mancie 08-09-2010 19:39
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You'd make a good sidekick Mancie, Pretty Boy the Burmondsey basher:D
And Tealeaf could play the nortorious East End gangster Reggie Krayfish..:)

gdm27 09-09-2010 00:07
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And Tealeaf could play the nortorious East End gangster Reggie Krayfish..:)
Don't forget their enforcer Freddie Fishsticks!!!!

jaysay 09-09-2010 09:22
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And Tealeaf could play the nortorious East End gangster Reggie Krayfish..:)
They reckon he was a real batterer in is time Mancie:D


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