Originally Posted by groove (Post 940164)

Groove's first local was the Spinning Jenny

Originally Posted by gdm27 (Post 940188)

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

Originally Posted by Taggy (Post 940210)

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

Originally Posted by Mog (Post 940442)

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.

Originally Posted by groove (Post 940808)

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

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 940818)

Everybody thinks grove is sad

Originally Posted by gdm27 (Post 941092)

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

Originally Posted by Tealeaf (Post 941153)

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?