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I've never subscribed to kids in pubs myself, okay for a meal, but after that no. Pubs are for adults, there's plenty of time for young people to enter licensed premises when they of the right age

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People marking the dart board that couldn't count.:hehetable

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These are the same people that keep the bank in Monopoly!!

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And cheat at Scrabble:D

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Is there still a pub up the hill close to Pendle Hill, the one that keeps opening and closing, the pub, not the hill! The one with a ski slope next to it!! :tongueout

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Ya opens at opening time, closes at closing time;)

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Well Springs,I think you mean. It was the last time I was up that way. Which is not too long ago.

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that will never close, too many witches in Sabden, always partial to a brew.:D

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I think its been a Mexican/Spanish, Bar/Restaurant for quite some time now!


Best Regards - Taggy

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Where was the "Australian"?

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Just off Whalley Rd I think -Bradleys drivers used it quite a lot.

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I went in the Mermaid in Pompey when I was stationed there and that was a dangerous place to go.
Different reason though Dave. I never bent down for fear of the inevitable accidental touch on my rear end from the local pervs.
More than once I saw a "shirt lifter" climbing out the water for getting too near an old salt.

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I went in a pub in Pompey called the Mermaid in the early 70s don't know if it was the same one as yours Gremlin, but was near the docks, I used to stay in the Trafalgar Arms on Fratton Road quite near the football ground

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It was around 1959/60 when I used the Mermaid jaysay, it was near the docks and full of pervs looking for young conscripts doing their training. Needless to say I didn't take their shilling.
I stayed in digs provided by Betty Windsor of Buck House fame, I think it was called Derby Barracks. I then went to HMS Ganges which was a shore based training ship near Ipswich before joining the army at Deepcut. I didn't like climbing the mast and rigging at Ganges so I was transferred to the army.
You see the lads on TV now at the shows uptop the rigging and masts all lined up along the spars and I cringe.

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ya went down castle st to bottom left hand corner was the gable end of that little Thwaites house, was actually on what was locally called the "Pleck" which ran from there back to Whalley Rd, past the Whalley Rd Methodist Church, hope that helps joaner.:)

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What's the oldest pub still open in Accy?

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Well I think Retlaw will have a good idea, would think the Black Abbey must be in with a shout, the Hargreaves too, but who knows:confused:

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Reckon the "Stag" is in wi a shout if ya include church?

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yep sorry duke of welly!:p

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There was a pub on the Right going down Union Rd just past Howarth St, used to go in with Dave Dixon, think his parents ran the place we used to sneak 1/2 at lunchtime then back to Rhyddings

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Horse Shoe, Prince of Wales, on the left of Union Road opposite Haworth Street was the Foxhill, and in fact is still open today

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was 2 near together on right going down past haworth st, first was a lion house the "Horseshoe" a guy called Oswaldeston had it late 60s, chased me down union rd wi a bayonet.:eek: the one lower was "Prince of wales" a Thwaites house, a scottish guy called Mcnair had that early 60s, his son stuart was in my class at the tech, he was n ok guy, when are ya talking you used to pop in?

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Just trying to remember cashy when they actually knocked them down, must have been the late sixties, early seventies

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Just about the right time, started work in 1970, so would be the year before, after the morning session at the Annex opposite the Palladium

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What about best back room??? My 1st local pub was the Broadway and the back room there had the football table in it. There most of the night, me in goal and my mate Mick Rotherham up front!!! :hidewall:

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The Heys in Stonebridge Lane had a great Back Room Tape Room, little Harry waiting on, Sunday Draw, Dart Board, Four Do's Tables going, Half a dollar a corner, smoke filled, the good old days:D

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Not exactly Accy, but my first pint was in a pub called the Queens in cheetham hill not far from Strangeways ( soryy i mean hmp m/c now), 40 years ago and i can remember it like it was yesterday. Can't remember naff all about yesterday mind.:D:D:D

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Probably because you drank Boddies when you first started Alan:D

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It was worse than that Jay, It was Holts' and my second venture into drinking was at a Robinsons pub. It's a wonder i'm not teetotal after a start like that.:D:D:D:D

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Ya poor sod, think I'd have been TT if I'd have had to drink them, especially Robinsons:eek:

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Was having a chat this week about the "24 hour drinking hours" that were brought in a few years ago. What is the longest drinking hours around Accy??? Most pubs down here have the longer drinking hours licence but none stay open much after 11pm!!!!! One for you Jaysay! Talking of which I remember getting on the bus to drink in Whalley because they stayed open half an hour longer!!!

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Wouldn't know G. ain't been out for a drink, in pub, for years, only ever went in the club

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The oddfellows

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I think you right

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Know the Bridge in Accrington is open till 5am at the weekends. Don't go in, but know people who have done.

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I doubt if he as been in the boroughs arms between Warner st and oak st.

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Commercial was a Lion.Think the Albion and Vol where Dutton houses

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correct, used all 3 when i was goin out wi a lass off Duke Street.;):)

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Here's one on the pub theme, which was the last pub to OPEN in Accy???
:confused:

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Well I not sure but would think its the Calder, which was opened in a building that wasn't previously a pub

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g GDM27.
I m left Accy in 1976 , but the last one I remember was the Spinning Jennny.

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But the Calder - like Wetherspoons establishments - is a bar, not a pub.

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The Tanpits , in Tanpits Rd,was on the very boundary of Accrington & Church. It linked Wesley St ( Antley Meths) to Henry St. For a brief spell a few years ago, it had a new name, which I have forgotten. There was (is?) a WMC behind it.,Have forgot the name.
The pub's and the street's name muist have some connection with the tanning of leather many years ago.

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think it became the Plough bob, club was Pioneer.

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Its the nearest you'll get these days, can't see breweries building new pubs in the future can you Tealeaf

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No, but at least Tealeaf may be pleased that someone is having a go at doing things to the Bridge Inn at Church :

15 Apr 201111/11/0147BRIDGE INN 135 HENRY STREET CHURCH ACCRINGTON BB5 4EPCurrent

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yep its lookin september now before it opens.;)

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Well, they have to get PP first ... for alterations that is. No change of use though of course.
Can only see the parking being a stumbling block.

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I've known about this for a while - I know some of the lads who have been working internally on the pub - it's a Church bloke who bought it.

Just looking through some of the planning submissions, though, I have a couple of observations:

a) The loos are being moved to the back of the pub. What then, is going to happen to those magnificent Victorian urinals in the gents? Will they be moved, smashed or sold on ebay for 100K the pair?

b) Talking bogs, I notice from the plans there is no provision for a seperate disabled facility. I thought it was now a legal requirement for any establishment of such a size to provide one. I may be wrong.

c) I also notice from the planning depts's comments that Henry Street is regarded as a secondary road with no substancial traffic. Eh?

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He dont live in Church T.

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They never do cashy, think you'll find there are very few council officers actually live in the borough, by that I mean senior officers, well that certainly used to be the case, maybe Bernard or Joan can shed more light on it

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None of the the Chief Officers as you say live in the Borough. Although the Chief Executive at one time lived in Baxenden. But there are lots of officers at other levels that live in the Borough.

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I was referring to the guy thats bought the pub as i assumed T was?:confused:

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That Chief exec must have been Nigel Mcgregor, thats many moons ago

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Sorry cashy cross purposes, but I was right about senior council officers

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Only what I got told, Cashy.

Still, it will be good to see the pub open again.

I suspect the X Guns is now finished.

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No its the present one. Long before he became Chief Executive. Nigel lived down Clayton.

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he lives about a 2 min walk from me T. plus i know him.;)

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Yes, he lives in Lang Street, Accrigton ... as shown on the application.
They are not coming up at the moment on here for some reason ... showing 404 error ?

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Oh didn't know that Bernard, ya I went to Nigel's home on a few occasions until he moved to Hebden Bridge, he was a a decent bloke

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What was your 1st real drink in a pub and then what did you start drinking as "your" drink? 1st drink was a pint of bitter Christmas Friday when I was 15 working for Pilkington Bros. Oswaldtwisle, then I started drinking a pint of mixed! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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Mine was bitter, n i stayed wi that fer many years, interspersed wi odd sessions on draught guiness, never bothered wi lager until i moved to spain late 90s.

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Is this not Deja Vu haven't we been here before

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If Deja Vu means we've done this before does Vuja De mean it's never happened before?? We probably have Jaysay (were you there that Christmas) but lord knows which page it was on! This is for all new readers!

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not really,his question was also what yeh first supped n did yeh continue wi it.;)

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Yeah john, so na na na :tongueout:tongueout:tongueout you tell him cashy:D:D

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Hope yeh noticed i told him nicely? now hes 65.:D:D:D well tomoz anyway but his do was yesterday.;)

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Yes you very gentle (must be goin soft):D remember spare the rod spoil the child:D:D

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First pint was bitter ..15yrs old...and times tell me not to name the pub these days..strange how once upon a time drinking underage were'nt seen as bad.

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Are we allowed to guess at the location and circumstances of your first pint, Mancie?

I'll go for the Pickwick with big Kenner! ;)

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Would Mancie have been old enough then Wyn, I know he's quite a bit younger than me

Having thought about what I posted maybe he thinks he's OLDER than me:D:D

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The Pickwick was open from 1969, so as Mancie is somewhat younger than both of us, I reckon he'd qualify! ;)

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Ya I was 23 at the time, so Mancie would be 57 today if he was 15 when he had is first pint;)

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If he enlightens us on the subject, I'll let you know! ;)

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Thanks Wyn as you know I'm Mancie blind:D

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All this talk about under age drinking, was anyone caught in a boozer under age and if so did anything happen to you??? I was in a couple of pubs when I was around 16ish when the local Peeler came in but never got asked?? :rolleyes:

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Yep, was sat in the Grey Horse with a few others aged 17 in 1968 when an Inspector and a couple of bobbies walked in. We were ordered outside, ages established and then given a dressing down with the advice: "If you want to have a drink at night, there's plenty of coffee bars in town" (them were t'days!). Anyway, after promising never to do it again, we were dismissed with the warning: "If I see you in a pub again, you'll be charged with under-age drinking."

We drank a toast to our close shave in the Globe the following evening. ;)

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Once got nabbed in the Bay Horse in Ossy was only 16 at the time, there must have been about 15 of us underage at the time, fortunately I was 6' 2" tall at 16 and they seemed to pass me by stood at the bar

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Was sat outside the Arden partaking a nice glass of Ye Old Speckled Hen, soaking up the rays, don't you just love Indian Summers

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My first pint of wallop was age 17 at the Lomax Arms in Great Harwood in the days when R-R-R-Roland R-R-Rathbone was the landlord.

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If I recall correctly, visits by Lancashire Constabulary to Accy's various licensed premises occured roughly every two weeks, usually by an Inspector and a Sergeant. I remember - aged 14 in 1970 - ordering a couple of pints from the bar in the Black Bull, turning round to take them into the little room (the one with the table football machine), and coming eye to eye with with a man with a flat cap, a stick and three pips on his shoulder.

"Good Evening", I said and walked past him to the said room to deliver life's elixir.

Nowt happened, but several months later the story was somewhat different when a constable who knew me entered the same pub. But that's another story.

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Gee thanks Michael, was trying to remember the name of the landlord of the Lomax Arms, was right next to skinners bingo hall and I used to go in at lunchtimes with Bernard Wailing when we were doing some maintenance for Skinner, ya R-R-R-Roland R-R-Rathbone, what a cantankerous old git he was:D

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Jay, I use to play with his daughter, Anne, when we were children. Also, do you remember the three shops across the road? There was a greengrocers, a dress shop and a newsagents. My dad had the newsagents from the mid 1960s to 1985. All three shops have now become private housing.

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The bingo hall was previously the Grand Cinema, where I saw all the early James Bond films and also numerous Hammer horror films. Happy days!

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Used to go in the Newsagents quite a lot in the 70s Michael, pick up a paper before going down to the cafe fore breakfast, can't remember the cafes name now

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Was it the Palatine? It's lower down from the post office and is still open for business.

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No it wasn't the palatine was something like freda's cafe or something like that Michael

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First evening drink out in a pub -me and my friend Charlotte at the Grey Horse on Whalley Road -we had a very tame Britvic orange! After that our first "local" was the bar at Accy Cricket Club (we were tennis club members there) -they still served us even though they knew we were under-age! Port and lemon was a great favourite back then...

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Now I suppose its plenty of Vino Collapso on a regular basis:D

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Unfortunately -Yes! We bottle our own red,white and rosé at about 1-60 euros a litre!!! :cool:
Good stuff -but not good for the waist-line...
It's quite strong too so I have to be careful when I'm on medication (painkillers when my bad neck flares up) -can lose the plot easily. Luckily I don't have to drive home;)

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Groove's first local was the Spinning Jenny

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Me thinks groove is a bit of a bipstick:jimbo:

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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! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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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

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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

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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.

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

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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

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Everybody thinks grove is sad

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You can't speak for everybody :rolleyes: - who elected you?