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My first pint was in the Commercial at the junction in Church, has it just been pulled down??? Christmas 1968 and I was 15. Taken in by the blokes I worked with from Pilkington Bros. and had 2 pints of mild. Off my head! 1st. local on a regular basis, funds permitting, starting in 1969, the Tanpits again down in Church. They would let anyone in! :D

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my first was in the Australian down the pleck in accy, would reckon that was 62. beat ya by a year was 14.:D

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Used to go into town with my friend on a Saturday morning to do any shopping and hang around the lads who were on the market stalls (particularly the shoe stall I seem to remember). Then used to meet her dad in the Regency for a half at lunchtime - reckon we were only about 14 when we started doing that.

First regular local was the Heys in Ossy.

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would have been the Black Bull.. Huncoat
then down to the youth club must have been 61/62
:theband:

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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.

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1960 ... the Village Blacksmith on Bayley St. .... Dutton's house .... had a pint of mild, tho' I soon changed to bitter and shifted my alleigence to Thwaites ... I was a late starter; almost 15 at the time.

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My first local were Bay Horse on Union Road, Heys Inn and of course Ossy and Accy Con, the landlord of the heys in those days was Alf and Margaret Whittle, the steward of Ossy Con was Fred Ingham

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That pub/hotel now if i'm correct is such a disgrace it looks like it's been terrorised

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I think my first real local was the Junction, John Smith's, a real good pint .... but whenever the urge to have a pint came over me, I would usually pop into a Thwaites' house .... Forts Arms, Australian, Black Dog ...............

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First pub was the Black Horse, Ossy then on to the Big D disco. After 2 halfs we were drunk and thought we were so cool.

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i had my first drink on my 18th birthday, late starter, as i was not allowed to stay out late, very strict parents, and then into H.M. forces, against rules and regulations to drink under age.

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i used to play darts fer junction Eric.:)

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Holy faeces ... really .... me too .... and had my own mug behind the bar ... used to hang out with Ray Barker (think he became a bookie .... always loved the horses that guy), and Sid Wright (he joined the Royal Marines) .... I can't remember the landlord's name; but he had a dishy daughter .... Anne, I think she was called .... I think they took over the New Brewery.

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would that be the lass that was goin wi "Ben Anderson" who was a rovers player? P.S. ya didn't play in that Pre- season darts friendly against the Big Crown did ya? was like Gunfight at OK Corral that night.:D

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What year would that be .... I took off for university in '64 .... and in '67 I left for god's country ....

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think 65- 67 ish memories not too great wi yrs dates etc. big scotch C.F. was captain fer junction i think.:)

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First Pint would have been Bridge in Accy, used to slip in back door, blocked up now!, swiftly followed by the Commercial (Now Regency Bar) had fun with the revolving door after a few, think the Landord was an Irish Bloke called Ken, that would be 1972 i was 15. First proper local was Great Eastern when they used to have a model train set running round the top of the Bar!! Hey happy days!! Used to wander around a bit in them days though in Pubs like, Duke of Wellington, Queens and Old House at Home and enjoyed or was it endured the company of the likes of Mick Sargison, Dave Salmon and George Norris!!!!

Best Regards - Taggy

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Cattle Market and Australian, down the ginnel from Joe Mort's, '54/'55 - definitely "Rites of Passage"

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Ok ... sounds like it may have been a little after my time .... and the years and dates do seem to drift together .... a lot of the time may have disappeared into a drunken haze ..... I suppose the old Junction is no more:mad:

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Demolished long ago i'm afraid!

Best Regards - Taggy

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I was sixteen when I first discovered alcohol. Having to avoid Church and Dale Street Club where my dad used to hang out, I travelled a bit! The Bridge was one, especially on Friday night, Rising Bridge was another and then when I turned seventeen it was time for the Mecca. In fact, my mate and I landed barmaid jobs at Burnley Mecca which was loads of fun. I was underage but lied! I remember getting well piddled at Bullough's Club one night and my Nana put me to bed with a bucket and saved me from a hiding.

I met my future husband that year and we used to go to Jean Daniel's pub off Plantation Street. Memories!

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You mean the Kings don't you June?

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Yes, Bernie, Jean was my Mother's best mate and I've known her for most of my life. Sorry to thread wander but I heard that she was mentioned in the Observer last week. Andy and I used to canoodle in the little snug, lol.

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There is no little snug anymore, the pub has been opened up. Ian and I had our wedding reception there before it was altered.

My first boozers were the Imperial and the Big Crown. Jeez there were some characters in the Crown.

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Mine was in The Weavers in Great Harwood. :)

Happy days.

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The Black Horse Ossy, Sara:confused::confused::confused: 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

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Good god Taggy, Mick, Dave and George, walking on eggshells around that company especially if Gary was with them:D

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1st Pint: Black Bull, Accy

Sort: Mixed

Price: 1/11d

Date: Dec 1969

Age: 13yrs 4mnths

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if that was in the evening i was in 7 nights a week,was me local, till jenny barred me in 70.:D though how ya could be 13 in 1969 when yer 107, ????

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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!!! :D

Best Regards - Taggy

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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

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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.

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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!

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funnily enough bumped into one of me best mates from yon, this aft when out wi dog,nearly ran me oer in his biffmobile,:D had a good natter n left thinking- "There but fer the grace of god.":eek:

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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.

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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

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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.

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

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

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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

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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

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same pub same year cashy, then from there to the junction another little lads pub.happy days.

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oh i moved to the Horseshoe before Junction they used to call that "Learners Arms":D

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First pint in a pokey little hole on Ledger st, can't remember what it was called ...Ledger Arms maybe ? First local The Swan

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I may be wrong Jaysay but wasn't the Johns pub a Thwaites House and the New Brewery round the corner Sam Smiths? There was also the Royal round the corner from the New Brewery too but i cant quite recall what that was...could have been Matthew Brown but not at all sure! They were all pubs i used to go in years ago along wi Boars Head, but the memory's not as good as it was!


Best Regards - Taggy

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My first was the Park Inn on Manchester Road aged 15...after 3 pints of bitter I was staggering around suppin any drink left unattended...luckily I escaped a thumping but Dennis the Landlord had enough and got his wife Doreen to chuck me out :D

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St Johns was Thwaites Taggy, New Brewery John Smiths, Royal Oak - Thwaites, n Reamer think ya probably mean the ST.Ledger which was on Plantation St, n old haunt of "Tommy 2 Guns" in early mid 60s many probably don't know of him,but Bob Dobson certainly does.;)that was also a Thwaites pub, just around corner on Elephant St was the Welcome Inn, n top left the Colliers both Mathew Brown/Lions houses, was a top little circuit once of a day.:)

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Trust you to turn up trumps Cashy!! I was pretty sure that St Johns was Thwaites, and that New Brewery was one of the Smiths!! (Sam or John) Couldnt for life of me recall what the Royal was...and ive had a few in there over time...mind you it did shut some time back now! Yes i know its an lame excuse but its all i can come up wi!!!:rolleyes:

Best Regards - Taggy

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was quite n authority on pubs n ale back in the day Taggy, am now paying the price fer the sins of youth.:D:Dwas in the Royal Oak one dinner time wi George Best Taggy, but thats another story.

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Yeh but dont knock it Cashy, all that experience is now being used for our benefit!!! We do appreciate what you went through to aquire this knowledge!! :D

Best Regards - Taggy

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You're right, Cashy, it was the St Ledger and I remember the Colliers too, another pokey little place. Now I think about it, the flats that replaced them still retain the name - St Ledger Court

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Spot on Taggy, twas the New Brewery, it appears the little grey cells are disappearing faster than I thought:D

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What year was that Mancie, I used the Park in the late seventies about 77/78, Denbo took over at Ossy con after leaving there, left there in about 1998, he died about 3 or 4 years ago

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pokey yes but top boozers wi loads of characters,in their day, could tell ya some tales about that little circuit.:)

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Have all those pubs closed now? The ones like Great Eastern, St Johns, New Brewery, Royal Oak, etc? I know the Boar's Head is still open, even though I haven't been in there for donkey's years.

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Yep, all those 4 have gone now i'm afraid. Great Eastern was the last of them to close! Had some really good times in them over the years!

Best Regards - Taggy

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Pickup Arms was the first drink, but regular was the St Ledger used to walk down from the Tech when on day release, which extended into Night School

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used to do both of em in 60s Rycroft. Bill n Tresa had the pickups back then top couple, St.Ledger on plantation st was one of my little circuit others being Welcome Inn n Colliers, if it was in those days our paths musta crossed.:);)

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You must of done the Printers as well then Cash , Bill was OK used to find Teresa could be a bit offish at times !!!. What was the pub just down from the Palladium on the left hand side just before the turning into the Empire ???

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the Royal mate Thwaites house, Joe Gallager was landlord.;)

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The Royal(Thwaites), twas my grandfathers watering hole when I was young, the further down was the Station (Thwaites), just before the railway bridge and at the other side was the Rose Bud(Duttons) , and the Greyhound(Thwaites)

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That sounds spot on, then it was the Church Conservative Club ?? We could start a competition here name that Pub starting at Church Traffic Lights up to the Black Dog.
Just remembered the pub for the younger age group in Ossy was the Plane Tree !!!!

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The Plane Tree, a few of doors up from the Bay Horse, it closed just after I started drinking must have been 62/63, nearly sure its part of Franco's now. other Ossy pubs that closed were the Prince of Wales and the Horseshoe which where pulled down to make way for the council flats on St Pauls Court, Worsley Court and Meadow Court

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Eric
It is a small world.The Junction was my watering hole.I live twenty miles north of you in Perth Road Village Ontario.WE drink in the Rose & Crown,on highway 2 in Kingston, friday supper time.
Mick Pettifer

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Small world indeed, Mick .... Haven't been in the Rose and Crown since they moved out of the Cat Centre ... used to drink in the Rose and Crown when Eddie first opened it on Division Street, which would be almost 20 years ago, and then in the Rose and Crown Downtown on Brock Street when Mike Sullivan (late of Brighton) owned it .... I trust Eddie and Sheena are well.

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What was the name of the pub at the opposite end of the Arndale. It was part of our Friday night run when I 1st started drinking with mates in 1970'ish. Broadway, Mr. Pickwick, Bridge, Bees Knees, that pub, back in the Pickwick then a lock in at the Broadway!!!! A good Friday night! :theband: :eek:

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ya probably mean the "Astronaught" dunno if spelt right.:)

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That was it, thanks.

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wadey.
I think it is The Black Bull

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The astronaudht was on union street, and at one time had a car sticking out of the front of the building!!..big lounge type bar downstairs and a disco upstairs..... The bull was at the end of Hyndburn road as it was in the "good old days" before we lost the big car park....just a thought...was it the black bull or the white bull?..can't seem to remember nowadays...cheers

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was ye olde black bull mate, me local fer years in 60s, till jenny barred me.:D

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Cashy, what was that pub called that was on Hyndburn Rd. Round about facing Asda if I remember right. Bottom of one of those streets.

I remember going in the Pub, and I've been trying to remember what it were called.

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Union Inn Bernard Lion house, used to go out wi the daughter top lass.;) she lives oer burnley way now.

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That's it, I just couldn't think what it was called. Thanks

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Funny Story= was sat on step wi mate about 6-40 one sunday night waiting fer opening time n her dad tipped the p1sspot oer us heads from bedroom window.:D:D:D

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Brings an all new meaning to being p***** on from a great height cashy:D

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I never went in that pub cashy, but was a regular in the Palatine just up the street, my mates dad took over as landlord, George Mccann was transport manager at Shopfitters at one time, and in later year big Jack Mcgregor was landlord, a scotch lad, quite a good darter, Harvey Macready (ex Stanley Centre forward) was a regular in those days

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Was there just p1ss in there or was there 'owt else?

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in fact cashy .. is there any pub in accrington you've never been barred from? just asking ... :D:D:D:D:D

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no nowt else thank god.:D

quite a few, always behaved in me dads locals.:D

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More then likely it was Pop Club since my dad was on the committe there
Used to go round all the pubs on fri/sat with a group of friends

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Back in the 70's I used to have the Broadway as my local, went in there a few years ago and it was a wino dump! Have things changed at all?? :confused:

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I think Jack still goes in The Bold Street Club, as does Jack Pearson who used to be landlord of Arden Inn,
but ive not been in there for quite some time!

Best Regards - Taggy

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It has been bought out and re-furbished,I think by the Last Orders group.

It's quite pleasant in there now and cheap.:drink::drink:

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aint bin that pleasant in yon since "Bob" had it IMHO.

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Reading all your stories sounds that you all had a great time in those days, loved reading about the deck.Aint nothing like that today thats why i dont go out.

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First local was the TRAMWAY. late 70's.was seriously under age but silvia needed the customers :D

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My 1st "proper" local was the Castle up Whalley Rd around 1970ish, was 16ish. Funny how most 1st. local are on the grubby side innit!!!

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Mine was the Black Horse 1980.

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Who was Landlord them was it Jack Witham or as he was known Castle Jack:D

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Sory Jaysay, far too long to remember! I do remember getting on the bus to Whalley as the pubs closed half hour later! Took that long to get there?????

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Cant remember what the landlord name was but if I remember right Brian Whittam (who I was at school with) dad ran a pub

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It was definitely Jack Whitham who had the Castle Angel was in there in the late seventies into the eighties

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My first pint was in The Tramway in 1962 Joe Singleton was the Landlord His wife I think had been licensee for donkey's years the look on Joes face when he bought me a pint on my 18th in 1963.

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I can remember standing at the bar in the Bay Horse chatting to the landlord and came out with a statement "well I'm young enough I'm only 17:eek::eek:
quickly followed by er eighteen I mean:D

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I think my first pint was in the AEU club on the corner of Paxton St. and Blackburn Road, 10p if I remember correctly. I remember Johnnie Walker taking me in the King's on my seventeenth birthday and telling Frank Daniels it was my eighteenth, free beer all night. First local was the Peel Park.