Australian Inn

claytonx · 08-09-2011, 13:50

Doe's anyone know how the Australian Inn got its name is there a relationship with Accrington somewhere.

Bob Dobson · 08-09-2011, 16:10

I don't know the answer, and hope one emerges. At Glasson Dock there was a pub called the Caribou. It got its name from a landlord with Yukon connections, so maybe the first landlord, or someone that the Thwaites family knew, had Aussie connections.Somebody will look at the early census returns for Weir St and tell us when it first appeared. It had a geographical advantage, being so close to Bull Bridge, the very centre of the town at one time.Maybe that Thwaites' were promoting Australian wines. I wonder if there were other pubs in the country so-named.

Eric · 08-09-2011, 16:58

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Originally Posted by claytonx

Doe's anyone know how the Australian Inn got its name is there a relationship with Accrington somewhere.

Maybe it had something to do with the patrons ... me among them, who ended the night "down under" the tables.

Barrie Yates · 08-09-2011, 17:04

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Maybe it had something to do with the patrons ... me among them, who ended the night "down under" the tables.

In my case it was "up and over" the back wall when the Police came in the front door - too many lads trying to squeeze through the gate at the time

Eric · 08-09-2011, 17:13

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In my case it was "up and over" the back wall when the Police came in the front door - too many lads trying to squeeze through the gate at the time

Somehow, I don't think we are being all that helpful

... but those of who remember the Australian, drank to excess, were turfed out of there, are a select group.

jaysay · 08-09-2011, 17:43

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Somehow, I don't think we are being all that helpful

... but those of who remember the Australian, drank to excess, were turfed out of there, are a select group.

Ya think I'd be a pointless answer on the TV show, just the once, unlike cashy who was a regular

Gremlin · 08-09-2011, 17:50

The Australian Inn was situated at Bull Bridge, closing in 1964 after being declared an unsafe structure. Built in 1846 by a returning penal colonist with rubble from an adjacent stone viaduct.

It closed before I moved over to Accrington and I can't remember it at all. I certainly wasn't one of the unruly mob who drank to excess and was turfed out, other pubs maybe but not guilty this time.

Gremlin · 09-09-2011, 11:47

An old mate of mine worked for Jack Bradley and he told me that Jack used to pay out the drivers wages in the evening while they were supping in the Australian.

He says it was a regular haunt of the drivers because the garage was just around the corner on Argyle Street.

jaysay · 09-09-2011, 17:59

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An old mate of mine worked for Jack Bradley and he told me that Jack used to pay out the drivers wages in the evening while they were supping in the Australian.

He says it was a regular haunt of the drivers because the garage was just around the corner on Argyle Street.

Jack Bradley, now there was a character

Gremlin · 09-09-2011, 18:23

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Jack Bradley, now there was a character

I can't disagree with that jaysay, I met him a few times and he was more than a bit of a rough diamond.

I have heard stories from his drivers about him throwing spanners across the yard at drivers or mechanics if they didn't do as he wanted.

Health and safety and traffic regulations were not in his vocabulary.

jaysay · 09-09-2011, 18:31

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I can't disagree with that jaysay, I met him a few times and he was more than a bit of a rough diamond.

I have heard stories from his drivers about him throwing spanners across the yard at drivers or mechanics if they didn't do as he wanted.

Health and safety and traffic regulations were not in his vocabulary.

Once worked at his offices when I was a Happyrentice, I can still picture him slumped in his office chair, cussing and swearing