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Old 14-09-2011, 18:26   #196
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The Old Bank was on the corner of Mincing Lane and King Street.
The Dunn was on the corner of Market St Lane and Mincing Lane.
The Wheatsheaf was on the corner of St Peter St and Mincing Lane.
When I frequented the Bank (the landlord was a friend) it wasn't on the corner of out it stood on its own
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The Old Bank was on the corner of Mincing Lane and King Street.
The Dunn was on the corner of Market St Lane and Mincing Lane.
The Wheatsheaf was on the corner of St Peter St and Mincing Lane.
thats correct, yer memorys not as addled as mine roy. the pub i was on about on opposite side was the Old Bank i think? which wasn't Thwaites? but was the dunn horse not duttons?
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Old 14-09-2011, 19:12   #198
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"CLITHEROE KATE" (Pub) 6 Mincing Lane, BLACKBURN, BB 2 2EB

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Was this The Dunn Horse ?
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Old 14-09-2011, 19:16   #199
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Cancel it was The Old Bank, photo here

Old Bank Hotel, Blackburn - another lost pub
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Old 14-09-2011, 19:23   #200
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This is well worth a look

Lost Pubs In Blackburn, Lancashire
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Mincing Lane
Now doesn't that conjure up a rather evocative picture ?
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Old Bank Hotel, Blackburn - another lost pub
Clitheroe Kate alternated between here and the Dunn Horse.
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why was it called 'barbary coast' ?
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why was it called 'barbary coast' ?
Dunno but me best guess is it came from pirates n slave traders, due to the kinda folk like me who frequented it.
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think it is still frequented by such folk.... I see them every day when I come out of work. Drunkered at 5.30pm :-S
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think it is still frequented by such folk.... I see them every day when I come out of work. Drunkered at 5.30pm :-S
Yeh they don't make drinkers like they used to. could start at dinner n go until after time.
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Old 14-09-2011, 23:00   #207
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and who is Clitheroe Kate when she's at home?
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Yeh they don't make drinkers like they used to. could start at dinner n go until after time.
I can remember arriving home at the same time the milkman was delivering the morning pinta
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Old 15-09-2011, 09:01   #209
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Cancel it was The Old Bank, photo here

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Think that backs my memory of it standing on its todd wadey
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As it's number 6 I presume there were two buildings to its right
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