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Old 07-10-2007, 13:56   #16
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ooooo, i love looking at old photos..thanks magpie.....karma for you
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DDS&S...that brings back memories. Could always get a pint in there (even those of us who never took the Queen's shilling)...and a real Accy bus too! Pure nostalgia!
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Where is the Canine now then? I must not be very observant.
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Old 07-10-2007, 20:09   #20
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Directly opposite the top of little Blackburn Road. Top notch watering hole for men-about-town like Ianto.W and yours truly!
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Old 08-10-2007, 11:08   #21
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Here's another variation: 'Discharged and Demobilised Soldiers and Sailors Club'
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Old 08-10-2007, 11:13   #22
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Directly opposite the top of little Blackburn Road. Top notch watering hole for men-about-town like Ianto.W and yours truly!

Oh right, that's where I thought it was. I misunderstood the post because I thought beechy meant it wasn't on Abbey Street now.


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im sure the royal british legion club
took over the canine club when it was on abbey st
forty years back before it it moved to were it is now
So where was it before?
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Old 08-10-2007, 11:36   #23
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you got me on that one
havent got a clue
sorry to have mis directed you
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Old 08-10-2007, 13:54   #24
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Don't worry. I'm easily confused.
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was a member in mid to late 60s,everybody called it "the legion" DDSS of coarse, think a guy called sugar was chairman or president,
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was it not shuggie smallish bloke
sugar was a painter and decorater went in
kings and queens ..i think..
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Where are we talking about now?
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Old 08-10-2007, 15:33   #28
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Anybody know how the Brooks Club got its name? I thought it sounded awfully posh when I first saw it.
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Where are we talking about now?
still talking about the first thread
d.d.s.s. or union st club
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Old 08-10-2007, 16:01   #30
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still talking about the first thread
d.d.s.s. or union st club
Ok just got a bit lost with Canine getting mentioned
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