the good old days THE BLOCKADE

[cashman]

Originally Posted by johnenglish

ahh Wynonie ,as you get older patience is a virtue lol
bet you remember Jimmy barret from the jazz club days
Cashman can't remember his name the guy who was taken down so to speak.

Who's name can i not remember?

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

News to me mate,blue room was always back room of the derby.

Thats what I always thought cashy, had many a happy hour in the Derby blue room

[johnenglish]

sorry it was cashman who was on about the guy on the stool.
YOU will have to put me down as getting senile lol

[cashman]

Originally Posted by johnenglish

sorry it was cashman who was on about the guy on the stool.
YOU will have to put me down as getting senile lol

not to worry john, i can name the guy who made the phone call, the guy who got banjoed, n the guy who banjoed him. 2 of them no longer wi us, but don't think a public forum is the place to name em.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

not to worry john, i can name the guy who made the phone call, the guy who got banjoed, n the guy who banjoed him. 2 of them no longer wi us, but don't think a public forum is the place to name em.

Forever the pragmatist cashy

[JEFF]

Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson

Eddie always sat in the corner,keeping an eye on anybody who came in. John had one of those shops on Peel St. I think he still has the shop.

Yes John still has the shop on Peel Street - John Berry, Jewellery Repairs. He is usually in Bold Street on a Friday Night

[johnenglish]

Originally Posted by cashman

not to worry john, i can name the guy who made the phone call, the guy who got banjoed, n the guy who banjoed him. 2 of them no longer wi us, but don't think a public forum is the place to name em.

Yes better let sleeping dogs Lie.

[Tina]

Originally Posted by johnenglish

Saw the post on pubs last night and remember this one the blockade .
Joyce was the landady,Eddie and john her son .
any one else got a few tales , I have but will add them as the thread grows.

I was there !! I was 16 back then and working behind the bar. Eddie always sat at the bar like the big man, and made comments about my 16 yr old arse. He would have been in his 50s `then. Creep.I quit the job.

. My brother used to hang out there too. And I remember a young man named Dave - had really frizzy curly hair, and drove a motorcycle. Was always there around that time.

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by cashman

Blockade was just on corner below the Princes n Empire cinemas n across the road. nearest pub to cavern was Castle just above, Black Bull just across the river stink bridge, think the Australian just across rd n bottom corner was closed then.

You've got me confused now /senior moment , so which was the pub on Maudsley/Addison st area, one of the streets behind Mary's Music (near to Emerson and Renwicks ) thinking it was a Magnet/John Smiths pub , also had a good juke box

[Wynonie Harris]

Originally Posted by steeljack

You've got me confused now /senior moment , so which was the pub on Maudsley/Addison st area, one of the streets behind Mary's Music (near to Emerson and Renwicks ) thinking it was a Magnet/John Smiths pub , also had a good juke box

That's the New Brewery you're thinking of, SJ. Another one on the "circuit" back in the day!

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

That's the New Brewery you're thinking of, SJ. Another one on the "circuit" back in the day!

Was a great lunchtime venue when I was at Tech Wyn

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

That's the New Brewery you're thinking of, SJ. Another one on the "circuit" back in the day!

thats the one, a good watering hole in its day.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by beechy

cant say i ever saw Eddie actually serve anybody with a drink

well i called in fer years n i can't recall either, can anyone say they ever saw eddie serve ale?

[Wynonie Harris]

Originally Posted by cashman

well i called in fer years n i can't recall either, can anyone say they ever saw eddie serve ale?

Nope, Joyce certainly served plenty up, but never saw Eddie pull a beer.

[Accylad]

That was my Local in the late 70's many a good night there. Eddie never pulled a pint just sat at the end of the bar drinking wine. Joyce was a lovely woman.