Old Pubs

cashman said:
wrong regarding the Welcome Inn twas on Birtwistle St,;) was one of me regular haunts fer a good while.
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The Welcome Inn was at 7&9 Elephant St, tha must have been really pickled when tha were haunting the place. The Colliers & the Peel Arms were in Birtwistle St, both have gone, now occupied the red brick housing blocks.
Retlaw
 
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Atarah said:
I was always under the impression The Welcome Inn was on Elelphant Street, but .. maybe not Cashman if you frequented the place, eh?
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yeh it was the Colliers on birtwistle St atarah just around the corner, got mixed up. both were Mathew Brown. (Lion) houses both sold Pint Crystals n thats me excuse. lol
 
cashman said:
yeh it was the Colliers on birtwistle St atarah just around the corner, got mixed up. both were Mathew Brown. (Lion) houses both sold Pint Crystals n thats me excuse. lol
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I wonder if the 'recipe' for Crystal Ale was kept after Matthew Brown/Lions was shut down. I assume it's the mixture of hops/malt but what exactly was it that gave it the gas? Was it the yeast? The brewing process? Whatever, it's a pint that's sorely missed and it would be nice to see one of the microbreweries resurrect the brew...some of the kids now don't know what they're missing.

I tried that Thwaites '3 C's' last weekend...a lovely brew. reminded me a bit of the old Boddingtons, before that got ruined.
 
Dunno what it was T, was never really interested in the fact back then.:D just was a great bottle n got me well pished.:D
 
Tealeaf said:
I wonder if the 'recipe' for Crystal Ale was kept after Matthew Brown/Lions was shut down. I assume it's the mixture of hops/malt but what exactly was it that gave it the gas? Was it the yeast? The brewing process? Whatever, it's a pint that's sorely missed and it would be nice to see one of the microbreweries resurrect the brew.
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What a cracking idea. Bring it on! :)
 
Aye, it was lovely stuff...a couple of bottles and your belly was bloated. It was like being pregnant with twins...but then came the burp and out went the gas.

I bet the recipe ended up with Scottish & Newcastle..which is now Carlsberg/Heineken..so I guess the yeast and everything is now is now stuck on a shelf in Brussels or Copenhagen.
 
There was an Oak Tree in Acc as well as in Church. It was in Abbey St and closed down in 1929. I will dig up some info on it.

The Olde Black Bull ()its real name) was on King St, under the railway viaduct at the end of Hyndburn Rd It was Accrington's earliest pub, and the bridge over the river there is probably called Bull Bridge because it was close by the pub, whose name to locals would be shortened to The Bull. This spot was a main thoroughfare long before the turnpike was laid down and called Abbey St
 
It might be inaccurate, but it's got you lot in the Snug chatting.

No need to thank me for posting the link.

Just send a drink over the bar.

:D
 
Bob Dobson said:
There was an Oak Tree in Acc as well as in Church. It was in Abbey St and closed down in 1929. I will dig up some info on it.

The Olde Black Bull ()its real name) was on King St, under the railway viaduct at the end of Hyndburn Rd It was Accrington's earliest pub, and the bridge over the river there is probably called Bull Bridge because it was close by the pub, whose name to locals would be shortened to The Bull. This spot was a main thoroughfare long before the turnpike was laid down and called Abbey St
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I don't think the Church 'Oak Tree' was actually in Church...it was just over the border in Accy and I suspect it's name was a play on the historic source of Accy's name. Heading east on Blackburn Rd, the old sign "Welcome to Accy" was about twenty yards before the Oak Tree and that stood just about above the culverted Antley Syke, the boundary between Church & Accy.

As for the Black Bull, it's demolition was no less than a criminal act whose perpetuators have never been brought to justice. In it's place we have a tatty multi-storey car park, the demolition of which is in itself long overdue.
 
Tealeaf said:
I don't think the Church 'Oak Tree' was actually in Church...it was just over the border in Accy and I suspect it's name was a play on the historic source of Accy's name. Heading east on Blackburn Rd, the old sign "Welcome to Accy" was about twenty yards before the Oak Tree and that stood just about above the culverted Antley Syke, the boundary between Church & Accy.

As for the Black Bull, it's demolition was no less than a criminal act whose perpetuators have never been brought to justice. In it's place we have a tatty multi-storey car park, the demolition of which is in itself long overdue.
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Yes it is in Accy, I have the printers next door and we've got an Accy address.
 
After Clarksons tyres, the Red Lion, for a few years, became a furniture shop. I can't remember its name. This would be 1972'ish.
Did PV Tubes have another shop on Abbey St. facing the Post Office?
According to a mate of mine that big tyre was one of the most comfortable beds he'd ever slept in, single and double.
T
 
Tetti said:
After Clarksons tyres, the Red Lion, for a few years, became a furniture shop. I can't remember its name. This would be 1972'ish.
Did PV Tubes have another shop on Abbey St. facing the Post Office?
According to a mate of mine that big tyre was one of the most comfortable beds he'd ever slept in, single and double.
T
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Don't remember it ever being a furniture shop, it was PVtubes for quite a while, this has been mentioned on another thread.
The shop facing the Post Office, I think its Cryers, has been selling Tele's for a long while, had the same name as long as I can remember.
Retlaw.
 
Retlaw said:
Don't remember it ever being a furniture shop, it was PVtubes for quite a while, this has been mentioned on another thread.
The shop facing the Post Office, I think its Cryers, has been selling Tele's for a long while, had the same name as long as I can remember.
Retlaw.
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was Ken Cleggs, who used to be on Bull Bridge before Cryer took it oer i think, me cousin who is my age, has worked yon since he left school.
 
Hey, you just beat me to it Cashy! I didnt even know it was now called Cryers to be honest. I still think of it as Ken Clegg's, who once used to be on Bull Bridge, on the block between The Black Bull and Union Street.
 
Atarah said:
Hey, you just beat me to it Cashy! I didnt even know it was now called Cryers to be honest. I still think of it as Ken Clegg's, who once used to be on Bull Bridge, on the block between The Black Bull and Union Street.
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Yep next door to the newsagents.;)
 
cashman said:
was Ken Cleggs, who used to be on Bull Bridge before Cryer took it oer i think, me cousin who is my age, has worked yon since he left school.
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Is your cousin called Dave cashy? in fact that shop has now closed, I used to buy all my TV equipment from Cryers, until they ripped me of about 5 years ago, I now use Harry Garlick
 
jaysay said:
Is your cousin called Dave cashy? in fact that shop has now closed, I used to buy all my TV equipment from Cryers, until they ripped me of about 5 years ago, I now use Harry Garlick
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no n it aint closed was in it a couple of weeks ago.
 
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