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Bob Dobson · 01-03-2013, 16:05

I think it was so called because it was frequented by East Lancashire Railway workers building the nearby viaduct, which opened in 1848 ( date on a keystone viewed from the other side of the viaduct) and that company had been involved in a famous blockade of the railway line near Middleton. It has been suggested that it relates to the blockade of the ports in the Southern states during the American Civil War, but the pub had been opened for some years before the 1860s.

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Bob Dobson Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Staining, Blackpool Posts: 3,096 Liked: 407 times Rep Power: 158674	Re: Blockade I think it was so called because it was frequented by East Lancashire Railway workers building the nearby viaduct, which opened in 1848 ( date on a keystone viewed from the other side of the viaduct) and that company had been involved in a famous blockade of the railway line near Middleton. It has been suggested that it relates to the blockade of the ports in the Southern states during the American Civil War, but the pub had been opened for some years before the 1860s.