1st pint, 1st local. - Page 32

jaysay · 31-01-2013, 08:07

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Originally Posted by cashman

Think that pub would be the "Little Crown" dotti? a masseys house long gone.

Where was the Ritz Ballroom then cashy, I always thought it was near Church St.

cashman · 31-01-2013, 08:10

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Where was the Ritz Ballroom then cashy, I always thought it was near Church St.

It was i assumed dotti meant Church St, Glad to help dotti, seems funny i can remember pubs n not banks.

jaysay · 31-01-2013, 08:31

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Originally Posted by cashman

It was i assumed dotti meant Church St, Glad to help dotti, seems funny i can remember pubs n not banks.

Ya concidering you'd use one when you were sober and the other when you were brams and list

dotti34 · 31-01-2013, 09:03

More than probable it WAS Church Street - at our age we're lucky to be able to remember the name of a town ne'er mind a street......

dotti34 · 01-02-2013, 20:46

Another watering-hole remembered from his misspent youth is the Thorn Inn at Church Kirk. He remembers the doorway was so low that people of above-average height had to duck their heads to enter, or take the step down. Was in the darts team - the very low big oak teams had plenty of darts stuck in them. Good times – hangovers aplenty!

jaysay · 01-02-2013, 23:09

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Originally Posted by dotti34

Another watering-hole remembered from his misspent youth is the Thorn Inn at Church Kirk. He remembers the doorway was so low that people of above-average height had to duck their heads to enter, or take the step down. Was in the darts team - the very low big oak teams had plenty of darts stuck in them. Good times – hangovers aplenty!

I do believe the Thorn is now closed

DtheP47 · 03-02-2013, 17:26

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Originally Posted by jaysay

I do believe the Thorn is now closed

Think it's still open ..according to a lad I've just been chatting to in't Peel Park over a pint of Acorn Blonde.

jaysay · 03-02-2013, 18:13

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Originally Posted by DtheP47

Think it's still open ..according to a lad I've just been chatting to in't Peel Park over a pint of Acorn Blonde.

I could swear somebody was telling me the other week that the Thorn had been boarded up, that week, might be wrong

DtheP47 · 04-02-2013, 11:54

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Originally Posted by jaysay

I could swear somebody was telling me the other week that the Thorn had been boarded up, that week, might be wrong

Just been round to Church Kirk to do some brass-rubbing Mr J

Doors open at the Thorn Inn and it looked nice and tidy.
Can't say the same for the Cross Guns..looked tired and in need of some tlc

churchfcrules · 04-02-2013, 13:44

Did one of my first ever djing gigs at the thorn about 1987

jaysay · 04-02-2013, 17:46

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Originally Posted by DtheP47

Just been round to Church Kirk to do some brass-rubbing Mr J

Doors open at the Thorn Inn and it looked nice and tidy.
Can't say the same for the Cross Guns..looked tired and in need of some tlc

Cheers D and for the pic too, ain't seen the thorn in years

Barrie Yates · 05-02-2013, 10:17

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Where was the Ritz Ballroom then cashy, I always thought it was near Church St.

I think the street name may have changed just about there Jay. The Ritz entrance was down the arcade(?), between Barnes Furniture/Carpets. Ritz entrance was to the left and Bullough's Cub to the right. The Ritz Cinema was a few yards further up the street.

jaysay · 05-02-2013, 17:39

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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

I think the street name may have changed just about there Jay. The Ritz entrance was down the arcade(?), between Barnes Furniture/Carpets. Ritz entrance was to the left and Bullough's Cub to the right. The Ritz Cinema was a few yards further up the street.

Ya Barrie that's where I thought it was which didn't seem the place that was being described in the post

dotti34 · 05-02-2013, 23:37

Himself says he remembers that The Ritz Ballroom was on the corner of Cannon and Church Streets, so you are spot on there. Did a lot of tripping the light fantastic at The Ritz (or maybe just tripping over depending on how much time had been spent in the Little Crown beforehand).
One of his mates, Johnny Armstrong, was lead singer at The Ritz in those days - in the (earlier) '50's. Btw, does anyone know what happened to Johnny?

jaysay · 06-02-2013, 08:18

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Originally Posted by dotti34

Himself says he remembers that The Ritz Ballroom was on the corner of Cannon and Church Streets, so you are spot on there. Did a lot of tripping the light fantastic at The Ritz (or maybe just tripping over depending on how much time had been spent in the Little Crown beforehand).
One of his mates, Johnny Armstrong, was lead singer at The Ritz in those days - in the (earlier) '50's. Btw, does anyone know what happened to Johnny?

Dotti where was this Little Crown

the only crown I can remember in Accy Centre, is the one which was near Joe Morts, Church side of the bridge on Blackburn Road