22-09-2012, 07:58
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Re: big crown, next to joe morts
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Originally Posted by janloot
in my younger years a thousand years ago,(or seems that) i used to frequent a few accy pubs but one that really stuck out was the big crown, it was next to railway bridge,opposite side of bridge to gibsons sports shop, frank monahan, was the land lord and stood no messing, with his huge shelaleagh, behind the bar he wasnt frightened of useing it either,if any trouble prevailed,the regulars was mostly of irish decent or wanted to be , i think at that time a lot of the black stuff was drank, guiness, one guy really stuck out his nickname was bruno, i beleave he was an electrician by trade, but road digging was his money earner,
can any one rember
around the same time, alex higgins was a regular, when frank would let him in,
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I think my time in the Crown was a little while before you - mid, late '50s. Closest pub to Mort's 
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