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Originally Posted by Tealeaf
I don't know if this may anything to do with the noble quest in search of your ancestry, but Sames is a relatively rare name. However, many years ago - I believe the building may still be there - there was a public house on the edge of a notorious part of Blackburn called the Barbary Coast. It's name was Sames's Vaults and I can assure you it was a dark and forbidding place, the clientele being the last dregs of Blackburn (and Ossy's finest few). Some of us did venture in there and lived to tell the story. It is possible that Mr Cashman may have more to say. Anyway, there may be a connection between the ale house and the foundry.
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Many thanks for this. A great response. I think the pub youre talking about was at 4 church street, Blackburn and is now a sports bar called arena? If so then yes there is a connection. William Thomas Sames (he of the foundry) is the son of William Sames b1803 d1865 who lived at and ran the pub. I think WTSames inherited the money in 1865, bought the foundry 1867, went bust in 1868 and was dead in 1869 a few months after his wife died. I dont know why it was called Sames Vault though even into the 1970s? why was the pub so bad and why the barbary coast? cheers and always grateful for any snippet whisper or gem.