[garinda]

Looking at books of old photos of Ossy there were loads of ale houses. l can just about remember the little one on Union Road that is now part of Franco's l think.

There were only slightly more pubs than Chapels and meeting houses. Either the population was split between drinkers and abstainers, or all the pubs were empty on Sundays as the drinkers repented for spending the household money in the pub after they were paid on Fridays.