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Originally Posted by ChrisMG
Black Abbey! Is that not the Abbey on Bank St?
Does anyone know if there was a pub opposite the Swan, before the Red Lion, is it one on the list?
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Yes there was a friend of mine was brought up in it, it was either The Oak Tree or The Lord Nelson will give you name later. It was opposite the gaveyard that was removed to make a car park for the Swan.
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beechy, was it the welcome were a barmaid/landlady also fell down the
cellar i seem to recall back in the sixties name of fielding.
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The landlord fell down the stairs at the Welcome, see cashman's post, the Feildings had the Black Horse on Abbey St for a number of years in the late fifties/sixties, ask me another

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