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Old 02-02-2009, 10:49   #9
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Re: Non Alcoholic pub in Ossy

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Originally Posted by garinda View Post
My Dad, together with his friend Tony Perkins the butcher, ran a non-alcholic 'nightclub' for the under 18's in Ossy called Gobbinlanders. It was on the corner of Oak Street, on the block facing where the old Co-op used to be.

It opened in '72. A small number of trouble makers eventually meant that it wasn't viable, and it sadly closed in '75.
Forgot all about that Rindi, it was A big thing at the time, you wouldn't be that old then would you? The thing is if trouble makers closed the place in 75, not much chance of a successful enterprise today is there, there are a lot more divvies these days than there were then
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