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Originally Posted by Retlaw
There was NO pub opposite the Swan Inn, the Red lion was opposite the Oak Tree Inn which was on the corner of Birtwistle St.
The Red Lion was not the first coaching house as you call it. The first Coaching Inn was the Black Bull in Bull Bridge, the next was the Bay Horse in what became Church St, then the George Inn in Abbey St.
There are no stables underneath the Red Lion (where did you get that garbage from) I have been in the cellars underneath the Red Lion and they are brick arched with an internal stone staircase.
The stables were accesssed from Black Abbey St and are still there.
Retlaw.
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Apologies for putting your blood pressure up! I cannot go by previous posts as I am a new member. Am glad that you acknowledge that the stables are under there and Black Abbey street isn't too far away so it wasn't too much garbage, I knew the stables were there. I did work in that building for 13 years but will do my research on the information that I have found for myself and hopefully can share it with you and hopefully you can share yours with me.