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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris
Pubs closed since 2009
Black Horse, Abbey Street, Accrington
Oddfellows, 303 Whalley Road, Clayton-le-Moors
King Street Pub Co, King Street, Accrington
Shoulder of Mutton, 6 Cross Edge, Oswaldtwistle
Great Eastern, Arnold Street, Accrington
Oak Tree, Blackburn Road, Accrington
Adelphi, Avenue Parade, Accrington
Globe, Blackburn Road, Accrington
Foxhill, Union Road, Oswaldtwistle
Queens, Church Street, Church
The Plough, Tanpits Road, Church
Industry, Church Street, Accrington
...enough to bring a chill to any self-respecting drinker's heart. If they carry on closing down at this rate, there'll be none left in a few years. A (literally) sobering thought! 
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Sad news .... I remember them well .... ok, some of them I remember through an alcoholic haze. Here's a weird theory for you: Pubs as social networking.
Back in the day, when the world was young and fish and chips were 1/6d, friends used to meet at their designated local (for me it was the Junction, and later, the New Brewery) and shoot the sh ... oops, shoot the breeze.
But thank the lord, praise JESUS
, now we have Facebook and Twitter.
How crude and dated; chatting live with your friends over a pint and a game of darts ... thank god for progress