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Bob Dobson · 08-09-2011, 16:10

I don't know the answer, and hope one emerges. At Glasson Dock there was a pub called the Caribou. It got its name from a landlord with Yukon connections, so maybe the first landlord, or someone that the Thwaites family knew, had Aussie connections.Somebody will look at the early census returns for Weir St and tell us when it first appeared. It had a geographical advantage, being so close to Bull Bridge, the very centre of the town at one time.Maybe that Thwaites' were promoting Australian wines. I wonder if there were other pubs in the country so-named.

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Bob Dobson Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Staining, Blackpool Posts: 3,096 Liked: 407 times Rep Power: 158676	Re: Australian Inn I don't know the answer, and hope one emerges. At Glasson Dock there was a pub called the Caribou. It got its name from a landlord with Yukon connections, so maybe the first landlord, or someone that the Thwaites family knew, had Aussie connections.Somebody will look at the early census returns for Weir St and tell us when it first appeared. It had a geographical advantage, being so close to Bull Bridge, the very centre of the town at one time.Maybe that Thwaites' were promoting Australian wines. I wonder if there were other pubs in the country so-named.