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I think it's time we have a new thread that doesn't involve parking!

What have we got besides too many cars and too little parking spaces? Pubs!

We are blessed with a great number of pubs [ we used to have even more in times of yore, with nearly every other house on Union Road serving ale in the parlour.] You can start at the Stanhill Inn and by the time you got to The Last Orders at Moscow Mill you would feel slightly merry if you'd have had a drink in each pub you passed.

Not forgetting the great pubs we have up on the moors.

Any favourites/comments?

I'm an old Stop and Rester as it was nearest to my home, but have recently joined The Straits Club, very friendly, cheap and full of characters, l felt right at home.:)

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Any pub that makes the effort to serve real ale, and keeps it in good condition of course.

I almost forgot to add,; preferably not populated by foul mouthed chavs with communication difficulties.

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Looking at books of old photos of Ossy there were loads of ale houses. l can just about remember the little one on Union Road that is now part of Franco's l think.

There were only slightly more pubs than Chapels and meeting houses. Either the population was split between drinkers and abstainers, or all the pubs were empty on Sundays as the drinkers repented for spending the household money in the pub after they were paid on Fridays.

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No, the one I was thinking of was down below St Pauls school, might have been called Horse **** ?

On the subject of Franco's I remember it opening, 1 small room and Franco lived in flat above. meal for 2 plus couple of drinks cost us about £7.50, the good old days eh ;)

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The one I was always told was:-
If you had a thimble full of ale in the commercial and doubled it at every pub you wouldn't get to the black dog

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do you mean the printers? thats below st: pauls school, its now the last orders.

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Starting with the Commercial Hotel, at the lights at the bottom of Market Street, then the Con servative Club, then the Greyhound???, then the Station, what were the remainder of the ports of call on the way up to the Black Dog?

I was but a spotty little herbert in the days of many of these watering holes. I just about remember the Station in a bombed out state, shortly before it was demolished. My dad used to have the occaisional libation in the Commercial and the Greyhound when he worked for Blair Electrical, at Church lights.

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There were loads of them, I think someone once told me 36 in all, I know the block that the Royal is on there used to be 3 , one of them was called the star I think.
There used to be a web-site run by an Ossy lad which listed them all and had quite a few pictures but he closed the site down about 12 month since

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What are the opening times of pubs in Ossy now?

l seem to remember being in The Golden Cross and it had bouncers on the door and it seemed to be after one a.m., if my hazy memory serves me well. I think l've been in The New Inn's a similar time. Is it offical or was l just lucky?

I wasn't drinking, just trying to sign up converts, [to sign the pledge.] :)

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Pubs in Ossy on Union Rd

Commercial
Con Club
Greyhound
Rose Bud
Musicians
Railway Hotel
Railway Inn
Royal Arms
Fishermans Arms
Startled fox
Castle Inn
Printers Arms
Cricketers Arms
Skinners Arms
Rising Sun
Prince of Wales
Masons Arms
Horseshoe
Foxhill
Tinker & Budget
Bay Horse
Plane Tree
Grey Horse
Golden Cross
Rose Bud ( 2??)
Old House At Home
Black Lion
Quees Head
Miners Arms
Royal Oak
Rose & Crown
Black Dog

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if you think about this one there are actually a few of them in church,where is the boundry between ossy and church?

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On Union Road it's near the old Palladium, thats were the sign was, unsure if it's still there? It probably now says 'Welcome to Oswaldtwistle Mills- incorporating Oswaldtwistle' now though!

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just been reading about the pubs and the first 7 are all addresses in church.

1. the commercial hotel built 1834 =still standing
2. conservative club moved tr roughly the present site in 1896 obtained the lease on the stone building to the rear which was formerly known as Mrs jacksons school,the present building dates 1927.
3.the greyhound 45 market street church,built 1850s.
4.rose bud 53 market street =demolished end of the 1960s.
5.musicians inn 61 market street,church.original building lease 1820 shown on map of 1848 lost its license between 1906-09 demolished 1937.
6.railway hotel 63 market street,church built 1852 closed in the 1970s.
7.railway inn. 77 market street,church.building lease 1852 lost its license prior to WW 1.

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THAT MEANS CHURCH IS UPTO THE PRINTERS(LAST ORDERS)ARMS,that would mean another possible 4 pubs on the church side.

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No, the sign is/was in the middle of the Palladium, making The Printers/Last Orders in Ossy.

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how many pubs was there in the whole of ossy? i wouldnt even like to think about that one!

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no it doesnt parky!if you look at what i said i am talking about the whole of ossy not just union road! plus half of them on the great walk are in CHURCH does it count ?

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i was wondering how many there was in the whole of ossy?down the side streets on the outskirts...etc ossy has a large area of land around it and it must have housed loads of pubs!

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There is a list here http://www.britinfo.net/cgi-bin/TLli...ry=F03000&ds=F
but it does'nt include the clubs.

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the lion house was the HORSESHOE,just higher up than the prince of wales(thwaites) think the last landlord was george oswaldeston,remember him well once chased me down union rd with a BAYNOT lol. the landlord in prince of wales was called mcnair,came down from scotland his son was in my class at the tech.

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it wasnt what you called him cashman ! its osbaldeston ,his son comes in the stag now, hes called trevor.

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yeh im not to great at spelling his son i know also, ossy we used to call him in 60s,does he still go rovers?

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he doesnt do a lot really, is his sister called dennise? plus he had a brother called george!

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sorry can't remember he did have family but i never really met them plus havent seen him for about 25 years.

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George Osbaldeston Snr died some years ago. His widow (Joan) and daughter (Denise) live on Monk St, I think George Junior also died a few years ago, and Trevor used to be landlord of either the Welly at Church or the one next door.

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iam sorry but there are more pubs in ossy than what it says on that list.
just a little question for you all, out of all the pubs in ossy (up to about 10 years ago there were 28 of them) only 2 did not have a gable end, but which 2?
can you name them? let us know

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the royal and the foxhall is my guess

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I agree with the Foxhill, but I cannot think of the other.

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yes the foxhill is one of them but the royal is not
here is a clue,
the grey mare on grane road is in ossy!

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never heard of most o these pubs!:confused: is this what used to be on union rd before, cuz the only ones in union rd are:-

Black Dog
Rose & Crown
Royal Oak
Golden Cross
Bay Horse
Tinker & Budget
Foxhill
last orders

were all the bloody others come from?
there more takeaways than pubs, and no im not naming them,:eek: ill be ere all day!!

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is there any plans to open the commercial again (church) had many a good night there used to drink with steve curry ( harry curry's brother). Some of you that live in church must remember harry curry he was some man .RIP.

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Harry curry and john sullivan (sully) used to do all the discos around church, harry was a good crack!

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my dad used to drink with harry many many moons ago. i he's sadly missed

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did you go around church when the cb clubs where goin?

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i don't remember the cd clubs. i used to drink round church when margaret & margo had the commercial

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cd [cross dresser?] clubs in Church?


Well you live and learn, you live and learn.

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would'nt know about that sort of thing

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harry was a great bloke and a great mate,set me up in the disco buisness early 80s,and was a great help worked with him an sully for 23 years,was with him the night before he died, he was in the queens,cracking jokes, couldn't believe it next morning at work when a message came through that he was dead,hit me hard at the time.R.I.P.