Accrington pubs
 

In the wake of the news about Accringtons pubs disappearing I thought I'd post this list from 1898. I bet there's a lot that people don't know about. If I'm correct there are still 28 of open.

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interesting list but cannot see colliers - birtwistle st, welcome - elephant st. and st.ledger- plantation street, all i used to frequent now long gone. feel sure they were there in 1898, wouldn,t put money on it though. lol:)

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Is Birtwistle street at Bedlam? If so they are all on there. Otherwise that ones missing.

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One good pub crawl!!!! :D:D:D

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You have a good memory Jen. Did they not bar people in those days ? :D

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Only for excess sobriety;)

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they'll all slowly start to close down esp now after the smoking ban

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ah yer correct about the two chris,but no birtwistle st ran along the top of elephant street accy, so the triangle was welcome, colliers, st ledger, the colliers has been omitted for some reason. welcome- lions (pint crystal) colliers- lions (pint crystal) st ledger- thwaites (big ben) lol
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Only when you came to accrington they started barring people!!!! :D:D:D

My problem was i started at the dog and partridge, then the bay horse, then alma, then the victoria, then the park and then the hargreaves the problem was hiking back up that hill so having to stop again at the park, victoria, alma, bay horse, dog and partridge and then having to hike it back along the back lane over the border!!! Now was i still standing - what do you think? :D:D:D

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after studying the list i can say with honesty i have drank in 53 of those pubs,plus the colliers n the union on hyndburn rd (lions) making 55.cos they have missed the union which was opposite the main gate of the Ewbank factory.;)

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Spug says - was that all in one night - even i guess that it took an afternoon as well!!!! :D:D:D

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My great grandfather ran the Lark Inn Abbey St, my grandmother ran the brown Cow in Bridge St, this later became the Central Club. the Flying Duchman in Abbey St, was where the Arden Inn now stands. The first pubs to shut down as
I recolect was the Red Lion in Abbey St, Cattle Market Abbey St, Welcome in Elephant St, Roland Rathbone was the Landlord,he took over the Lomax Arms in Gt Harwood, a real character who kept it for 30 or so years.

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can you remember the landlord previous in the welcome? landlady was a blonde (eileen) who took the pineapple in blackburn, he fell to his death in the cellar, which was directly under the bar, never knew him as i was well underage lol n started supping their about 62 which was after his death, it was always a did she, didnt she topic lol,personally i thought not, but what did a kid know.;)

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You'r right cashy she had it to, she used to drink in the Kings Arms when she retired, I believe she had a few husbands, .Arther Mort told me she 'planted' them on top of each other at Pleasington Cemetery. My Grandmother had the Globe Inn on Blackburn Rd, Grandad Tom took it in 1927 she left about 1957 when Mrs Dunn took over. Strange ting about that Mr Dunn fell down cellar steps and died after about 6 years, and my grandad died after 6 years in the same pub, both of them ran it on their own for about 30 years.

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cant see the Black Abbey on the list, makes 56 if its not there,:D also ianto i have a dead funny incident about arthur mort n a prostitute to relate, remind me next time our paths cross.;)

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was it the welcome were a barmaid/landlady also fell down the
cellar i seem to recall back in the sixties name of fielding

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Black Abbey! Is that not the Abbey on Bank St?

Does anyone know if there was a pub opposite the Swan, before the Red Lion, is it one on the list?

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could well be chris,was black abbey in my day lol,was a pub on corner next to marnita automatics not sure what the name was.

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that pub was the red lion
then it became a tyre fitting place
big tractor tyre outside i seem to recall

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No, the Red Lion was rhe empty building on the corner, used to be PV Tubes. I'm talking where the garage is now. Used to be a church there and someone told me a pub, but he may be wrong.

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Yes there was a friend of mine was brought up in it, it was either The Oak Tree or The Lord Nelson will give you name later. It was opposite the gaveyard that was removed to make a car park for the Swan.
The landlord fell down the stairs at the Welcome, see cashman's post, the Feildings had the Black Horse on Abbey St for a number of years in the late fifties/sixties, ask me another:D.

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i remember a row of shops were the garage is now
chip shop, second hand shop, barbers.etc
remember alf and his wife having black horse
seem to recall his sons girl had a fall in a cellar
must not have been the welcome
memory fades:confused:

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tyre place was clarksons i think,seem to remember a guy killed there with an exploding tyre.

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The landlords of the Welcome and the Globe in my recolection both met their early deaths by falling down the stairs, I
I do seem to recall an accident in the Black Horse in the sixties. The other pub near the Red Lion was only a few yards down from it, I'll get the name off my mate he used to live in it. There was another pub further down near the Canine Club, it was called The Brigade, anyone remember that?

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ive had a drink in every pub in hyndburn,not all in one night i should add :)
great to see that list of pubs way back then.does anyone know if the britannia still going? tramway was my fist local and thats long gone now :(

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The Britt is still going.

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think its still there spig, was a good pub virtually next door to the Brittania- the Star another Thwaites house with a good jukebox,lol

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Britannia is still going, came past the other day and smokers were enjoy their ciggies in the sunshine:D

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let's see if thats the case when its snowing:Banane08:

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It will have to be unfortunately, we don't have the choice of staying indoors:(

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i love it when it comes to drinkers fag breaks and everyone shouts 'GOODNITE' when they all start flocking outside haha

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we now have some pubs trying
to stop non smokers from going outside
to join smoking companions

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And why not? They can't have it all their own way all of the time. Did you read the Telegraph? The owners of a cafe in Darwen are not allowing non-smokers to use the seats outside which were put there for the social outcasts, now when the sun comes out they want to sit in the midst of all that smoke thus running the risk of passive smoking. Talk about have your cake and eat it:confused:

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Totally agree,barstewards,they've forced us out onto the streets and now they wanna sit with us cos there's no atmosphere in the pubs,make yer feckin minds up,hopefully fat boy Brown will see sense and do away with the ban on smoking,he's gonna lose a lot of revenue cos of it,I've not stepped foot in a pub since I was stopped from smoking in one,I think they should put disclaimers on pub doors ' this is a smoking pub' f*ck off if ya don't like ciggy smoke,go to a pub that is non smoking,plenty of em,leave us smokers alone,rant over:D

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lol well said accy red

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Some of us approve of the smoking ban, I really like not smelling like an old ash tray when I get home.

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I appreciate that tobacco smoke permeates fabrics and is unpleasant for non smokers, but consider the alternative - the pubs will close one by one without the patronage of smokers, because their profit margins are too tight to wait for the time when the smokers have died off (albeit prematurely) and there is a whole new generation who want to use pubs and who dont smoke. By that time there wont be a pub to go to to get smelly in.

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hi can you tell me where you got this list from as i think it is very interesting. i wondered if there was more lists like this for clayton and surrounding areas.

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I'll see if I can find more.
There's this list for pubs in Oswaldtwistle from the History & Heritage forum:

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...stle-6644.html

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That young man was called Michael Bartram.....he was just a couple of years younger than me and went to the same school.

George Clarkson...the owner lived on Higher Antley Street across from my Gran...his second wife was a Sister at Accy Vic......all totally irrelevant I know, but maybe of interest to someone out there.

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The lady that fell down the cellar was called Margaret Fielding and not the landlord, she left 2 kids aged 3 and 5 and was related to the Fieldings who had the Black Horse

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I'm only repeating the story Eileen told us back then.

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I am only saying whats true she was my sister-in-law that's how I know

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Fair enough.:) There was allsorts of whispers going around at that time after the landlady had told us that story. I'm not glad it was yer sister in law, but am glad the whispers were false. i rather liked eileen.

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we were told someone pushed her but we couldnt prove it :( there is a man (obviously old now) in Accrington that everytime he sees my neice he laughs at her about her mum!

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We were told Eileen had pushed him, so its similar. dont suppose will ever know