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More closing :o :o;
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Try actually reading the article before you tell people more are closing, NOWHERE in that article does it say more are closing

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Well Shaz I got it wrong :o :o :p :p :tongueout :tongueout.

BTW, The Foxhill only reopened up a YEAR ago :signntme::signntme:

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No Bee, you got it right.

The article in the AO begins "Pubs in Hyndburn are closing at a rate of more than one a month". Please note the tense used - present. It does not say 'were' closing. There is nothing in the article to indicate the rate of closures is in any way likely to change.

In fact, after the Wetherspoons opening and recent Tesco/Morrisons off sales, the only question remaining is 'what pubs are next to close?'

Shaz, go back to bed.

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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! :eek:

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Nah we will all just gather in the 'spoons!!
:D

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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.:eek: 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.:D But thank the lord, praise JESUS:theband:, now we have Facebook and Twitter.:rolleyes: How crude and dated; chatting live with your friends over a pint and a game of darts ... thank god for progress:rolleyes:

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They can all shut for me.

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Don't think The Dog and Partridge at Bash ever re-opened

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Oh no! Is it Godbotherer?...or a born again teatotaller?...or both! :eek:

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Opening soon

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Really? That's the old Commercial at Church isn't it? Must be ripe for demolition rather than owt else!

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Haha well funny:D Have Wetherspoons bought it?;)

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Not such a bad idea. In 5 years time when the stadium's built, this pub could be thriving on match days!

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Could this be Tealeaf's excuse to go back into one?;)

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No, I reckon he'll probably stick to the Stag. ;)

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Most regular pub goers were a bit hedonistic.

Live for today.

Drink, smoke, have a laugh, be happy.

The smoking ban might have cleansed the actual atmosphere, but after hundreds of care free years, they may have well sprayed all the pubs with sodium cyanide.

Same effect.

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Are you sure wadey? :confused: :confused: :stop: :stop: :stop:.

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No Wyn Mallard is a bit like me these days, very imobile and doesn't really have much need for pubs anymore;)

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Well there's one thing we've learnt Bee has had a sense of humour bypass in Japan;)

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OK Jay, in that case, I'll let him off! ;)

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Just seen this pic, maybe if it used at the begining of a post, jaysay will be clearly warned:D
http://s1.b3ta.com/host/creative/369...419120/BEE.jpg

Copied from, b3ta.com challenge: safety posters

Not been on the above website for quite a few months, but this is where I got the pic from, a rather funny thread I thought:D

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Thanks odders every home should have one:D:D

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same here.... just not the same any more.... :mad:

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The Plough on Fielding Lane Ossy reopens on Thursday 25th August.
The bar manager is my stepgranddaughter's boyfriend and from her I have been told that the bar staff have uniforms and customers are required to adhere to a dress code - so no hoodies and track suits etc. allowed.

so Jaysay, don't make the effort to get up the hill - they won't let you in :D

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Isn't the opening on Thursday just a sort of pre-viewing .. kinda' by invitation ?

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No - the private party is Wednesday

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Oh, Ok ... sorry.

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LOL...so presumably everyone in Ossy is automatically barred!

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Didn't go in when I wore a suite every day Margaret, could only manage to drag myself as far as the Stop:D

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What time have you to be there Kate:rolleyes:

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They usually have two or they did in my day when I was on the pub and club refurbishment, :drink::drink::drink::drink::drink:I don't remember too many of them though:D:D

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No but I know one chap from Church that is:rolleyes:They won't want Wetherspoons cast offs:D

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The Plough have just announced this on their facebook page
"Due to an oversight with a minor variation to a premises license we cannot open to the public for another 2 weeks as per Hyndburn Borough Council. Although this is a blow to us, and you our customers it gives us even more time to train our staff and iron out any small bugs.....Hang in their Folks, it will be worth the wait. NB If anyone wants to complain to the Council on our behalf please feel free!!!"

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Good to see pubs opening

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The add on seems strange, why is HBC at fault, if they didn't know the licencing requirements

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In the LET;
Closed Oswaldtwistle boozer becomes gastropub after £250k revamp (From Lancashire Telegraph)

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I wish them well but it is out of the way a little.

Maybe that will be a good thing for them

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Looks like they've furnished it with stuff from an MFI fire sale.

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You aint just whistling dixie, hon:alright:

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Ya that always put me of Neil, always found I had to Stop and Rest half way up Fielding Lane, never seemed to get any further:D

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Looks as though The Queens is having some sort of refurbishment. Notice the pub name signs have been taken off.

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It could be the result of action from the P.C. brigade, a name like that might be considered homophobic?
http://www.smiley-lol.com/smiley/drague/gay/gay.gif

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Would taking it down not be homophobic?
Leaving it would be rejoicing in there live and let live attitude.

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Who can say? P.C. brigades only want to be seen to be correct, they don't really care about different groups living in harmony.
:)

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I am so naive I always thought they really did care.

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Wadey, today i saw some decorations on the Commercial Hotel (Church). Wonder what's happening to it.

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Well spotted, Bee! And shame on the rest of you!

My guess is that this may have originated with Ossy Mills; they've been complaining about the mess for years. Certainly, the theme of what's been plastered up there - the hard graft of mill workers - suggests that.

One problem, though. The stuff got pasted up there yesterday. As of two hours ago, it was already peeling off. Still, I suppose that's the sort of craftsmanship you would expect from Ossy.

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Ya and the crap filthy surface in Church which nout sticks to:p

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A good friend of mine has lived at York Cottage all his life and told me it used to be a pub.

He isn't sure how long ago it was when it closed but his mother lived in the cottage for years before he was born.

The pub was the York Inn and the cottage is just past Broadfield school on the other side of the road.

Does anybody have any information on it and why it was called York Inn.

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Gremlin see posts 15 16 20 on thread http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...y-30865-2.html

Someone says it was the Duke of York.