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Yep jogged my memory ... was right across from the Tech, never classed it as on the Barbary Coast..not as close as the Sun, Dun Horse etc.
It was known as a pub were they might turn a blind eye to abit of wacky backy.. same as the Albion in Clayton and Blockade in Accy. ;)

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Glad to hear that.I worked for him in The Tavern Ossy:)

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now ya mention it,we never did,thought vulcan n jubilee were just off the "Coast" we regarded the Ribblesdale n George @Dragon as the edge of coast.:confused: we were from accy though so will bow to the knowledge of any owd Blackburner. any takers?:confused:

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Was there a Wheatsheaf, on the B coast ajacent to the Mecca.

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I'm trying to remember , I'm thinking you had to walk past the Ribblesdale to get to the Dun Horse (opposite Police Station , near to the Blackburn Times office ) both in spitting distance of Yates wine lodge

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Good to hear from you Steely. What was the name of the pub down that street where the Library is. There used to be a Co-oP Emporium there I think. accross from Tony's Ballroom, Am I making sence.

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I'm thinking, Little Bull, Big Bull, Yates, Sun, Swan, Dun Horse,.. and one over from Dun horse?.... then some proper dive night club..ah yes Tophat!

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yep , knew the place well , I asked the same question a few threads back , and never got an answer , a big one room place , I think a Lion pub , remember telling my parents about a new "hot" pub in Blackburn and they fell about laughing they had used it 20 years earlier

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i once fell drunk into a bike outside there and it fell over taking 2 other bikes with it lol

a bit of quick thinking saved my life because when the owners came out to see what had happened i pointed down the street andd said some lads just kicked them over and ran off in that direction pointing down the street lol

the bike owners got some exercise and i got to carry on getting more drunk :D

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Errr i think that is where it got its name from..........

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just been talking to my mate Kev about this thread, he said he used to go in the Vulcan nearly everyday in the 80s

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Jesus yeh i remember the Vulcan, i moved from the south west to Blackburn and that was the first pub i really went to, new years eve 88 to be precise. It was bloody great,good music and beer!!!!!

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Moving from the south west the beer would be good:D

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Used to serve a really good pint in the Vulcan. Used it when it went to the Tech in the mid 70's. Also the Jubilee and The Court pub to, which was round the back of the Tech. I used to work at a Printers on St Peters Street, so remember using both the Wheatsheaf and Dun Horse too....and not forgetting the legendary Dirty Duck!!

Best Regards - Taggy

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Used to go in the Vulcan in the late 60's, lots of glasses flying. I also went to another pub at the bottom of New Park St, but don't remember its name. I think it was near the Baths.