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One thing I will say about the Block...it was very rare to see large scale punch ups in there, possibly due to the "turn on, tune in and drop out" vibe. Always the safest pub to be in on those "eventful" nights downtown after a Blackburn/Burnley derby match! :D

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never saw a big punch up in yon in all the years i went in, an odd fight even that was very rare, more in the front bar than back room.

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The blue room.that was the back room

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I was a front bar man in those days ,never did go in back room.
people watching.
Anyone remember Boo,Mick Absilom

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cant say i ever saw Eddie actually serve anybody with a drink
he was always sat at the bar in the corner when i went in
John ended up being a good goldsmith if my memory serves me well

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Eddie always sat in the corner,keeping an eye on anybody who came in. John had one of those shops on Peel St. I think he still has the shop.

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News to me mate,blue room was always back room of the derby.:confused:

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Yep, that's what I thought, too. Certainly was when I was going in the two establishments!

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Bet it should have been called the haze room roffl
After Jimmy

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the guy who got bounced off the stool had a wallpaper shop on union st, in those days, so ya probably knew him john.:D late 60s/early70 shop closed n he became a landlord in another well known supping house.;)

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Come on then, Mr Lovell, when are you going to tell us some of these stories you promised us? :D

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ahh Wynonie ,as you get older patience is a virtue lol
bet you remember Jimmy barret from the jazz club days
Cashman can't remember his name the guy who was taken down so to speak.

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Hello Cashman,
Where exactly was the Blockade?. I can remember having my first 'legal' drink (18th. birthday) in a pub close to the Cavern. Could it have been the blockade?

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Right, I shall wait with baited breath, John. Remember Jimmy Barrett vaguely from Jazz Club days, but can't remember much about him - it's all a bit of a blur. ;)

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Blockade was just on corner below the Princes n Empire cinemas n across the road. nearest pub to cavern was Castle just above, Black Bull just across the river stink bridge, think the Australian just across rd n bottom corner was closed then.