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Old 10-01-2010, 17:34   #31
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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.
Who's name can i not remember?
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Old 10-01-2010, 18:37   #32
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News to me mate,blue room was always back room of the derby.
Thats what I always thought cashy, had many a happy hour in the Derby blue room
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Old 10-01-2010, 19:15   #33
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sorry it was cashman who was on about the guy on the stool.
YOU will have to put me down as getting senile lol
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Old 10-01-2010, 22:57   #34
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sorry it was cashman who was on about the guy on the stool.
YOU will have to put me down as getting senile lol
not to worry john, i can name the guy who made the phone call, the guy who got banjoed, n the guy who banjoed him. 2 of them no longer wi us, but don't think a public forum is the place to name em.
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Old 11-01-2010, 11:06   #35
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not to worry john, i can name the guy who made the phone call, the guy who got banjoed, n the guy who banjoed him. 2 of them no longer wi us, but don't think a public forum is the place to name em.
Forever the pragmatist cashy
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Old 11-01-2010, 16:54   #36
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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.
Yes John still has the shop on Peel Street - John Berry, Jewellery Repairs. He is usually in Bold Street on a Friday Night
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Old 11-01-2010, 20:26   #37
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not to worry john, i can name the guy who made the phone call, the guy who got banjoed, n the guy who banjoed him. 2 of them no longer wi us, but don't think a public forum is the place to name em.
Yes better let sleeping dogs Lie.
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Old 06-06-2011, 01:11   #38
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Saw the post on pubs last night and remember this one the blockade .
Joyce was the landady,Eddie and john her son .
any one else got a few tales , I have but will add them as the thread grows.

I was there !! I was 16 back then and working behind the bar. Eddie always sat at the bar like the big man, and made comments about my 16 yr old arse. He would have been in his 50s `then. Creep.I quit the job.

. My brother used to hang out there too. And I remember a young man named Dave - had really frizzy curly hair, and drove a motorcycle. Was always there around that time.
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Old 06-06-2011, 02:04   #39
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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.
You've got me confused now /senior moment , so which was the pub on Maudsley/Addison st area, one of the streets behind Mary's Music (near to Emerson and Renwicks ) thinking it was a Magnet/John Smiths pub , also had a good juke box
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You've got me confused now /senior moment , so which was the pub on Maudsley/Addison st area, one of the streets behind Mary's Music (near to Emerson and Renwicks ) thinking it was a Magnet/John Smiths pub , also had a good juke box
That's the New Brewery you're thinking of, SJ. Another one on the "circuit" back in the day!
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That's the New Brewery you're thinking of, SJ. Another one on the "circuit" back in the day!
Was a great lunchtime venue when I was at Tech Wyn
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Old 06-06-2011, 09:20   #42
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That's the New Brewery you're thinking of, SJ. Another one on the "circuit" back in the day!
thats the one, a good watering hole in its day.
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Old 06-06-2011, 09:46   #43
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cant say i ever saw Eddie actually serve anybody with a drink
well i called in fer years n i can't recall either, can anyone say they ever saw eddie serve ale?
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well i called in fer years n i can't recall either, can anyone say they ever saw eddie serve ale?
Nope, Joyce certainly served plenty up, but never saw Eddie pull a beer.
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Old 08-01-2012, 23:54   #45
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That was my Local in the late 70's many a good night there. Eddie never pulled a pint just sat at the end of the bar drinking wine. Joyce was a lovely woman.
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