Was King St Accy a Red Light area?

[cashman]

Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

You trying to kid yourself here Cashy?

nah just sayin it as it is Bernie.

[Tin Monkey]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Back in the old days, "something for the weekend" was a coded phrase for condoms

You see, I didn't know that and when the barber asked me that question, I asked for a quarter of jelly babies and a bottle of sarsaparilla!

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Tin Monkey

You see, I didn't know that and when the barber asked me that question, I asked for a quarter of jelly babies and a bottle of sarsaparilla!

Obviously you've led very sheltered life TM

[tosh]

cashy,
i think the pub on king st was the cattel market, not cattelmens.
i may be wrong.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by tosh

cashy,
i think the pub on king st was the cattel market, not cattelmens.
i may be wrong.

yeh may be right with name tosh, was talking about the lodging house though.

[jelly baby]

Originally Posted by Lilly

King Street in Blackburn is a red light area isn't it?

Not King St itself, but some of the side streets off it, in the one way system. We used to see some of the girls touting for business when I was taking my daughter to netball at Witton Park. Many of them couldn't have been more than 16yrs. Years ago, in the mid 70's, one of the girls used to work out of Yates Wine Lodge (the old one) Flo she was called. She used to have us in stitches with the stories she told about her 'clients'.

[wadey]

I worked on King Street, BLACKBURN during the 70s and that area including Clayton Street and Mincing Lane was the "Red Light" district, however a few months ago I went to Blackburn with a mate to pick up a car and suprise, suprise it's still the same!

[Royboy39]

Originally Posted by cashman

yeh may be right with name tosh, was talking about the lodging house though.

Hi Cashy
As I remember the Cattle Market on King Street in Accy was a pub and a lodging house, so named for it's proximity to the slaughter house and market on Hyndburn Road.
The Landlord at one time was Mat Ellison who went on to be a sawdust merchant in Church.
I got a red card from one of our grannies for mentioning a local butcher, but I know when I was eating hovis as a young lad, the same butcher made an excuse every Friday when the Golden Eagle arrived in a packet, he would make his excuses and appear full of health and rosy cheeks on Monday a 'Made Man'

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Royboy39

Hi Cashy
As I remember the Cattle Market on King Street in Accy was a pub and a lodging house, so named for it's proximity to the slaughter house and market on Hyndburn Road.
The Landlord at one time was Mat Ellison who went on to be a sawdust merchant in Church.
I got a red card from one of our grannies for mentioning a local butcher, but I know when I was eating hovis as a young lad, the same butcher made an excuse every Friday when the Golden Eagle arrived in a packet, he would make his excuses and appear full of health and rosy cheeks on Monday a 'Made Man'

ta fer that Roy mate.