for jaysay ...
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It is what used to be the Oak Tree pub near Winfields(I think).
Good big building like that going to waste....it is a crying shame.
Good big building like that going to waste....it is a crying shame.
That's how I like to remember the place, spent many happy hours in yon, in fact think I may have a claim on the place
It is a shame but a lot of people don't want these old buildings now. Expensive to maintain and heat etc.
it was called the Great Tree margaret ...
i had to be in hassy this morning for 9am .. and walked it home .. and id promised jaysay a picture of it ...
and yes i had many a happy night in there as well jaysay ..
i had to be in hassy this morning for 9am .. and walked it home .. and id promised jaysay a picture of it ...
and yes i had many a happy night in there as well jaysay ..
Sadly they don't.
The Masonic Hall in Ossy's just been put up for sale.
Can't see there being much of a market for it.
I heard on the grape vine that they are moving their operation to Ossy Social Club, how true that is I don't know
I suppose that makes economic sense.
It isn't used very often, and must have high running costs.
I'm not entirely sure that it is true that they are expensive to heat and maintain......they are solidly built, with character thrown in.
There is much that can be done to insulate these buildings...and Ok, it might be expensive at the outset but then you reap the rewards over the years.
I hate the 'knock it down and build modern' mentality.
The only real drawback to this one, is that it is on a busy main road.
I used to pass the place every day in the sixties, on my way to work at David Whitheads in Rawtenstall.
you should ask its owner what hes going to do with it ... though we dont see him much around here now.. hes got his big shop round the corner from the great tree ...
Was a regular calling place for me too Gremlin the Guy that owned it was a Romanie gypsy and also dealt in Gold, when he closed the cafe he moved to Baxenden, remember going to see him when the Wife wanted a charm bracelet after she lost her's when we were burgled
Haslingden has been for sale for years, they now meet at The Clayton Le Moors Lodge
"The Great Tree" (Pub) Blackburn Road, Acre
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I don't remember much about the owner jaysay, it was just a handy place to park six tankers across the other side of the road. We used to park in Bury Friday night and get our lodging money but cadge a lift home. Saturday we would get back to Bury and stop for breakfast in the cafe before we went back to the depot. Four hours at time and half and and a nights expenses tax free.