Lost Pub

Forts Arms has closed... landlord moved out of town to Wigan. Not sure what the plans are for re-opening though ? Accylass may know.
 
Noticed the Royal at Clayton has re-opened and looks like the Forts is about to, as a gentleman was painting the outside yesterday. Have noticed lots of cars at night parked there, like a meeting was going on or summat.

All is not lost then. :)
 
Was there a pub on the old Hynburn road just past the old bus depot back door?
I seem to remember the girl I married living very close to it and I think! the chap who ran it finished up with a couple of lorries. Memory plays tricks after all these years, it must be about 1969 I am talking about just after I moved from sunny Yorkshire.
 
will try again. was the "Langs Arms" on Grant st, which ran Blackburn Rd to the Underground, used to pop in on friday nights until the "Miners" decided they were better without me custom.:D
 
That's the place I remember, The Union. Memory is not so bad after all, I just wish I could remember the name of the chap who had it about that time.

He died a year or two ago and his coffin travelled to the crem on the back of Alan Brierley's old lorry.
 
That's the place I remember, The Union. Memory is not so bad after all, I just wish I could remember the name of the chap who had it about that time.

He died a year or two ago and his coffin travelled to the crem on the back of Alan Brierley's old lorry.
Was his last name "Terry"? can't remember his first, but can sure remember his daughter.:) if so he once tipped a chamberpot outa upstairs window oer me n mate who were sat on step one sunday night before 7-00 singing "Why are we waiting" top geezer. P.M.S.L.
 
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Was his last name "Terry"? can't remember his first, but can sure remember his daughter.:) if so he once tipped a chamberpot outa upstairs window oer me n mate who were sat on step one sunday night before 7-00 singing "Why are we waiting" top geezer. P.M.S.L.
I used to go in the Palatine just up the street from the Union, a mates dad took it over in about 1963, was the transport manager at Lancashire Shopfitters and decided to have a change he was Called George McCann
 
will try again. was the "Langs Arms" on Grant st, which ran Blackburn Rd to the Underground, used to pop in on friday nights until the "Miners" decided they were better without me custom.:D

No.May sound obvious but it was on Lang St that went up to the underground.:p

It's a car park now.
 
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