Thorn Inn

[whistler]

Tell me then Tealeaf, where do you go drinking ?

 

[Royboy39]

Re: Thorn Inn area

Here is a very old photo showingn Ponthalgh. Gracious, its so old I cant believe it! Appears to go back to the 1400's!

This building was the farm house known as Park Farm.
I lived in this house from 1950 to 1957.
This photo appears to have been taken a long time before we were there or
a long time after.
When we lived there the walls of the whole building were cement washed every year and it was much cleaner.
The central part of the house was not used.
To the right of the building was the dairy.
It was in fact a dairy farm before being over-run by chickens and left to rot.

 

[jackiehaworth]

hi i think it used t be a wall all around the pub
thanks jackie

 

[daisybeth]

I know I maybe going away from the Thorn here but these shots are within a good stones throw. The to shots of the farm buildings is Church Kirk Bridge Farm, where we also played as kids, to the right of the Road about 50 yards down the canal is Plowtalgh farm (not Show) the shot down the canal looks towards the back of Masertbar aside the Donkey Back. The last shot is from to other side of the bridge looking towards St James Road.

Thanks for jogging my memories, my friends and I used to fish for minnows under Church Kirk bridge, I loved the view from the bridge too and to wander through the farm fields.

 

[daisybeth]

Did we go to School together then? - Church Kirk. Miss Hoyle and Mrs Ogan.

Question not aimed at me but
I remember the Church Kirk junior school teachers, - Miss Grimshaw, Mrs Hogan, Miss Hope {good at rapping knuckles if you misbehaved!], Miss Hoyle and Mr Chew, not forgetting Mr W.[Billy] Aspden the Headmaster. Also remember the trek to Moorhead school for P.E. Oh. happy days.