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Wanderers Ways. Neil Thompson 1961-2021

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What was your pre-Burnden boozer?

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My dad used to take me in the cattle market.

The Trotters,Sweet Green Tavern,Nightingale, King Bill, Waggon, Churchills,PrinceBill + probably a few more i`ve forgot

 

now hands up who went watching the 10p strippers mid-late 70s at that club that used to be next to whats the last orders now,  

can`t recall the clubs name :roll: :vm

 

it was called scamps & i used to go at dinner time when i was at college

another one - Painters

Churchills: landlord was a red.

Waggon

King Bill.

What's Burnden?

 

8-[

another one - Painters

 

landlord was called bunny who was an ex jockey-----sadly died an alcoholic

The Trotters (later Duck n Firkin-strippers aswell) sometimes over the road to the clarence(JJB store now) churchills then waggon n horses :bb

W&H for me...only a wee boys then

the saddle

alma

trotters

rosehill

waggon

kingbill

match

then back plus a few more nearly always end up in cider house

singing anty man u songs and landlord with big strawberry nose going mad

Sweet Green.

 

King Bill now and then - remeber seeing Nicky Brookman in there once pre-match but he only had a half and he was on the bench

sweet green then churchills and then wagon & horses.

 

montereze if we were meeting the fylde lads.

 

griffin, alma, and trotters if it were an interesting one :-$

Big Frank was in the king bill on occasion, with his big overcoat.

 

I recall

cattle and wagon

The Trotters,Sweet Green Tavern,Nightingale, King Bill, Waggon, Churchills,PrinceBill + probably a few more i`ve forgot

 

now hands up who went watching the 10p strippers mid-late 70s at that club that used to be next to whats the last orders now,

can`t recall the clubs name :roll: :vm

 

dance factory ?

The Trotters,Sweet Green Tavern,Nightingale, King Bill, Waggon, Churchills,PrinceBill + probably a few more i`ve forgot

 

now hands up who went watching the 10p strippers mid-late 70s at that club that used to be next to whats the last orders now,

can`t recall the clubs name :roll: :vm

 

it was called scamps & i used to go at dinner time when i was at college

 

Is that the one by the Lido?

 

 

 

 

3 Crowns (by NatWest, near Woolies on Deansgate) for us in the 70s

The Trotters,Sweet Green Tavern,Nightingale, King Bill, Waggon, Churchills,PrinceBill + probably a few more i`ve forgot

 

now hands up who went watching the 10p strippers mid-late 70s at that club that used to be next to whats the last orders now,

can`t recall the clubs name :roll: :vm

 

dance factory ?

 

scamps

The Trotters,Sweet Green Tavern,Nightingale, King Bill, Waggon, Churchills,PrinceBill + probably a few more i`ve forgot

 

now hands up who went watching the 10p strippers mid-late 70s at that club that used to be next to whats the last orders now,

can`t recall the clubs name :roll: :vm

 

dance factory ?

 

scamps as it was then

All over t'place but mainly the Trotters for me. Strippers up stairs and many a fine time when the away specials came in. Funny thing is - never any hassles with Millwall. Used to pop in for a swifty then high tail it to the Wood St Social Club! Kind of squalor they were used to them days I suppose.

the palli :D

Bowling Green (Bury Road)

 

Lever Bridge

 

Monteraze

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