tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311128835825518076.post5147495218452056743..comments2023-09-19T10:12:11.422+01:00Comments on PRESTON'S INNS, TAVERNS and BEERHOUSES: BOAR'S HEAD, Friargate BrowSteve Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10495128531587063253noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311128835825518076.post-52690418364627550112018-07-28T14:19:56.962+01:002018-07-28T14:19:56.962+01:00The blonde worth a bun was Jean Shipley She was m...The blonde worth a bun was Jean Shipley She was my grandma! 😂 She had her husband an daughter there, Elaine. And adopted my mum, Catherine. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446960661853726881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311128835825518076.post-92085065689950534422012-12-19T13:05:11.386+00:002012-12-19T13:05:11.386+00:00thanks very much for that information steve i am v...thanks very much for that information steve i am very interested in the <br />rock n roll days of the 1950s and 1960s in my home town of preston.<br />i was a little to young to knock around the pubs in those days but my older brothers tell me there was a great atmosphere about the town in the early 1960s and some of the pubs and clubs they mentioned are the NEW BRIT, DOG AND PARTRIDGE, OLD BLACKBULL, THE AD DANCE CUB AND THE TOP RANK. thanks again your doing a great job and its a fantastic website cheers mel MELhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15102242735921030385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311128835825518076.post-38796267630042932572012-12-19T11:42:06.143+00:002012-12-19T11:42:06.143+00:00Hello Mel
I'm not sure about that one, but I ...Hello Mel<br /><br />I'm not sure about that one, but I can tell you that in the late 60's <br />and early 70's the landlord was William (Billy) Reid, who was a former, <br />I think, amateur boxer. I knew him quite well, and visited his widow in <br />Fulwood after he died in the early 70's.<br /><br />It might have been there as a deterrent, but there were occasions it <br />didn't have the desired effect, with the transgressors being allowed to <br />rue their mistakes in Walco doorway!! Walco's was a shoe repair <br />place next door, that is now the additional bit to the right of the pub.<br /><br />I've got a little bit to add to the blog. Billy was followed by Len <br />Cherry, and Len by Stan Eaton, who is still the landlord. All men who <br />you don't mess with twice.<br /><br />Hope this helps.<br /><br />Kind regards and all the best for Christmas and 2013.<br /><br />Steve HSteve Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10495128531587063253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311128835825518076.post-19033376687771471412012-12-19T11:01:00.145+00:002012-12-19T11:01:00.145+00:00i believe the old blackbull on friargate use to ha...i believe the old blackbull on friargate use to have a picture of the landlord at the entrance in the late 1950s early 1960s with a pair of boxing gloves on to deter trouble makers. do you no if this is true and who was the landlord at that time. many thanks mel MELhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15102242735921030385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311128835825518076.post-38742868899186347012012-09-19T20:42:29.616+01:002012-09-19T20:42:29.616+01:00This should appear on the page for the Boar's ...This should appear on the page for the Boar's Head at 6 Friargate.<br /><br />http://pubsinpreston.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/boars-head-6-friargate.html<br /><br />It rather sounds as though the landlady was Jean Shipley, the one with a blonde bun in her hair. Stood no messing. I didn't even know she had a husband, so well did he keep his head down!Steve Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10495128531587063253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311128835825518076.post-68055596712935572192012-09-19T20:29:16.153+01:002012-09-19T20:29:16.153+01:00late 60,s landlady was a blonde who would eject un...late 60,s landlady was a blonde who would eject undesirables by throwing them down the stairs. her husband seemed to spend most of his time reading the paper at the bar. bashfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11053896385875463839noreply@blogger.com