Leyland pubs
DavidMany moons ago when we lived in Preston/Walton le dale, my wife and I used to take the Ribble bus to the Leyland Tiger for a night out on the town. Back then, circa 1960, the Tiger was a fairly well known pub around the south Ribble. And didn't Leyland have a few pubs name after the 'stars'....Seven Stars, etc ?? Are any of these places still open, and is there any 'history' connected to any of them ?? [?][?][8D]
MartinHi David The Leyland Tiger was transformed into a "Fun Bar" called the Hippodrome, around the start of the 90's. Then it was derelict for a few years and has recently been reduced to a pile of rubble. I believe a block of flats is being built on that piece of land (somebody correct me if I'm wrong). The Tiger name came from one of Leylands buses. As for the Seven Stars, there were a few pubs with that name but I think the only one or perhaps two that are left, are at the bottom of Fox Lane, in the Seven Stars area of town (oddly enough). I seem to remember that there was a Seven Stars pub next door to the Original Ship in Towngate. As for the name, I'm not sure how that came about, is it some reference to the constellation of The Plough?
LDunlop76
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Originally posted by Martin
As for the Seven Stars......... As for the name, I'm not sure how that came about, is it some reference to the constellation of The Plough?
I think so, Martin, but on the dodgy evidence that the Seven Stars pub in St Helens has The Plough painted on its pub sign![:o)]
William RA bit of useless information - used to drink in the Ship on Saturday night but avoid the Seven Stars next door. Don`t know why.This thread set me looking in the Sheffield Area Yellow Pages, this being a Steel making and Coal Mining area. There are 9 Plough Inn, 0 Seven Stars,2 White Rose (this in Yorkshire) 7 Ship Inn, 8 Miners Arms, 1 Steel Melters Arms, 1 Yorkshireman, 1 Yorkshire Terrier. All from a total of 1500 pubs, all in Yorkshire. We only have 2 Eagle and Child. There are some odd ones too - Crinoline Bridge,Fitzooth and Firkin, Hammer and Pincers, Old Grindstone, The Parish Oven to name but a few. What about the Boy and Barrel, the Brush and Easel, Tom Cobleighs Half Moon, Tom Treddlehoyle. Somebody look in Leyland Yellow Pages, you don`t know what you`ll find. Perhaps someone one day will do a piece on the origin of Pub names. From over the Pennines, Cheerio, Bill.
MartinHas anyone counted the number of pubs in Leyland? I think there was about twenty the last time I had a go...
  • The Hayrick
  • Rose and Crown (Farrington)
  • The Railway
  • The Queens
  • The Gables
  • The Ship
  • The George
  • The Fox and Lion
  • The Eagle and Child
  • The Roebuck
  • The Seven Stars
  • The Old Original seven Stars
  • Broadfield Arms
  • Dunkirk Hall
  • The Wheatsheaf
  • Waggon & Horses
  • The Black Bull
  • The Leyland Tiger R.I.P.
Cab you think of any more
Lady GriffinWish I could remember the names of Pubs in the area but I do recall my uncle a Leyland man going to see a man about a dog and ending up at The Five Barred Gate or The Sitting Goose but I suspect these were further afield than The Seven Stars.He liked to wander. One public house more towards you Noel was the one run by Pierrepoint, the Public Hangman-very popular place for charabang trips-on the Southport Rd???
noelYes I remember Pierrepoint, but not his public house. ( I was told it was a good place to hang out) The Sitting Goose is on "The Fylde" Quite posh in my courting days but impossible to go to to have an alcoholic drink now.
Lady GriffinMy husband took me to Pierrepoint's Pubs -I think perhaps two -one was Hang(or Pity?)the poor Struggler and the other-maybe- The Rose and Crown.All I can remember is the huge car park for the buses and a sign behind the bar-No Hanging Around This Bar.We stopped there on our way back from the Grand National at Aintree. Actually it's so long ago sometimes I think I dream these things. As you say pubs have gone upmarket now.I saw that when visiting last, but many especially in Preston were basically ordinary houses and very tiny.We lived almost next door to one in Church St, Preston-The Angel-very handy for a quick pint. L
DavidLady G mentioned the Five Barred Gate. I wonder if she is referring to the 'old' Five Barred Gate that was on the New Blackburn Road, at the junction with the Whalley cut off ? A great pub in it's day, long gone now of course, demolished a long time ago, and rebuilt as a hotel and spa...the Trafalgar, if my memory serves me well ?? I remember lining up outside the Five Barred Gate, in the snow, waiting for it to open on a Sunday night. Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end....[8D][8D][8D]
DavidTaking too much room up. [8D]
LDunlop76
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Originally posted by noel
Yes I remember Pierrepoint, but not his public house. ( I was told it was a good place to hang out)
Groan! Noel, I can't believe you said that! [:p]
William RWent for Drawing Office Christmas Dinner at Five Barred Gate, all dressed up, wives and girl friends (may they never meet) all seated, we retired to bar and returned resplendent in Company overalls to begin meal. Hasty retreat, came back properly dressed, We used to know it as Salmesbury, is it the same? Cheers, Bill.
Lady GriffinThat's the same pub ,Bill except my uncle called it the Five Ba-r-e-d Gate. In my innocent days I thought he was going for a nature ramble over a few styles. L
Lady GriffinOr is it stiles!!! L
Lady GriffinWhere did David's Photo go?
David[img]file:///D:/0011/0003.jpg[/img] There you are Lady G, that's me, back left...[8D][:D][:)]
dampsladI remember the tiny "Seven Stars" in Towngate. St Ambrose Players used to rehearse in the upstairs room there sometimes if the hall wasn't free. Damn cold it was, too. By the side are two stone gateposts marking the entrance to a lane where my Great Grandfather's first smithy was in Leyland (c1894). He bought the larger one down the road from Sumner & Spurrier, founders of Leyland Motors. The premises bears a plaque. I was always under the impression that "Seven Stars" was a reference to the Plough, just as Golden Hill Lane was so called because of the effect the setting sun had on the puddles in it before the days of tarmac. The little "Seven Stars" is now absorbed int the next door Ship Inn. Colin Damp Plymouth
Lady GriffinThose early pubs really were tiny.Once the piano was in the 'Snug' the drinkers sat very,very close to each other.If people do have personal auras around them there must have been some very crushed ones. L
CarolineHow much nicer were the small-roomed pubs where you could get into conversation with people, not necessarily of your own generation.... I'm not proud of the fact, but I've been in at least 12 of the pubs on the list..... The hangman's pub was on Parbold Hill.
LDunlop76
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Originally posted by Caroline
The hangman's pub was on Parbold Hill.
Do you mean the one at the very top with the good views, Caroline? If so, it's now called "The Wiggin Tree". (The dictionary tells me "wiggin" is an old slang term for a reprimand - ahem, I would have thought hanging was an extremely harsh reprimand!!)
DavidTalking about views, perhpas the pub in the Leyland area (Whittle le woods), with the best view, is the Sea View on the A6. On a sunny evening one can see the sun setting out on the Irish sea from the Sea View...love it [8D][8D]
MartinI was just thinking about the pubs in Preston. If you have been away for a few years, you probably wouldn't recognise most of them. They have been refurbished so many times since Preston became a university town/city.
Hayleypinkits was nice new years eve
Martin
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Originally posted by Martin
Has anyone counted the number of pubs in Leyland? I think there was about twenty the last time I had a go...
  • The Hayrick
  • Rose and Crown (Farrington)
  • The Railway
  • The Queens
  • The Gables
  • The Ship
  • The George
  • The Fox and Lion
  • The Eagle and Child
  • The Roebuck
  • The Seven Stars
  • The Old Original seven Stars
  • Broadfield Arms
  • Dunkirk Hall
  • The Wheatsheaf
  • Waggon & Horses
  • The Black Bull
  • The Leyland Tiger R.I.P.
Can you think of any more
I forgot the one on Golden Hill I think it's called The Old Leyland Gates
BenYes, the Old Leyland gates, formerly the "Dingman". You might also want to include the Plough (which used to be called Jerry's) at the end of Runshaw Lane, although it's probably officially in Euxton. And was that Farrington with two R's?? Old Faringtoners would go mad with that spelling!!
Martin
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Originally posted by Ben
And was that Farrington with two R's?? Old Faringtoners would go mad with that spelling!!
Ahhh... I used to live there [:I]
CarolineI think that's the one , Linda, on Parbold. Thankfully, none of the pubs has been renamed 'Truck 'n' Firkin ' or whatever, or am I wrong?
littlerosieLeyland Tiger no longer exists. It has been completely knocked down. In its place they have built new houses and a block of apartments. Building is not yet finished.
William RHello Littlerosie, welcome to our forum. We`ve been mourning the loss of The Tiger for a bit now, I knew it as the Earnshaw Bridge Inn way back in the dark days. My drinking days in Leyland were in the days of blackouts and rationing, ending up at Leyland Motors Club on Saturday night. From over the Pennines, Cheerio, Bill.
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