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julian shields
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25/08/2007
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Hi i recently dug up an old bottle and was just wondering if anyone could help put a date on it. It says on the front of it "Cross Keys Hotel, Barnoldswick" and it looks like a small whiskey bottle. It would be interesting to find out how old it might be! Also does anyone have any information on the Mudd Bro's Mineral Water company which i think was on Mosley st in Barnoldswick, mainly the date in which they were in production till. Many thanks!
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moh
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Posted - 25/08/2007 : 13:50
Welcome to the site Julian, Stanley will probably be able to have 'a furtle' on this.
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Stanley
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Posted - 25/08/2007 : 17:29
Don't know how old the Cross Keys is but certainly mid 19th century at least. All I have on Mudds is a reference to them in Barrett's directory for 1902. They were noted as being in Essex Street but Griffin, in his autobiography said it was in Mosley street behind the Wesleyan church. Perhaps they moved......
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Callunna
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Posted - 26/08/2007 : 11:12
Hi JulianWelcome to the site. Have you got a photo of the bottle? If you have trouble posting it on here, just send it to Stanley & he'll add it for you. |
Stanley
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Posted - 02/09/2007 : 06:03
Looks older than 19th C?
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Callunna
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Posted - 02/09/2007 : 10:21
I wonder whether the brewery that owns the Keys would be interested in buying this? Where did you dig it up, Julian? How far down was it? |
julian shields
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Posted - 02/09/2007 : 16:25
Hi my hobby is digging up old bottles. But i have to say it is rather like fishing as you can spend ages and not have much luck! But this one i dug up in Barnoldswick not a million miles from the pub itself! I have never dug a bottle with Barlick on it before and because i live here it was quite a good find! But if anyone would know how old it might be it would be brilliant to find out. My nextdoor neighbour has a Mudd Bro's Barlick bottle too just out of interest!
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Stanley
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Posted - 02/09/2007 : 16:45
Fosters Arms was a farm before it began to sell beer. We did something on the site at one time about the history......
Stanley Challenger Graham
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panbiker
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Posted - 02/09/2007 : 16:51
I came accross this site on the internet which has some interesting info with reg design numbers, you may already be aware of it.
http://www.bygonz.co.uk/a-z.htm
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Posted - 02/09/2007 : 20:47
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Fosters Arms was a farm before it began to sell beer.
Yes, Syke House Farm, hence the pub's nickname "The Syke".
As for the Keys, according to research by Ken Ranson, the first mention of the pub by name is in a survey of 1769. If further details are required I'm sure I could go and dig them out.
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Stanley
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Posted - 03/09/2007 : 07:47
Old pic from another topic....
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Callunna
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Posted - 03/09/2007 : 21:58
Noted elsewhere but worth mentioning again under this pic: the front part of the building (the barn) is now under our garage.Demolished in the 1960s, apparently much of the barn's stonework was laboriously wheelbarrowed down Westfield Road to serve as hardcore and for building up the base of the concrete garage. Such a shame the original building wasn't left intact. |
Ringo
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Posted - 03/09/2007 : 23:29
Is that you in the picture Heather?
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melteaser
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Posted - 04/09/2007 : 08:06
Sounds like Ringo is back to his old self!
Mel
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Callunna
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Posted - 04/09/2007 : 08:50
He's a cheeky monkey, that's what he is  |
Old Barlick bottle
