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Old 10-09-06, 12:12
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Originally Posted by keckfaro View Post
not exclusively a gay bar in todays sense of the word but a lot of them used it and it was going in the 70s early 80s.Does anyone remember the Merchants in Blackburn going at the same time,that was a gay pub,it was owned by a Burnley fella called Ken Pilling and there was some right sights in there I can tell you,the barman/barmaid was Kens live-in and he/she used to wear full make up and had a full beard as well.Hilarious.
:sympathy: You mean "Pearl" she /he was a sceam she ran the place more often than not, Ken was a 100% alright guy, he'd do anything for anyone, and certainly not to be messed with. "What happened to Clitheroe Kate"?
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