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Posted -  23/01/2005  :  08:57
Nandy Gigglepants is thinking about purchasing a brewery on Tinternet in Scotland. I have volunteered to research the brewery and area with him and I thought with Stanley's knowledge of the islands he would be able to find Tinternet for us. Then I was struck with a thought - what about a coach trip for the lads?
Hire a coach, a few crates in the boot, up the M6 and away. Tour a couple of distilleries,drink a few pubs dry, find Tinternet, help Nandy buy the brewery, convert to producing Traycle Ale and whoopee!!
Any of you lads up for it? Nolic

Nandy, will you buy a distillery as well as I have this idea for a spirit based on ..............ouch!!!

Stanley, can you move this to the general forum as with it being in the recipes some of the ladies might read it and think I was purposefully excluding them from a lads trip.

Edited by - Another on 23 Jan 2005 08:59:30


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Stanley
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Posted - 24/01/2005 : 09:20
One thing that has just struck me is that despite the Blacko contingent's affinity for the amber nectar they allowed Springs Brewery to be converted to making vinegar and then being re-cycled as 'Executive Housing' whatever that is. As chief executive of 10 East Hill Street I would like to assert my right to describe my house as 'Executive Housing'!


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andydiamond
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Posted - 24/01/2005 : 11:34
The Brewery used to be Lancashire Clubs when I were a lad, and many the happy hour we spent in the yard at the back, surrounded by crates and crates and crates and crates of "lancashire Pale Ale".....

It was many years later that we found out the stuff in the yard was considered unfit to drink by the Head Brewer, and was waiting to be tipped down the drain in the night as the cheapest way to dispose of it!!

Anyway, at our tender years we did our humble best with all these bottles, just helping out really.......
"LORD, SEND ME A BOTTLE OPENER TO EQUAL THIS OPPORTUNITY"

The brewery then suffered a sneaky takeover by Gibbs Breweries, from the Midlands I think. They brewed something they called beer, labelled "Gibbs Blue Keg", after trying the stuff we never bothered again, it was not worth drinking even for free.

In fact those of us in the "free beer club" unanimously agreed that the Lancashire Club rejects were ten times better than Gibbs so-called "good stuff"!!

I think Gibbs brewed their "product" (you certainly couldn't call it beer, although they did) in Lancashire so that the poor buggers who had to drink it couldn't find the brewery and burn it down.!

Then the brewery closed down for a bit, and re-opened as a Vinegar Brewery for Hammonds, we all thought the vinegar was miles better than the Blue Keg ..........

All went well until Barrowford John managed to get himself taken on as manager, after that the plants days were numbered, and it closed down later, to be demolished as Stan said, and turned into what looks a bit like a cliff face with windows in, Bijou Des Apts for the Noveu Riche.

So we didn't allow it Stanley, we were never consulted about it, and anyway, who wants to fight to keep a vinegar works, it was developement by stealth.........

Andy.


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bossyboots
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Posted - 24/01/2005 : 12:00
Is the Legion a men only club, I thought the Pigeon Club was the only one that catered just for the male contingent. Having said that I think I am one of the very few females that have been allowed to drink there.


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Another
Traycle Mine Overseer


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Posted - 24/01/2005 : 14:06
Teaser, so where and what are the tattoos, visible and in other places??? Nolic

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melteaser
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Posted - 24/01/2005 : 14:15
I actually only have 1,it comes under the other places category and it's a blue rose


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Another
Traycle Mine Overseer


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Posted - 24/01/2005 : 15:43
After seeing Teaser's pic of her bunny chums can you blame me for wanting to keep some sanity with a lads only trip? Nolic


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melteaser
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Posted - 24/01/2005 : 15:51
Spoilsport!
You think bunnies is bad, you should've been there when we went out as harem girls! No that was insane.


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BarrowfordJohn
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Posted - 24/01/2005 : 16:55
Andy is right, in some small way me and my mate were indirectly responsible for closing Clough Springs Brewery down.

The place started as Hartley & Bells Brewery, the Bridge Inn was a tied house to them as I recall.When we brewed vinegar the process was almost identical to ale brewing, we used the original massive copper mash tun etc.The wort was stored in massive plastice tanks which held tens of thousands of gallons, we then added spent brewer's yeast from Masseys. On the 1st floor were about 6 of these tanks, the upper half of them was above floor-level and the lower half reached down to the floor below. This meant that all the drain valves were just above head height on the ground floor.

One day my mate decided to reverse the fork lift out of the cooling system bay to load some sacks of malt. He wasn't authorised to drive the forklift which caused him to rush the operation before he was spotted. The problem was that he didn't lower the platform and consequently reversed into, and sheared off, the main drainage sump of one the tanks.
The result was something to behold - he was swilled from his seat and deposited under the cooling apparatus. I was knocked off my feet and soaked from head to toe in part-brewed vinegar.

Some of the liquid ran into the stream beneath the brewery but most of it ended up in the sewer.Shortly after this an irate chap from Nelson sewage works appeared, apparently the yeast had reacted with the bacteria in the filter beds and caused mayhem. The resulting froth could be seen from miles around.

When the tanks were being used the liquid came to about 3 feet from the top. Once the yeast had been added a thick layer of foam developed on the surface.Because the action of the yeast removed all the oxygen there was the equivalent of a Martian atmosphere in the top of the tanks.

The charge-hand was the star euphonium player in Hammonds Sauceworks Brass Band and consequently he received preferencial treatment. In other words he never struck a bat and was always in the canteen practising for their next concert. This left the lads on the shop floor to do as they pleased -and they did! Their favourite trick was to grab someone (especially a newcomer)by the legs and suspend them head first over the edge of one of the full tanks. This was highly unpleasant for the victim as unconciousness set in rapidly. Admittedly, with most of the lads you couldn't tell the difference most of the time! I shudder to think of the consequences if someone had lost their grip on one of the victims, I cringe now just thinking about it!

The spent grain from the mash tun was ducted to the outside of the building where local farmers took trailer loads away to use as fodder. The outlet of the duct was high up on the back wall, beneath the fire escape. One day a farmer sent his new lad to collect the grain but instead of backing his trailer beneath the duct he drove straight in. This meant that the tractor was beneath the duct, somebody shouted "fire away" and the tractor, with the poor bloke still sat on it, disappeared beneath a pyramid of porridge!


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Another
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Posted - 24/01/2005 : 19:23
Nice one BJ. The reminder of The Old Bridge being a Hartley and Bells house is still there with the decorated window bearing the phrase "Hartley and Bells Noted Ale". A former landlord, ex Deerplay miner and good mate,Bob Gregory who is sadly no longer with us, was very proud of that window. If ever he was throwing anyone out, which he enjoyed with a fair degree of regularity he always made sure he used the door or one of the other windows. Now Bob would have enjoyed a lads trip to Tinternet but whether we would have got there or got back would have been debatable.
Cheers Bob, you're remembered for posterity. Colin


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Stevie
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Posted - 24/01/2005 : 23:49


..... its been said before I know, but ok I'll take the bait;

Firstly, relax girls! Some years ago my husband and I spent a long weekend on the Isle of Tinternet and I would sooner remove my own eyeballs with a toothpick before undertaking a return visit! We discovered its location by sheer chance due to a storm blowing our plane off course and forcing us into Tinternets small and rather drab airport ... I understand that the co-pilot attempted to bail out with his parachute before touchdown, so I can only assume he had endured a prior visit!

Suffice to say, it was cold, wet, extremely windy and the hospitality of the locals was like none other .... I say none other as there was 'NONE' other than the slogans daubed on the terminal walls saying 'NO BEARD = NO ENTRY' The men were all dressed in anoraks and the women wore their beards with pride along with their cagoules and for some strange reason, bicycle clips attached to their orange leggings!

The pubs opened from 7pm until midnight, women were barred from them as local lore says they are to stay in the kitchen between those hours to prepare supper for their menfolk, usually a light dish of tripe, faggots, haggis and traycle stew with blackpudding trifle for afters! There was only one shop on Tinternet, its wares consisted of razor blades, anoraks, cagoules and bycycle clips and at the back the food section sold offal, soda bread and tins of traycul, imported from somewhere in the North of England, I forget where!

I wont go on, suffice to say its not a place any respectable girlie would want to visit and if the menfolk of the site wish to arrange a 'lads' only trip, I say let them go .... but be prepared for your souvenir present to be either a razor or a set of bycycle clips!

As for the entrance criteria for the Victoria Hotel .... I regret I have to say no to all of them, my mother would have slapped my legs if I had taken up just one of the vices needed to gain entry!

Regarding the Legion being the last bastion of the 'Men Only' clubs, I do believe there is a tiny little watering hole in Trawden which only permits women on one day of the year, namely the Trawden Garden Festival, our lovely member Margaret is more knowledgeable on this subject!

So guys, enjoy your Tinternet Trip but a tip before you decide to fly there ..... make sure you have more than just the one pilot, you never know, he just may have been before ....


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Stanley
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Posted - 25/01/2005 : 04:30
Nice one Stevie, I was waiting for your reaction. Trips without women are like bread without yeast, flat, stodgy and indigestible.


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melteaser
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Posted - 25/01/2005 : 08:19
OK....Stevie. I was waiting for your opinion. I'll stick with my fancy dress nights in Tenby/Saundersfoot. Sounds like they are much more fun!

Oilcan....don't bring me any bicycle clips thank you...I don't ride a bike!


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Another
Traycle Mine Overseer


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Posted - 25/01/2005 : 08:20
OK Stevie, I'll take the slap on the legs. Lads only plus women with beards. OK ? Nolic


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andydiamond
Hairy Horologist


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Posted - 25/01/2005 : 08:42
Look on the bright side Colin, at least you know where to hide now when Stevie is after you, they won't let her in the vic at any price!!

Andy. (just trying to help)


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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart


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Posted - 25/01/2005 : 09:45
If that woman really decided to get at you I don't think any men only restrictions would stop her! 'Though she be small she is fierce' (W Shakespeare. Midsummer night's Dream)


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