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Mitchell's & Butler's Ltd.

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Visited the Parisian pub early 1970s, it was a bit rough. I stood by a pillar with my drink when a fight broke out, someone threw a glass that smashed against the pillar. Needless to say we never went there again.
 
Barr_Beacon said:
1980s I think:
Le Pub was previously The Parisian. Around the mid 1980s it was purchased by Davenport's and renamed 'Cagney's' (Anyone got any photographs of Cagney's?).
Granville was previously Westward Ho!
Kaleidoscope was previously The Grapes.

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Barr Beacon You'd be wrong about the Granville it was the Granville when I moved there in 1955
I think it changed to The Westward Ho in the late 70's
 
It was an usual place to work, everyone was given the equivalent of a pint of beer a day given in tokens you could exchange in the brewery shop, lunch in the canteen was with free beer, lunch in the management dining room at the cape of good hope opposite the brewery was free and free beer too. I put on a stone in weight in the first 6 months…. Really great people to work with,
 
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