Having recieved my Great grandpops war records, his father lived at
Goose opening, sheepcote st. I have found sheepcote st,
But can anybody shed any light on the goose's opening!!!!
The Albion pub was nicknamed (Gooses) does anybody know the reason why it was so calledMossy
We used to pass through Sheepcote Street regularly going from Watson's Villa Street workshop to the showroom in Broad Street (via the back entrance in Tennant Street.)
There was always a big American car parked outside a pub in Sheepcote Street and the story was that the guy had won the Littlewoods pools £75,000 jackpot, gone into Lincoln Street Motors and paid cash for the car then left it standing outside the pub for months while he treated all the customers to free drinks.
The story continues that he had spent all his winnings in the pub and then run up a big slate and in the end had to give the landlord the car to pay off his bill.
We used to pass through Sheepcote Street regularly going from Watson's Villa Street workshop to the showroom in Broad Street (via the back entrance in Tennant Street.)
There was always a big American car parked outside a pub in Sheepcote Street and the story was that the guy had won the Littlewoods pools £75,000 jackpot, gone into Lincoln Street Motors and paid cash for the car then left it standing outside the pub for months while he treated all the customers to free drinks.
The story continues that he had spent all his winnings in the pub and then run up a big slate and in the end had to give the landlord the car to pay off his bill.
I used to live in the pub.. (The Albion) in the 1950's. If its the big American car I recall, it was a vile pink colour with lots of chrome. It belonged to a man called Spud Baker. He did win the pools as I've been told and although he certainly did spend a lot of time in the pub, he didn't leave the car parked outside for months!
He was a nice man who often took me and my brother out for rides in the car out to exotic places in the countryside. We usually went with his family. Unfortunately, his children suffered terrible car sickness which took the edge off the journey!
sheepcote street. haaaaaaaaaaa the school clinic, "needles. sunlight treatment". not nice