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Union Pub Berners Street

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heres a photo of the union pub on the corner of berners st. 1974. does anyone recognise the customers. a couple of the faces look familiar to me but i cant place them. wales.
 

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hi wales
Thanks For The PicturesOf The Union Pub
It Brought Happy Memories Back To Me , When I Lived With My Mother
In Bernes Street ,We Lived Six Doors From The Pub I Wish The Pic Of The Customers Was Clearer I Could,nt Make Out The Faces The Chances Are I Would Have Known Some one ,Thanks Again For The Memory , Best Wishes Astonian ,
 
Hi Wales and Astonian,

Wonder if someone on the forum could improve the photo in anyway to make it clearer.. I have seen some fantastic restorations of photo's posted on the forum.. just a thought :)
 
Its The Corner Of Berner St ,And Gerrard St
Come Up From HockleyBrook Towards New Town On The No Eight Bus
And It At The Top Of Gerrard St On Your Left Hand
Any Way Gee , Gee , The Gang From The Heartland Club Send There Regards To You And Theres A Big Wedding Happening At The King Hurst Labour Club One Week This Saturday , And Annie And Co Will Be There ,
 
No joy on photo, but for info.

Parents used to use the Union; I was born 1945 and in childhood days until early teens used to sit on the step of the smoke room (?) entrance. Along with father, uncle, brother-in- law I was in the fishing club.

Ray
 
Hi Ray As You Have Proberly Read IOnly Lived Six Doors From The Pub So We May Have Some Chat In There ,Your Name Rings A Bell , In Time Gone Bye , They Sure Did Have A Big Fishing Club , I Will Say That , I,ll Try And Think Of Some Names The Irish LadsLived Next To Us They Was Good As Living In There , I,ll Eventualy Recall There Names And Let You Know I Think The Older One Was In The Fishing Club , Ray Did When You Was Young Ever Live Up The Top End Of Lodge Rd Down The Side Of ALittle Pub It Was A Little Narrow Rd , Best Wishes ASTONIAN ,;;
 
Hi Astonian,

My memory is awful on at least names, George/Elsie King - Harry Brophy – Brookes. George and Brookes helped run the fishing club, I was BAA member representing then club for a couple of years, circa 1963/65.

The King family lived in 12 Defford Place, came off Clifford Street the Burberry Street end.

Ray
 
HI Ray ,
Many Thanks For Your Reply You Certainly Brought Memories Flooding Back
I Can Recall Defford Place , Clifford St , And The Brophy,s And Certainly Old Brookie
We Lived Six Doors Away From The Union If I Was,nt In The Union ,I Would Be In
The Gun Makers , Was You There At The Gun Makers Arms One Night When A Chap Came Crashing Through The Window Of The Bar Window The Lead Light Frame
Around 64, Circa, Have A Nice
 
Astonian
I’ve never been in the Gunmakers, always told to keep away from it, which of course acted as a temptation, but I never did.

We feel there is a family link between Brookes and George/Elsie King or Harry Brophy, do you know of one and or whereabouts Brookie lived?

Take care

Ray
 
heres a photo of the union pub on the corner of berners st. 1974. does anyone recognise the customers. a couple of the faces look familiar to me but i cant place them. wales.
The 2 men on the left are my Uncle Fred Deeming, and his brother.:)
My Uncle Clal Marshall lived at 159 Berners Street in the 50s and the Union was a popular pub with my family. My Mom and Dad had their wedding do there in 1957.
 
well lynn its taken nearly 10 years for someone to own up to knowing any of the customers on that photo:eek: thanks for letting us know who 2 of them are...by the way this photo came from one of my pub books...the building is still there but alas no longer a pub...

lyn
 
I'm ex Forward (will check later if I can have old username back - email eddy us the same). However as some of the men in Union have been named thought I would post this pic of women enjoying themselves in the Union pub.

Ray464.jpg
 
great photos ray and a good addition to this thread....looks to be taken in the 60s..sadly i dont know any of the faces...ps send a private message to the boss POSTIE im sure he can change your user name for you

thank you

lyn
 
Lyn.
Thanks will contact POSTIE.
Yep 60's I think. The more merry one was my mother. Probably taken on one of the Fishing Club parties held upstairs.

Ray
 
The 2 men on the left are my Uncle Fred Deeming, and his brother.:)
My Uncle Clal Marshall lived at 159 Berners Street in the 50s and the Union was a popular pub with my family. My Mom and Dad had their wedding do there in 1957.
Just how I remember Fred, when I used to visit him, Mary and Geoff.
 
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