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6th June 2021, 08:20 PM
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Caradoc Hotel
An old Pub that a lot will recall !
Last edited by Doc Vernon; 6th June 2021 at 08:25 PM.
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6th June 2021, 09:42 PM
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Re: Caradoc Hotel
Been in there a few times, funny to think it is over a half century ago.
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7th June 2021, 06:11 AM
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Re: Caradoc Hotel
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Lewis McColl
Been in there a few times, funny to think it is over a half century ago.
When you were just a boy then Lewis?????
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
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7th June 2021, 07:45 AM
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Re: Caradoc Hotel
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Red Lead Ted
An old Pub that a lot will recall !
Thank you Vernon for putting these on the site for me, AS you look at the pictures and see a duel carriageway running alongside the still going strong boozer, That was where you would exit the Gladstone Dock and the side view had a little betting shop across the road in the distance on the left is the Seaforth grain berth and the new Freeport entrance. I live about 75 yards down the road from the pub a lot has changed over the last 50 years and goes back further I know Capt Kong has a few memories of the boozer along with many more seaman aboard this site Graham Payne was always a fully paid up member, In fact his picture still hangs over the bar never forgotten Graham, Funny thing is a lot of young lads have started wearing dicky bows they tell me it reminds them of there old man Regards lads Terry.
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7th June 2021, 07:56 AM
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I took a barmaid home to Elphinstone Street from the Caradoc.
She was Horrible , I got out of there fast,
The story iss some where in the forum
Brian
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7th June 2021, 08:37 AM
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Changed a lot since I last saw it. This is where we would meet up after picketing the Gladstone dock during the 66 strike. Had just enough money for half of lager. The Bootle Arms was on the opposite side of the road, but no dual carriageway there then.
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7th June 2021, 08:55 AM
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Re: Caradoc Hotel
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happy daze john in oz
When you were just a boy then Lewis?????
A mere nipper John, fresh out of Belfast, thought I was man of the world lol. It was certainly up there as one of the first lessons as we entered what I will call the University of Life. Still an all if memory serves it was good craic. Funny though I always seemed to be popular with some of the older women I think they wanted to further my education
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7th June 2021, 09:03 AM
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#6 Louis you were picketing in the wrong port if had been Port Talbot you may of been lucky enough to have met Cindy who would have bought you a pint. Apparently she was a Godsend to some who knew her. Hope she had a later happy married life , a girl with morals of her own and very strong willed. Those on the Port Talbot iron ore runners may know who I mean . Cheers JS
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7th June 2021, 09:36 AM
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hi john sabourn,#8
good morning, your reminisces of cindy from port talbot are both touching and endearing and fatherly in your approach to the fallen women in your past life, a bit like william gladstone that great prime minister i believe was a scouser whom used to trawl the byways and brothels of the capital city with no other agenda in mind but in a desperate attempt to help those fallen angels.
but the last time i saw the fair maiden was her being escorted off the ship into a waiting ambulance in port talbot docks, from all accounts she had embibed and gorged herself in such a manner that left her needing medical assistance.
tom
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hi capt kong
good morning, did she have the traces of a collar still around her neck or where they just love bites.
tom
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7th June 2021, 11:10 AM
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What year was this Thomas. ? JS
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