the tiger?

[julie]

anyone remember the Tiger at Ernshaw bridge(not sure on the spelling)
what a mess that still is,think i went there once when it was a club or a dive cant remember

julie

[Martin]

I remember the Leyland Tiger
named after the Leyland Tiger bus, it was taken over and turned into a fun bar called The Hippodrome, complete with drag queen dj's and dancing on the bar. It's been empty for a few years now which is a shame becuase I'm sure it would make an ideal restaurant or club, or even community centre.

Martin
In The Pink

[JohnH]

Hi Sis

Sounds like I should know The Tiger - some memory lurking in the background. Probably one of those disco's you used to go every night! Where abouts at Earnshaw Bridge was it - opposite grans old house at 53. Is the ice-cream shop still there! Surely not!


JohnH

[julie]

hi john,
nice to have you here.the tiger was on the corner of ernshaw bridge leading up longmenie gate,do you remember that lovly garden gran use to take us to see with the pond and fish and birds? i now work for her
strange how things turn out

julie

[JohnH]

I'd forgotten about that garden! I'm feeling very nostalgic lately - must be getting old



JohnH

[n/a]

Hi I am Jean and I remember the Tiger well as I worked there for a very short time behind the bar. They had a very lively clientele believe me - too lively for me anyway!

I moved to Leyland when I was 6yrs old in October 1955 and I lived there until I got married then went back to Leyland until I got married the second time and now I am moving back inside the next 6 weeks.

Anyone familiar with Bent Bridge? Do any of you remember the old bridge that led down the forty steps from Denford Avenue to Lynton Avenue before the blue / banana bridge was built.

Jean

[Martin]

I used to work across the road from the Tiger, in a grotty warehouse, or what was left when Earnshaw Bridge Mill burned down. The guy who converted the pub into a fun bar must have spent a fortune on lighting and equipment, I bet it's all down the drain now.

Martin
In The Pink

[mossy]

to john h the ice cream shop is still there .its still owned by robinsons .

yes i agree that leyland tiger building is an eye sore.if they are,t planning on doing any thing with it then why don,t they just knock it down.i remember when it was that tacky dive called the hipperdrome.violance guaranteed every week.think it got shut down because raz jackson got stabbed outside.

[rocketmanjohn]

Before the 'Tiger' was the 'Tiger' it was a pub, I believe it was called 'The Earnshaw Bridge Inn' but I'll stand corrected. The Sub Post Office at Earnshaw Bridge was owned by Jack and Ida Swan, my mum [Molly Burrell nee Mckittrick] ran the Post Office side while Jack and Ida ran the grocers side. It was always very busy, Jack even delivered groceries for free, his Vauxhall Cresta loaded to the gills. My dad and Jack liked to go to the pub on Saturday lunchtimes to wait for my mum to finish work, many is the bag of Smith's crisps and a bottle of Vimto I managed to weedle out of Jack, a really nice and jovial character.
I used to go to school via the 40 steps, just why 40 I don't know because there werent 40. They were stone on one side, and wood on the other. I lived on Balmoral Ave, and it was the quickest way to Balshaws. That, plus the fact that us naughty boy smokers congregrated after school for a quick drag. It avoided the death trap of Bent Bridge, which, oddly, was a favourite spot for railway suicides.
I'll save further memories.
Rocketmanjohn

[noel]

I used to be a neighbour of Jack Swan's , when he retired if it's the same one, he went to live down Riverside Avenue. Remember the Tiger well though it was a bit too loud for boring me <bg>. Looks rat-infested now, maybe they should make a roundabout or just knock it down.