I have to admit I don't really know where I'm going with this one. It's an outgrowth from the albums and footballers blogs in that for both I went back to preserved old notebooks to ensure I got the order right. This reminded me that I had another old notebook that I (sometimes) took along on the Saturday trips in the late 70s with my friends that remain the happiest memories of my childhood mainly to record the names of pubs that we passed on the journey.
I think the original idea was inspired by my youthful membership of Littleborough Historical Socity though whether it was from attending an evening lecture or an article in their newsletter I can't now recall. Allied to the hstorical interest was the enduring "forbidden fruit" allure of the pub to a 13 year old in the 70s particularly one whose father was a teetotaller ( blaming drink for his father's bankruptcy and thus his own more modest than expected lifestyle ).
So I guess it's the attraction of picking up a project from those halcyon days and following through on it by seeing whether they're still there 30+ years later. Of course the current , rapid demise of the pub generally gives an added impetus. And of course the research will be fun ! So here goes.
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