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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]Does anyone know where/when the name originated. It was the name of the pub situated on the edge of Shipley Park, where the newish 'The Country Park Tavern' now stands. It was a permanent Friday afternoon venue for quite a lot of the 1950s/60s Coppice miners. Wages were drawn early Friday afternoon and by closing time, quite a few wage packets were a lot lighter by the aid of shuffling either cards or dominoes. In some cases, even empty wage packets, as many a then laughing wife would agree. Crick's closed its doors permanently sometime in the mid to late 1980s? Does anyone know when it was first built and used as a pub? Azzabuv. [/quote]
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replied on: 9/7/2004 11:10:53 AM

Does anyone know where/when the name originated. It was the name of the pub situated on the edge of Shipley Park, where the newish 'The Country Park Tavern' now stands.
It was a permanent Friday afternoon venue for quite a lot of the 1950s/60s Coppice miners. Wages were drawn early Friday afternoon and by closing time, quite a few wage packets were a lot lighter by the aid of shuffling either cards or dominoes. In some cases, even empty wage packets, as many a then laughing wife would agree.

Crick's closed its doors permanently sometime in the mid to late 1980s?
Does anyone know when it was first built and used as a pub?
Azzabuv.

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