11-Nov-2003, 11:57 AM
The most central pub to the historical centre of the town i guess. The roebuck played a significant part in my childhood not least of all because my grandma was the publican of it for several years in the sixties ( and maybe seventies? to be honest i am not sure how long she had it for).
I remember as a young child (maybe 8 in 1968) having a toy beatles drumkit as a birthday or christmas present. Boy i must have annoyed the regulars as i thumped out off beat tunes in the music room ( was there a piano and drum kit alreday in there?).
I remember a smoke filled room with men in black suits and white shirts. I remember lots of noise and events seemingly going on all the time.
I can remember laying upstairs trying to get to sleep with the noise of the pub all around me.
My granddad ( Frank (died 1963 )
and grandma Margaret Waterhouse) (died 1976)
and my mum (Nora died 1972)
and dad Vince waterhouse(died 1964))
all worked there at different times i do believe. I have a great photo of my gran with Tom Finney either in the pub or at a licencees event.
do any people have memories of the pub? what was it like? did you have any events there? i would be really interested if you have photos of yourselves of loved ones in the pub?.
cheers steve waterhouse
I remember as a young child (maybe 8 in 1968) having a toy beatles drumkit as a birthday or christmas present. Boy i must have annoyed the regulars as i thumped out off beat tunes in the music room ( was there a piano and drum kit alreday in there?).
I remember a smoke filled room with men in black suits and white shirts. I remember lots of noise and events seemingly going on all the time.
I can remember laying upstairs trying to get to sleep with the noise of the pub all around me.
My granddad ( Frank (died 1963 )
and grandma Margaret Waterhouse) (died 1976)
and my mum (Nora died 1972)
and dad Vince waterhouse(died 1964))
all worked there at different times i do believe. I have a great photo of my gran with Tom Finney either in the pub or at a licencees event.
do any people have memories of the pub? what was it like? did you have any events there? i would be really interested if you have photos of yourselves of loved ones in the pub?.
cheers steve waterhouse
do as you would be done by