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What pub is this? #1080816 28th Nov 2020 1:39pm
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OP mikeeb Forum Addict Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,632 birkenhead	What pub is this on the corner opposite the Eagle and Crown in Upton? Or is it just an advertising board? The image is circa 1950.

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Re: What pub is this? mikeeb #1080819 28th Nov 2020 2:26pm
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diggingdeeper Wiki Master Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 14,549 Likes: 34 Wirral	Horse and Jockey, was also called the Upton Hotel and Furness Hotel at various times. There's a real danger that the left will drag Britain back to the 1970s, with secure well-paid jobs, ample housing, properly-funded NHS and social care, free tuition, student grants, final salary pensions, affordable rail fares and fabulous films and music. David Osland 2025 We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn https://ddue.uk

Re: What pub is this? mikeeb #1080820 28th Nov 2020 2:32pm
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bert1 Wiki Veteran Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,811 Likes: 29 tranmere	1938 Attached Images hj.jpg (34.1 KB, 41 downloads) God help us, Come yourself, Don't send Jesus, This is no place for children. Bertieone.

Re: What pub is this? mikeeb #1080821 28th Nov 2020 2:34pm
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bert1 Wiki Veteran Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,811 Likes: 29 tranmere	Upton's site, https://www.upton.cx/index.php/recreation/pubs God help us, Come yourself, Don't send Jesus, This is no place for children. Bertieone.

Re: What pub is this? mikeeb #1080822 28th Nov 2020 5:10pm
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OP mikeeb Forum Addict Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,632 birkenhead	Thanks DD and Bert. I couldn't find it in the pub index using ctrl+f as it comes up as '13 Horse and Jockey Arrowe Park Road' and I was searching for Ford Rd and Rake Ln. I have been mixed up with the 2 on Arrowe Park Road before. https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/278159/13_Horse_and_Jockey.html#Post278159

Re: What pub is this? mikeeb #1080824 28th Nov 2020 5:27pm
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bert1 Wiki Veteran Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,811 Likes: 29 tranmere	Postal address, Woodchurch Green, Woodchurch Village, 1938 Directory, now the Arrowe Park Hotel. Attached Images horse wood vill.jpg (46.47 KB, 31 downloads) God help us, Come yourself, Don't send Jesus, This is no place for children. Bertieone.

Re: What pub is this? mikeeb #1080828 29th Nov 2020 10:04am
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OP mikeeb Forum Addict Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,632 birkenhead	This Horse & Jockey should be indexed as Rake Lane. Look at the first post in this thread, it is '13 Horse and Jockey Rake Lane Upton' but the thread is then changed and gets mixed up with the one by the Arrowe Park Hotel. https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/278159/13_Horse_and_Jockey.html#Post278159