Talbot

[HORT]

The Talbot Ale House closed a couple of months ago and I have heard a rumour that the Cinema Bar are to take it over.
Anyone heard of a start date?

[Alan]

Is it in Talbot Street?

[Strollby]

Opposite the Plaza, facing Duke st, but on the corner of Talbot St. That was 70 years ago so it might have moved since lol.

[Alan]

The Plaza was th'ockie 70 years ago and didn't Douggie Greenall the Saints player run it in those days?

[HORT]

It was Duggie Greenal that had it. We called the The Cinema across the road the Oxford Bug.

[Monica]

I didn't know the Talbot had closed. It was a favourite pub in the early 60s where we'd go in the 'interval' from the Plaza ballroom. Duggie Greenall had it then.. he became landlord of a few other pubs around town later on. He also had the Victoria in the market at a later date as well as a couple of other pubs and bars around town.. When the Talbot got full we'd go in the Rifle instead where Peter Harvey was landlord for a time during the 60s

[Alan]

I never knew the Plaza. It changed from the Oxford cinema to Plaza in about 1960 by which time I was living in Sheffield at uni

[Big_Jeff_Leo]

Heavy work going on at the "Talbot" at the moment, I noticed the other day that they were laying a raised paved area to the front.