vine inn caroline st .

anyone remember the vine inn on caroline st.

Yes further up than The Ropemakers.

Vine inn..! was it at the back of the Grapes hotel on wallgate ?

Vine inn..! was it at the back of the Grapes hotel on wallgate ?

That was The Buck Ith Vine. Lovingly known as The Whitewash.,

the vine inn was on the corner.were motorsise is now.there was another pub on the opposite corner, but i cant remember the name.

The Church Inn I believe!

I lived facing the ropemakers and my friend margarets dad had the pub that was called the vine inn there name was dingsdale and it was on the corner like owd robiner said.

I lived in a street called Henry Street. which was roughly abouts where carpet world is. and went to St.Thomas's school.Happy days

i moved into the vine inn, in 1957 with my mam and dad, we decorated the front room upstairs to use as a bed room for my sister and i, on the wall by the window was a metal bracket, we did not know what it was for, we though it unsightly so dad removed it. all was well until whit Monday and walking day .the procession would be coming down caroline st. everyone was hanging out flags, dad found ours, it was massive,a large union jack on a pole that was six feet long and about 4"diameter,we found out what the bracket was used for.it took four of us to hold the flag out of the window while the procassion walked past,talk about laugh

owd robiner .. wasn't there a bloke called david varey . a bookie that operated from the vine ?

owd robiner we must know one another i was 8 years old when your parents had the vine inn i went to st thomas,s and all saints. your parents must have had the vine inn before the dingsdales had it.

I posted a pic of the Vine Inn last year but I can't find it.I will keep trying.

molly, yes the was a bookie , David varey he was a rumun,other customers i remember were tommy sullivan and wife helen, mr and mrs smith better known has maggie muscle and harry bat,wilf brogan, he became the mayor of wigan,the march family but i can only remember tommy march"s name. mike mahoney,john ready, and mark plat, john sang and mark played the piano.

owd robiner....did Mike Mahoney have a daughter, Kathleen?
When I was 15, my Aunty/Uncle took over the New Inn on Caroline St and I played the piano on Saturday nights there {for £1 a night!}
I distinctly remember a girl of that name who used to sing...she was quite a looker and always sang Starlight Serenade and I know her Father used to be with her.

patricia,i was 21 when we had the vine i am an owd owd robiner

dave, there was a picture of the buck ith vine was that it .

fishlissie,yes he did have a daughter kathleen, she was a lovely singer,he also had a son michael mahoney,that sang in the clubs around wigan.mick would sing in the vine and his favourite song was catterie.i can hear him now lovely

Thanks owd robiner!
Not sure I remember his son but I must have played for him as well as I started in the clubs when I was 16 {1955 St Thomas' Labour} and worked in lots more after that.

I loved the song she sang and can still remember some of the words.

hi,fishlizzie, mam and dad were steward and stewardess of the newtown labour club in 1955,i wonder tf you played there.

chickdrum, was henry st were the basket works was.

No, never did that one owd robiner....St Thomas', Lower Ince Labour, Wigan Athletics, Worsley Mesnes Working Mens, Ashton Labour Club, Red Rock....

I also did a long stint at The Colliers pub at Spring View and the same at the Dog & Partridge at Hindley, Atherton Rd.

not many clubs have live music anymore fishlizzie, its nearly all backing tapes these days but there is a beltin organist and drummer on at newtown workingmens club.

Hi,owd robiner.I have found the photo but I am having a problem downloading.I think the Buck i'th Vine was Clayton St.

Hi again owd robiner.I have just put the photo on my photo blog so it is in new photos at the moment and also in ODDS and SODS of samares photo blog.cheers.

dave, many thanks for that you have made my day.its a good photograph,when we had the pub dad put window boxes with red geraniums in them, on all of the top windows they looked lovely. thanks again dave thas made an owd robiner very happy..x

Hi owd robiner,I remember supping a pint in the Vine about 1959.It was the venue for meetings of the Wigan Aquarist Club.There is no need to tell you that the bar certainly made and left an impression (visualy).

dave,i dont remember the club meetings, but the bar,as you say was quite impressive. you stated on pub info that it looked like an alter,but there wasn't many saints in the vault.and those punps needed plenty of elbow grease to keep them clean.

You can see it made an impression on the young lad I used to be,owd robiner.

Hi owdun,do you remember Torchy Cain,he was blind.He was always in the Vine vault,he could sing all the Irish comic songs, delanys donkey,raffertys pig,paddys goat.i used to love listening to him.

WELL I NEVER,JAY GEE MI OWD FETLER. I DO REMEMBER TORCHY CAIN,HE WAS A GRAND CHAP.AND I REMEMBER A TALE THAT MY MAM TOLD US BUT CANT REPEAT ON HERE. HAVE YOU SEEN THE PHOTO THAT DAVE MARSH HAS PUT ON HIS BLOG,I DONT REMEMBER RAFFARTYS PIG ONLY HIS MOTOR CAR.

There's a Carolina Inn on Vine Street!

raffertys pig were a beutiful animal,al try un remember rest later, yes I know Torchy was a good pal of your brothers yes I have seen the photo, nice one Dave.

sorry I made a mistake it should read brothers dog.

hi jay gee do you remember the ghost that haunted the pub, some very strange things happened ,we called him ebenezzer

yes but can't remember what happened,did your budgie have a strange death.