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Bowling Green Token.
Bowling Green Token.
Photo: MickLD
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Item #: 32511
Bowling Green Token, Rose and Crown, Orrell.
Probably early 20thc.

Comment by: whups on 19th June 2020 at 12:40

iv,e played darts there .

Comment by: Mick LD on 19th June 2020 at 13:08

Sadly closed down now Whups.

Comment by: Philip Gormley. on 19th June 2020 at 16:16

I remember that night in The Rose' when quizmaster Mick Moss showed me a few of his collectibles: Correspondence and glossy b/w photos of the Scottish squad, which he'd received from the unfortunate Spurs and Scottish international John White - A rare delight they were! I also remember that early evening when hearing the unfortunate news about the footballer; I was playing snooker - with a Club Orange on the table beside me - in Birchley St Mary's old clubhouse.

Comment by: RON HUNT on 19th June 2020 at 17:25

Club Orange... BEST EVER ORANGE DRINK It wasn't cheap I think it was 9d and the bottle was smaller than the regular bottles..

Comment by: Rev David Long on 19th June 2020 at 18:08

Ron - no orange juice tastes better than the one we used to get post-war on the NHS.

Comment by: Philip Gormley. on 19th June 2020 at 18:23

That's right Ron: It did come in 'smaller than usual' bottles.

Comment by: RON HUNT on 19th June 2020 at 20:17

David yes correct the orange juice one got at Nursery was superb It came in a small bottle like a cough bottle .

Comment by: Rev David Long on 19th June 2020 at 20:42

Yes - that's the stuff, Ron.

Comment by: Albert.S. on 20th June 2020 at 14:06

If you lived in Spring View, or Ince, you collected from the Ince Council Offices, a side entrance, also died egg, and a kind of a sugary cocoa. Was there also cod liver oil?.

Comment by: wuz on 22nd June 2020 at 14:58

are we talking about the same nhs orange. I can remember as a child going to the clinic on Old Road, Ashton next to the police station. We got a bottle as described and it was orange but it was horrible to take it was cod liver oil, scarred for life .

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