Tim in the North East 200 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 I can recall my Dad saying that whenever he visited the Duke of Cambridge pub at the corner of Carlton Road and Clarence Street the pub's mynah bird would chirp up and say 'What will you have to drink me duck?'. This would be in the 1950s or 1960s and I think the licencee was called Mrs Plackett. Does anyone have any memory of this talking bird? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 I think this pub has now gone and been made into a house or flats. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,479 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 No idea about Mynah birds, but this is how it looks like today. Safe bet to say that's now flats. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,182 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 Think ive mentioned before,........when Chrissie ran it in the 80s the wife was offered job as top-less barmaid £11 per hour,she declined and I was gutted........... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 Believe it or not I have the old blackboard where teams wrote the scores for darts from that very pub,it's in the cellar collecting dust.My daughter rescued it when it was thrown out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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