tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post3759500271626985922..comments2024-03-29T10:30:43.802+00:00Comments on Pubs of Manchester: Crusader Clubgranatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551985686564886849noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-36699917073027458582022-08-15T07:52:34.995+01:002022-08-15T07:52:34.995+01:00I worked at Express Newspapers 79 to 89, not aware...I worked at Express Newspapers 79 to 89, not aware of a club called Crusader Club although there was a club in Luna Street called The Ponderosa.<br />Did it used to be the Crusader? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-59886996885881586932021-04-04T10:05:52.203+01:002021-04-04T10:05:52.203+01:00I remember Sid, he would let us in after ringing t...I remember Sid, he would let us in after ringing the door bell, sometimes saying “cmon in you piss pots” he had room to talk. I can’t remember the name of the beer but the taste was awful, it took a few pints to get used to it! We would be on the dart board most of the night. We worked (skived) at Longsight BR sheds and would get the empty train out to Piccadilly about 11:30pm and return in the Spandmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04877510189857843290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-46223563177628388552020-12-14T00:22:45.087+00:002020-12-14T00:22:45.087+00:00My dad used to run the club sid Garfield My dad used to run the club sid Garfield Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13197078939723015798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-82311493445054091642011-03-16T21:22:01.590+00:002011-03-16T21:22:01.590+00:00Thanks Leigh, we'll have a proper look round t...Thanks Leigh, we'll have a proper look round the back there sometime soongranatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551985686564886849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-26110757480867648272011-03-12T12:27:48.147+00:002011-03-12T12:27:48.147+00:00Howdyado!
It was me who wrote that passage about ...Howdyado!<br /><br />It was me who wrote that passage about the crusader club - thanks for the compliment ... i spent a big part of my life in the Crusader Club, a fabulously drunken and dirty place, i loved it there. I remember i used to walk across the loading bay at the back of the Express building - we all took our lives in our hands then, newspaper delivery wagons didn't hang around - leigh g banksnoreply@blogger.com