{"id":697,"date":"2022-08-27T05:55:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T05:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memoriesofleadgate.com\/?p=697"},"modified":"2022-08-31T07:14:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T07:14:45","slug":"back-o-shaft-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memoriesofleadgate.com\/?p=697","title":{"rendered":"Back O The Shaft Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our contributor re Brooms School and English Martyrs has been in touch re the Back O Shaft <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing the photo of the &#8216;shaft&#8217;on the site today reminded me of how many good night&#8217;s were had in there,Friday night and it was always choka full with many a good local singer gracing the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John McCardle, Jimmy Dutton ,Brian Smailes, Little Anne(with her infectious laugh) Peter Donnelly, Alfie Fenwick aka The Singing Postman,Steve Walton,Gerry Lee Hilltop,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The one and only Joe Gill(mr rock n roll) and the list goes on&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please share your memories of your nights in the Shaft as it truly was a good night out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/memoriesofleadgate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/joegill.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memoriesofleadgate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/joegill.jpg 800w, https:\/\/memoriesofleadgate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/joegill-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/memoriesofleadgate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/joegill-768x677.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Joe Gill image shared on Facebook no date, location or photographer mentioned <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/memoriesofleadgate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/backofsharftpaper.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memoriesofleadgate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/backofsharftpaper.jpg 438w, https:\/\/memoriesofleadgate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/backofsharftpaper-137x300.jpg 137w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><figcaption>Newspaper article about the Back O Shaft Pub<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/memoriesofleadgate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/backofshaft1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memoriesofleadgate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/backofshaft1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/memoriesofleadgate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/backofshaft1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/memoriesofleadgate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/backofshaft1-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>A black and white scanned version of image of the Back of the Shaft June 1989 &#8211; no photographer credited <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What are your own memories of times in the Back O Shaft?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our contributor re Brooms School and English Martyrs has been in touch re the Back O Shaft Seeing the photo of the &#8216;shaft&#8217;on the site today reminded me of how many good night&#8217;s were had in there,Friday night and it was always choka full with many a good local singer gracing the stage. 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