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Date of photo: 1940s	Picture source: Graham Beacher
The Fox & Hounds was situated at 1 Commercial Street. This pub was demolished for road widening.
Source: John Yeadon
My Grandpa Shaw (John Benjamin Farnhill Shaw) was the licensee of the Horse and Jockey at Birstall. When he left the ‘Jockey’ he became licensee of the Fox and Hounds at Shipley crossroads, which has therefore always been known as ‘Fox Corner.’ The building was a strange shape and Mum always said that it had been a Wallers house and all their pubs were eccentric designs. It backed on to the Leeds-Liverpool canal and some customers were the barge men who plied their trade on the canal. They were known as ‘Boaties.’ They also got some trade as early as 6 o’clock in the morning when men on their way to work in one of the local mills would call in for a drink. During the first world war, they had a contingent of soldiers billeted with them in the upstairs function room. There was a 'blowpipe' connecting the living quarters upstairs with the Bar downstairs. It had a whistle at each end. When the barman was very busy, he would blow the pipe and the whistle would sound, summoning help!
Kenneth Moore (October 2024)
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