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The Imperial was situated on Crichton Avenue. This pub has now been demolished.

Source: Robert Hunter

My great uncle Charlie and his wife Pat ran this pub in the seventies. I remember it had a big garden out the back because they had a Great Dane and an Airedale terrier that used to chase us when we visited as kids. One of the regulars must have worked at Rowntrees because we never saw so many Smarties and chocolate misshapes. In 1977 I went to work there for a few months and really enjoyed myself even though the place was a dive. My uncle Charlie and Pat were knocking on a bit so I assume that the pub was sold shortly after they retired and it was turned into housing, Not sure but it looks to me like the garden wall was retained when they built the houses that are there now.

Karen Ramshaw (December 2021)

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