The Bloke That Ran The Boozer At Shay Gap

This was posted the same day as the last one 🙂
The day before Guy Fawkes Day 2013

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It’s a bit of a long story, how I got to Shay Gap and I won’t bore you with it here, I’ll bore you some other time; some other blog.  For now I’ll keep it brief.

The  man that I’d worked for and who’d taught me how to run a pub had to retire; his ticker wasn’t the best and the publicans life was killing him.

I stayed on at his hotel in Waroona down Bunbury way in Western  Australia, and showed the new licensee the ropes and got him acquainted with the locals, it was a one pub town, no clubs so it was the town centre and meeting place. Once the new bloke had settled in I decided it was time to move on. This is way back in 1973, forty years ago. How time flies! 😦

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5 thoughts on “The Bloke That Ran The Boozer At Shay Gap

  1. GP's avatar

    That is really quite a place, Beari!! A lot of communities could stand to learn from this town.

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    1. LordBeariOfBow's avatar

      It’s a pity it was torn down when the iron ore ran out GP, it was a model town for desert living

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  2. doesitevenmatter3's avatar

    Wow! What a place! Thank you for sharing it with us!
    HUGS!!! 🙂

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    1. LordBeariOfBow's avatar

      Plenty more where that came from Carolyn 😁 😈😊😅🐶 🐾 🐩 😁

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      1. doesitevenmatter3's avatar

        😈 😀 😛 😎 😉 😊😅 :mrgreen: 🐶 🐻

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