The Bloke That Ran The Boozer At Shay Gap

This was posted the same day as the last one ๐Ÿ™‚
The day before Guy Fawkes Day 2013

LordBeariOfBow

Itโ€™s a bit of a long story, how I got to Shay Gap and I wonโ€™t bore you with it here, Iโ€™ll bore you some other time; some other blog.ย  For now Iโ€™ll keep it brief.

Theย  man that Iโ€™d worked for and whoโ€™d taught me how to run a pub had to retire; his ticker wasnโ€™t the best and the publicans life was killing him.

I stayed on at his hotel in Waroona down Bunbury way in Westernย  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! ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

An ad for a bar manager in the โ€œWestโ€ (theโ€ฆ

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

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

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    1. 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. Wow! What a place! Thank you for sharing it with us!
    HUGS!!! ๐Ÿ™‚

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    1. Plenty more where that came from Carolyn ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿถ ๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿฉ ๐Ÿ˜

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      1. ๐Ÿ˜ˆ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜› ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿ˜‰ ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜… :mrgreen: ๐Ÿถ ๐Ÿป

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