Ocean palace on Bolton Road at Bull Hill, Darwen was usually very good. Although I must confess I have not been for a couple of years or more.

Beware it's TUESDAY NIGHTS ONLY!! I tried it a fortnight ago VA. Very good steak (sirloin) it was too although I paid a little more for a different wine to accompany it. (as a result I cannot comment one way or the other on the wine chosen in the deal) I had no pudding and certainly didn't need a cheese butt to fill up when I got home thats for sure! Also cheap as chips and equally filling and availablke every night at the Butlers is the Hot Pot for £3.99 / Hot Pot with any pint for £5.99. Hardly worth eating at home these days is it? And especially not for singles.

I must say it's 99.9% likely that I'll give that Wild Oat Cafe a miss in favour of the greasy spoon tranny with the stars and stripes flag on the way in at Broughton.

No, but it's quite funny.

I seem to rem that Ron Kennedy wrote most of his Rovers reports for the Blackburn Times.

Speaking of eateries in Whalley has Breda Murphy's place been mentioned? I've eaten at a house party where the fish pie and lasagne were prepared by her and re-heated but I've never been to her restaurant. As an aside neither were all that special and I'm sure I could have cooked better myself.

ffs! Try to keep up! I've already answered you about this 75% down page 51. Tell you what that wasn't given unfairly was it?

Yes they are. The civilised world has moved on from the past when we had no other options. We have developed better ways of doing most things. Why regress to savagery?

Colin you are just a blowhard. (I shall attempt to make sense out of your slaughter of the English language in bold and interpret your meaning.) You are banging on about a subject of which you so obviously know nothing about. In fact I challenge you to name any of the 'growth chemicals' currently available to UK farmers. You may or may not have a point about the '£2 frozen chickens', who can say except for the supermarkets that import them and the overseas farmers who produce them? However all use of growth chemicals in UK meat production were banned in this country about 20 years ago. You should recall that I have informed you of this before btw. Oh and btw 'apparently yes'?. Good grief! Can we hear some hard evidence please? You need to bear in mind that all beasts are individuals and depending on age and upbringing will have a different taste and texture. Remember they can only be slaughtered once.

If thats the case they need to be very careful not to let standards slip. It could easily become a recipe for complacency if they are not kept on their toes.

Correct. And people don't need anaesthetic for amputations eyc either sleepyjack. Doing away with anaesthetists would save the NHS a fortune.

Quote colin, on 16 April 2010 - 23:39 PM, said: Ok Theno Have a look at this lot None of of them your favourite bete noir of being Muslim. one three Four Five No Muslims involved. I agree with you fully Colin but you'll be horrified to know that in your haste to join the posse you are actually backing up my points. Slaughtering animals is never a pretty sight nor a totally stress free end for the animal so why are you so happy to condone cruelty and make the process much much worse than it is by refusing to support the use of humane slaughter methods? Successive UK governments are spineless and sh1t scared of upsetting minorities even if it means condoning unecessary cruelty to animals. Remember no one can defend the indefensible. btw I'm not against slaughtering horses for meat either just so long as the process is as humane as possible.

Only eaten there once and I'd have to say it's just about OK but expensive. Much better food and a much better dining experience at the Freemasons 1/2 a mile away in Wiswell (or even 2 miles away at Mitton Hall). Good atmosphere for after food drinkies at the Spread though. Wise move is to go to the Freemasons and end the night at the Spread Eagle.

So you obviously condone the unecessarily cruel killing methods under discussion in adopted scousers clip? I'm suprised at you and anybody else that finds it acceptable in the name of ANY religion. Here why not take another look over your mid morning cuppa. Should set you up for the day nicely. btw You are obviously pompous enough to think modern society (i.e. the majority) shares your views too. Thank you Don. It really is an indefensible and needlessly cruel practice. Tip of the iceberg it seems... I wondered how long this would take in the profit driven boardrooms of mainstream caterers and suppliers. http://www.gavinorland.org/religion/halal-meat-used-as-standard-by-mainstream-caterer/

It's not 'dirty' as, it's undeniably one of the following ....... barbaric adjective /bɑːˈbær.ɪk//bɑːr-/ adj extremely cruel and unpleasant cruel adjective /ˈkruː.əl/, /krʊəl/ adj (crueller, cruellest or crueler, cruelest) • extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals intentionally inhumane adjective /ˌɪn.hjʊˈmeɪn/ adj cruel and not finding the suffering of people or animals important.

Ditto. You are only posting now cos you have some silly agenda against me at the moment. However before you show yourself up further with your rudeness you should have done a little more research and read back further. So who am I prejudiced against? I couldn't be more even handed. Not many people on this planet hold equal views about Judaism and Islam do they? Do you know TonyGales Mic by defending mass barbaric ritualistic slaughter and for being so pointlessly insulting ...... I think you deserve one of these.

benni's been a lovely player in the past but he's lost any motivation he ever had imo. btw... Speaking of image rights...... Does anybody rem that bloke in 'Live and let die'? In the shark tank James Bond shoved some Q originated device down his throat and it filled him with gas until he floated up and burst.

Damned clever those ferrets there's even a road sign depicting one of em putting an umbrella up.

Off limits I hope until they accept their responsibilities and cultivate basic moral value, it's Hallal and for some reason they think that will serve as an attraction! http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/leisure/food/4890357.Halal_menu_at_new_Blackburn_Italian_restaurant/

oops dropped a clanger there. I'd like to amend my earlier statement. The Eagle and Child sounds just fine for Leyland.

If thats the style of fare they are offering and the price then it's doomed already. It's cheaper than a greasy spoon transport cafe but with bigger overheads and I cannot imagine that the turnover will improve enough on the back of it. It's been poor for yonks and this is definitely not the way forward in a village like Hurst Green. This type of business would fare better on a major A Road within a city boundary and near a large industrial estate.

More insults. A charming little keyboard warrior aren't you? Thanks for confirming my earlier appraisal of your internet persona.

Nationalist? Racist? Those are cheap shots andrew. Resorting to immature insults and slurs doesn't really add much gravity to your arguments does it? It does however give everybody a revealing insight into your character.

Let them eat cake eh Andrew? You are so bloody gormless that you are beyond redemption.

Thank you for that Bryan. Funny how some cannot manage to grasp basic issues.