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#ThrowbackThursday: 1986 George Street pub crawl cancelled

Many people go bar hopping on George Street, but 30 years ago, one St. John's bar owner decided that a planned pub crawl was actually a bad idea.

#TBT: 1986 George Street pub crawl cancelled

9 years ago
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30 years ago, Bull Cook, a pub owner in St Johns advertised a pub crawl in the newspaper but later cancelled the event saying it was a bad idea.

Many people go bar hopping on George Street,but 30 years ago,one St. John's bar owner decided to cancel apub crawl.

To mark #ThrowbackThursday, our weekly slice of vintage video is from 1986.

That's whenBull Cook,owner of theSundanceSaloon, advertised a pub crawl where participantswould get achance to win a trip to Montreal.

He changed his mind because he didn't want to promote drinking.

Watch the report bySallySouthey above.