The Turnkey restaurant


Anybody remember the set lunch menu - I remember the poached halibut and the flakey pastry steak pie.
But what was the other choice
Started: 28th Jan 2017 at 19:51


I think Roger Doxey owned it then and it was later run by Barbara Chew.
Replied: 28th Jan 2017 at 20:25


I can smell that pie
Replied: 28th Jan 2017 at 20:37


The chicken and barley broth sounds very good, I-Spy: WW Album
Replied: 28th Jan 2017 at 20:47


Don't recall that Jo Anne. And today I couldn't have the chicken or the steak pie The halibut was good though.
Replied: 28th Jan 2017 at 20:51


I remember it being on King Street, I-Spy, but I don't think I ever went.
Replied: 28th Jan 2017 at 21:04


I suspect you're not old enough to have sampled the delights of the old Turnkey before it became a drinking night spot
Replied: 28th Jan 2017 at 21:20

I remember going there in about 1971 and it was called 'The Turnkey Cellars' and it was themed to look like a dungeon, with a stone floor, with the diners being in little alcoves
Replied: 30th Jan 2017 at 10:32


What did you eat tts
Replied: 30th Jan 2017 at 19:16

I think it were a T-Bone Steak
Replied: 2nd Feb 2017 at 21:08


King Hal's did the best t bone steak in Wigan
Replied: 2nd Feb 2017 at 21:50


I concur I-spy bloody good it was too
Replied: 2nd Feb 2017 at 22:56
I did a job of renewing a WC pan in the Turnkey in the late 60's early 70's (can't be sure) and had to pick up the pan from Makinsons ( which was next to the Wigan Casino) and had to carry it from there to the Turnkey on mi yed....not a happy bunny.
Replied: 21st Feb 2017 at 00:45


Any photos
Replied: 21st Feb 2017 at 15:51
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