About 1920, Harry V. Pooley also owned a drapery business in Burren Junction. A billiard room in the centre block facing Slack-Smith Street was owned by a Mr Witton at one time, according to records supplied by Mr Les Murphy. In 1915, W. J. Wallace is listed as owning a billiard saloon, and by 1917, A. Mack is described as a hairdresser and billiard saloon owner in Burren Junction. The original billiard saloon in Slack-Smith Street was one of the blocks of buildings destroyed by fire in the 1920’s.
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