With the lockdown ending and most of the drinking establishments getting a lick of paint, i remember going in the Crown pub in Tyldesley, it was off the main drag and hardly used, a proper Walkers pub built near a mill. Place was falling apart, outside bogs with a stench what rats would even venture clear, and a clientele of us underage drinkers and old men with missing limbs.

35 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said:

Ron Lampton... Tonge Moor lads set him up one night as he had a habit of putting the boot in out back when his henchmen were twatting someone, they started a ruck near the back & when the bouncers charged around & left Ron on his own some of their mates gave him a good hiding 😁

That name rings a bell - probably due to the fact that he was always trying to get himself in the B.E.N for a bit of self promotion. I think he might have run the Royal Oak in Bradshaw for a while. I also seem to  remember he was a bit of a tvvat.

Edited July 20, 20206 yr by Burndens Bogs

22 minutes ago, leigh white said:

Did you ever go in the Wrecker in Blackley on Vicky Ave ?

No never heard of it tbh lived Moston side of blackley so went in mowers,  bricklayers,  old loom, museum all on Moston Lane. All very classy establishments as you can imagine...

Ani and chief wiggum used to pick me up on the way from Leeds to go to the match at the 3 arrows just off the bottom of viccy ave tho. 

1 minute ago, blackleywhite said:

No never heard of it tbh lived Moston side of blackley so went in mowers,  bricklayers,  old loom, museum all on Moston Lane. All very classy establishments as you can imagine...

Ani and chief wiggum used to pick me up on the way from Leeds to go to the match at the 3 arrows just off the bottom of viccy ave tho. 

I was courting with a girl from White Moss for a spell and the pub had live crocodiles in a tank.

28 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

That name rings a bell - probably due to the fact that he was always trying to get himself in the B.E.N for a bit of self promotion. I think he might have run the Royal Oak in Bradshaw for a while. I also seem to  remember he was a bit of a tvvat.

Used to work with his daughter.. She was sound tbf. Remember going to her 21st upstairs in there. The tight arsed fucker had balloons on the tables, some of which had Merry Christmas on 😂

Edited July 20, 20206 yr by RONNIE PHILLIPS

11 hours ago, Whitestar said:

A good Tetley Bitter was very good indeed.

Think it was made in Warrington, there was also a Yorkshire version which they preferred but then they would wouldn't they?.

They were reet. I worked in Huddersfield for a while and the Tetley bitter I drank at the Red Lion in Lockwood was quite probably the best pint of bitter I ever drank. Creamy nectar.

Same pint was generally fucking shite west of the Pennines. The Yorkies used to tell me that theirs was made from purified River Aire water and the shite we got was from Sellafield contaminated water. Don't know how much truth there was in that but there was no doubting the difference in quality of the pints.

My dad used to swear by a well kept JW Lee's, no idea on bitters myself.

My dad used to think Burtonwoods was decent, he'd not been out drinking for years mind when he used to say this.

I used the have it in stags head up Deane and id was shite.

Think the swan was Burtonwoods too but it was always a can of Breaker 26p.👍👍

13 hours ago, Whitestar said:

Church inn on Wigan rd next to moony's petrol station was a good pint of Tetley.

Opposite the prince Bill near to Yates used to be called Gaitey about 1980.

Sold vaux beers from Sunderland, very rare in the north west but a crackin bitter in there. Can't remember much about the pub though, think it had an upstairs too.

Vaux did a beer called Samson Bitter. It was one of those that was hit and miss. A couple of Pubs in Bishop Auckland and the same near Roker Park served a fantastic pint. In other Pubs within a 5 minute walk it was shit. Definately one of the Beers that required a Landlord who new how to look after it. There was a Pub in Oakham near where Iwas based in the RAF that did a really great john Smiths Bitter. Might have been called Magnet.

Magnet is usually sold in places where there are steelworks, Sheffield,  Middlesbrough,  Scunthorpe etc. Its 1 % stronger than normal John Smith's I think. Remember supping it with Zozzy one Middlesbrough away day. Suffice it to say he fucked the game off and was poured back into the van afterwards...

I still buy double maxim in bottles when i see it, its described as a brown ale but its more like a flattish bitter, very agreeable to my pallet.

Back in the day I used to really enjoy Tetley’s (Yorkshire), Walkers, Thwaites and Draught Bass. None other spring to mind 

When I was at RAF Cosford during trade training the NAAFI used to have Tartan and McEwans Export on Draught. Both were absolute shit. Just down the road in Albrighton the local was a Springfield Brewery pub. I can't remember the name of the particular Bitter, but it was super smooth. The first pint normally lasted about 5 seconds.

Later in my time in the RAF I am ashamed to admit I drank a shit load of Fosters lager crap just to get a load of free t-shirts with stupid slogans on them.

 

3 hours ago, Whitestar said:

My dad used to think Burtonwoods was decent, he'd not been out drinking for years mind when he used to say this.

I used the have it in stags head up Deane and id was shite.

Think the swan was Burtonwoods too but it was always a can of Breaker 26p.👍👍

That bitter in the Stags was crap , bit like the Wilsons in Queen Ann next door

early 80s they used to keep a barrel of scrumpy on the bar top in the Stags , used to drink it mixed with the guiness,

beautiful and a proper stagger home after

Lets ask this here

4 pints of 6 percent or 6 pints of 4 percent

Same person, same time frame

Would the effect of the alcohol be the same

16 minutes ago, Casino said:

Lets ask this here

4 pints of 6 percent or 6 pints of 4 percent

Same person, same time frame

Would the effect of the alcohol be the same

By my maths they should be exactly the same in terms of amount of alcohol consumed

1 minute ago, dave2980 said:

By my maths they should be exactly the same in terms of amount of alcohol consumed

Exactly

Simple arithmetic says that

Just wondering if science says otherwise

Its gotta depend on other factors, if i went out and had 10 pints of john smiths ( and thats not strong) i would be bad as the next day, however i could do a twelve pack of their cans in 2-3 hrs and be right as rain.

31 minutes ago, crawshawbooth said:

That bitter in the Stags was crap , bit like the Wilsons in Queen Ann next door

early 80s they used to keep a barrel of scrumpy on the bar top in the Stags , used to drink it mixed with the guiness,

beautiful and a proper stagger home after

Don't remember the scrumpy in there.

Yeah that Wilson's was awful in the queen Ann.

Must have had lager in there i think, they used to do a variation on a stronger continental lager but it wasn't Stella, not many people had it.

Come to think it was quite a shit pub. Awkward shape too.

35 minutes ago, Casino said:

Lets ask this here

4 pints of 6 percent or 6 pints of 4 percent

Same person, same time frame

Would the effect of the alcohol be the same

No don't think so

I'll try and find the article but read about this a while back and you consume more alcohol the stronger the drink is and this doesn't balance out in the way you suggest - you'll be "more pissed" on the 6% stuff

19 hours ago, Casino said:

Another pub i never fancied and where I expect they say, bit shit but salt of the earth folk

Which generally means you're never more than an hour from a fight or 10 yards from a wrong un.

We are talking nearly 40 years ago - It was OK in the tap room, Darts, Dominoes & Don schools. Became my local after the Radcliffe Borough social club got closed down for under age drinking.

48 minutes ago, Casino said:

Exactly

Simple arithmetic says that

Just wondering if science says otherwise

You'll be pissing more often on the 6 pints method

1 hour ago, Casino said:

Lets ask this here

4 pints of 6 percent or 6 pints of 4 percent

Same person, same time frame

Would the effect of the alcohol be the same

if you break your seal you will be pissing the 6 pints out faster so the Alcohol 

will not have time to kick in

Tommy got stabbed didn't he?

And his lad Neal.

Think it was a domestic bust up that went too far.

By the time it was Sinclair's fancy lagers were coming in, think it was labatts in there.

Not a shit pub but did anyone go in The Thomas Egerton up Blackburn road.

They had a barmaid in there with the biggest tits I’ve ever seen in real life. Literally bigger than her head