Youri McAnespie Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) @Spider I just thought folk with nicknames like that existed only in Nick Love or Guy Ritchie filums... Edited February 15, 2021 by Youri McAnespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted February 15, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted February 15, 2021 Teatime Dave is dead now. He was never the same after his appearance on the gameshow 15-to-1. Having been cajoled into it after spending many an afternoon propping up the bar at the Gypsies Tent and getting loads of answers correct, he finally got on and was eliminated at the first attempt having got all his questions wrong. Never spoke of it again. Greasy used to own a chippy, hence his moniker. Bopper was a merchant navy man. Harry the Bastard was, quite simply, an utter bastard. Salt of the earth types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatty Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Flat roof pubs are a dying breed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) I know somebody who went on the original William G Stewart (who, incidentally, added the 'G' to his name to appeal to the yoof market) 'Fifteen to One' - he did shit an' all, they gave each contestant a VHS copy of the show. The tight bastards stuck it on a C30 tape - so you couldn't even cover the poke hole up with tape, or dice with death and clog it up with scrunched-up paper then tape Endsleigh League Extra over it ("you are number 1!" No we're not, Dreadzone, at very best we are top of number 2). Edited February 15, 2021 by Youri McAnespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, fatty said: Flat roof pubs are a dying breed There was another one on Brownlow Way, I always asked my old man if we could go in there (Spinners?) but was always told "no" - presumably because it was full of ruffians. We always went in The Bowling Green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjhb Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 10 minutes ago, fatty said: Flat roof pubs are a dying breed For good reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 The Oasthouse up Breightmet tried to fool folk it wasn't a flatroofer by adding faux oasthouse thingamajigs atop. They were still on the thing last time I passed it, even though it was a pizza place and shop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter FrancisFogarty Posted February 15, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted February 15, 2021 23 minutes ago, fatty said: Flat roof pubs are a dying breed Pubs of any shaped roofs are a dying breed at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayoghani Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 There must be some Feng Shui shit going on where flat roof pubs cause the people below to engage in criminal behaviour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Francis Fogarty said: Pubs of any shaped roofs are a dying breed at the moment. Are you really surprised, Covid aside? These days the price of a pint can buy you 0.5 of a 440ml can from the shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 14 hours ago, Youri McAnespie said: Sit on the steps here... It's the City Hotel on Escrick Street, Halliwell. Neither a hotel nor in a city. What was up with The Escrick Arms? topless bar maids would drop my dad and his mate off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 39 minutes ago, fatty said: Flat roof pubs are a dying breed I started frequenting a flat roofer near me pre lockdown. Characters galore. Next door to the obligatory bookies and the chippy two doors down 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 @little whitt I bet the women had droopy 'African tribeswoman in a geography textbook' tits... I'd say 'bygone age' but it was probably about ten years ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I heard stories about the landlady and when times where hard....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Spider said: his mates Bopper, Greasy Graham, Teatime Dave, Harry the Bastard and Dirtyneck Add in Ashburner Market Fish Stall Face, Early Dart, The Squelcher, The Shark and Son of Bat and a bag of fizzy worms......and I reckon that's the full compliment of people that @embankmentgoes to the match with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I lived round there when I was a kid. Youri is right about the corner shops. Within two blocks either side of Elgin Street/Eskrick Street junction you had everything you ever needed. Two greengrocers, butcher's on Hughes Street, chippy (Bills), pub (Bowling Green), little supermarket (Hanburys), GP surgery (next door to Bowling Green), newsagents, two hairdressers for the ladies, barbers for the gents (Les Bragg), two primary schools (one CofE on RC) , a big fuck off church of either persuasion, a secondary school (Brownlow Fold), hardware shop opposite the chippy. I think there was even a bookies next door to Les Bragg's. If you needed a chemist you had to venture 4 blocks up Elgin street, past another shop, another hairdressers to the chemist opposite ex WW2 pilot Jimmy Gulshen's newsagents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted February 15, 2021 Moderators Share Posted February 15, 2021 When I was a kid, every barber had the prefix Mad. I went to Mad Sid's on Moorfield Grove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted February 15, 2021 Members Share Posted February 15, 2021 47 minutes ago, Escobarp said: I started frequenting a flat roofer near me pre lockdown. Characters galore. Next door to the obligatory bookies and the chippy two doors down 😁 Usually an independent bookie. Dodgy as fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, mickbrown said: I lived round there when I was a kid. Youri is right about the corner shops. Within two blocks either side of Elgin Street/Eskrick Street junction you had everything you ever needed. Two greengrocers, butcher's on Hughes Street, chippy (Bills), pub (Bowling Green), little supermarket (Hanburys), GP surgery (next door to Bowling Green), newsagents, two hairdressers for the ladies, barbers for the gents (Les Bragg), two primary schools (one CofE on RC) , a big fuck off church of either persuasion, a secondary school (Brownlow Fold), hardware shop opposite the chippy. I think there was even a bookies next door to Les Bragg's. If you needed a chemist you had to venture 4 blocks up Elgin street, past another shop, another hairdressers to the chemist opposite ex WW2 pilot Jimmy Gulshen's newsagents. You've done the "Eeeh - everything were better then..." But missed out the "today it's..." followed by some barely concealed racist vitriol. 😀 There was a house opposite The Bowling Green that intrigued me, no proper windows etc. I never thought about it just being a house a kitchen fitter or sommat used as a workshop. The first house proper after it was very poor, there was nowt like that in affluent G/L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeep Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 37 minutes ago, Sweep said: Add in Ashburner Market Fish Stall Face, Early Dart, The Squelcher, The Shark and Son of Bat and a bag of fizzy worms......and I reckon that's the full compliment of people that @embankmentgoes to the match with Ashburner STREET Market Fish Stall Face.... You've missed Swedish Al...... 😮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted February 15, 2021 Members Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Spider said: Every word absolute gospel. I can still smell Boppers sock now Was he in The Warriors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 27 minutes ago, Rudy said: Usually an independent bookie. Dodgy as fuck Betting slips behind the bar and he would phone the bets round for you save you the 10 yard walk and you felt obliged to order another round for his troubles “one for yerself pal” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ani Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 5 minutes ago, Escobarp said: Betting slips behind the bar and he would phone the bets round for you save you the 10 yard walk and you felt obliged to order another round for his troubles “one for yerself pal” Last time I was properly in pub for an all dater was March 13th Gold Cup day, pub had all races on TV with a bloke in the corner just taking bets. If you had a bet you could eat from the free buffet too. I miss the pub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escobarp Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Ani said: Last time I was properly in pub for an all dater was March 13th Gold Cup day, pub had all races on TV with a bloke in the corner just taking bets. If you had a bet you could eat from the free buffet too. I miss the pub We usually have a big day out gold cup day. I miss them as well. Clinging on til they’re open Edited February 15, 2021 by Escobarp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Soon be Cheltenham Festival. Boris is going to let that run as normal. 60,000 per day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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