Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
I got barred from the Thistle! :emoji_grin:
I got barred from the Thistle! :emoji_grin:Thistle? What a boozer. Like it had been lifted straight off a street corner in Scotland and dropped in Coventry. Loved the place.
I laughed at the bit violent at times. Most weekends were violent ! I recall having words with a doorman at Tiffany's and got battered by him and his mate. Now I'd have reported it but back then it was one of those things !everyone used to moan about it but looking back it was very vibrant, (albeit a bit violent at times). I think the lack of night clubs was peoples main bug bear as finishing the night in a night club was pretty much compulsory back then but Brum was only up the road and always good for a late night.
I laughed at the bit violent at times. Most weekends were violent ! I recall having words with a doorman at Tiffany's and got battered by him and his mate. Now I'd have reported it but back then it was one of those things !
Geoff Thompsons book Watch My Back. Coventry most violent city in the UK at that time.you certainly had to have your wits about you!
you certainly had to have your wits about you!
I don't drink beer so it would have to be cider. It was probably either The Jolly Colliers or The Boat Inn, Shilton Lane.What was the first pub you had a beer in? How old were you and is the pub still there?
Mine; Binley Oak aged 14, it's still there but not a pub any longer as far as I know
The Boat still going.I don't drink beer so it would have to be cider. It was probably either The Jolly Colliers or The Boat Inn, Shilton Lane.
I don't remember how old I was and the Jolly Colliers is gone, the Boat Inn may still be there I'm not sure.
They were smaller ones, set up in peoples' front rooms effectively. Could only flog you beer and nowt else, plenty of scope for prostitutes and the like to pop in, too!Beerhouses!! Great term for a boozer.
They were smaller ones, set up in peoples' front rooms effectively. Could only flog you beer and nowt else, plenty of scope for prostitutes and the like to pop in, too!
They were smaller ones, set up in peoples' front rooms effectively. Could only flog you beer and nowt else, plenty of scope for prostitutes and the like to pop in, too!
They were smaller ones, set up in peoples' front rooms effectively. Could only flog you beer and nowt else, plenty of scope for prostitutes and the like to pop in, too!
There's a couple on the island - Newport Ale House and Cowes Ale House. Tiny places, but they serve great beer. Most of it is CAMRA type beer, but really nice. If there's more than 10 customers, it's jam packed!They were smaller ones, set up in peoples' front rooms effectively. Could only flog you beer and nowt else, plenty of scope for prostitutes and the like to pop in, too!
There's a couple on the island - Newport Ale House and Cowes Ale House. Tiny places, but they serve great beer. Most of it is CAMRA type beer, but really nice. If there's more than 10 customers, it's jam packed!
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I know. I've been barred from a couple already and I've only been here a few years!there's some great pubs on the island H. Proper old school!
Don't suppose you knew a lad called Dermott Bannigan? He lived just inside Fynford Rd, right by the Grapes.Was about 14 when i entered the world of insanity.
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There were some right characters in the Grapes, but bloody loved it in there.
The lock-ins were legendary.
First pub barred from is a whole other threadI know. I've been barred from a couple already and I've only been here a few years!
Prostitutes or beerhouses?which were your favourites NW?!
Yes, i remember Dermott, he was a little older than me though.Don't suppose you knew a lad called Dermott Bannigan? He lived just inside Fynford Rd, right by the Grapes.
Prostitutes or beerhouses?
Yep. That was Dermott alright. He was in my class at Ullathorne. I'd heard he died many years ago of alcohol related problems. Shame really. He was okay. Good mate of mine in school. All us Irish lads tended to hang around together.Yes, i remember Dermott, he was a little older than me though.
We used to joke that he would pour his can of breaker in his cornflakes every morning he was that much of an alkie!!
Passed a few years ago of kidney problems (not surprisingly) if i remember correctly.
They were smaller ones, set up in peoples' front rooms effectively. Could only flog you beer and nowt else, plenty of scope for prostitutes and the like to pop in, too!
Can't really remember but it was probably the Campbell for me as well. Would likely have been a cider or snakebite upstairs on a Saturday night.Colin Campbell aged 13, a pint of Brew XI please, it tasted horrible
I remember the police coming in to my school to do the 'drugs are bad' talk. They got asked about drinking and basically said they couldn't care less about under age drinkers in pubs as long as they weren't causing trouble. That would never be said now.Imagine a 14 year old walking into a pub now and trying to get a beer.
Ha! Yeah that’s it. Than to the place that is now some kind of strip club ironically at the time named the Climax I think?
My first pint was in the Summerland Tavern in the Butts. I was about 14 or 15 and if I recall, it cost 1/11d (just under 10p!). My mate, who was the same age as me, went up to the bar and got served coz he looked a lot older than me! And just going on from this, I had my first ciggie aged 11. I'd wagged school (for the umpteenth time) and ended up spending my week's dinner money on 10 Embassy and a book of matches. (Half-a-crown piece in a fag machine on the wall outside a shop!) It must have taken me a bloody week to smoke them! I've given up now though!
My first beer was also 1/11d. Craven Arms, Chapelfields. 15 years old. Remember decimalisation and the price being rounded up to 10p ( 2 shillings ). We made our own halfcrowns at metalwork after official school closing time.... teachers impressed at our interest in metalwork...
You sound almost nostalgic for something quintessentially British.
I got barred from the Wallace for a whileFirst pub barred from is a whole other thread
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