Rough pub stories
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Spare tyre said:
Supernova190188 said:
Are there still any pubs about with sawdust on the floor I wonder?!
As a youngish bloke, was that really a thing, what’s the purpose soak of various juices and blood?
As a young Building Control Officer in the early 80s we had to inspect licenced premises to check condition, means of escape and so on in relation to licence renewals.
At that time the area I covered ran from Stratford down through Plaistow to Silvertown and North Woolwich. Feck me there were some rough pubs down the back streets. Proper dodgy places for a young chap from the Council to turn up at. Never once was there an issue though. Join in a bit of banter and on to the next one. Very easy to accept the proffered drinks though and be pissed by 11:00 am.
The Tidal Basin Tavern in Silvertown though.......definitely not somewhere to linger in.
At that time the area I covered ran from Stratford down through Plaistow to Silvertown and North Woolwich. Feck me there were some rough pubs down the back streets. Proper dodgy places for a young chap from the Council to turn up at. Never once was there an issue though. Join in a bit of banter and on to the next one. Very easy to accept the proffered drinks though and be pissed by 11:00 am.
The Tidal Basin Tavern in Silvertown though.......definitely not somewhere to linger in.
I used to work at The Original Swan in Cowley , Oxford during my Uni years (mid 80s).
It was the local for the Cowley car plant workers and used to have a disco every Friday. Without fail, the early shift going home and the late shift going to work would would get pissed up and then fights would ensue. Bar staff always had to break it up and it was not a pleasant experience.
The fact that the pissed up would then go and build some cars always added extra relevance for me of the phrase ‘Friday afternoon car’.
It was the local for the Cowley car plant workers and used to have a disco every Friday. Without fail, the early shift going home and the late shift going to work would would get pissed up and then fights would ensue. Bar staff always had to break it up and it was not a pleasant experience.
The fact that the pissed up would then go and build some cars always added extra relevance for me of the phrase ‘Friday afternoon car’.
I'd recently moved in to my new house and and friend and I decided to try the local, which was not in the most affluent of areas.
I was sitting in the bar and the owner (whose name was not above the door as he'd been in prison for selling fake tabs and stolen alcohol but that's a story for another day ) came from the toilets in a foul mood.
"I've already told them about taking drugs in the toilets... when you're having it don't go in the cubicles in two's as it looks obvious"
I was sitting in the bar and the owner (whose name was not above the door as he'd been in prison for selling fake tabs and stolen alcohol but that's a story for another day ) came from the toilets in a foul mood.
"I've already told them about taking drugs in the toilets... when you're having it don't go in the cubicles in two's as it looks obvious"
The Custom House pub, at the bottom of St Mary's Street, in Cardiff, accidentally went in there as a student in the early '90s during a pub crawl.
As students our hygiene standards weren't exactly high, but the toilets had vomit encrusted in the sink, and the clientele were as rough as a badger's arse, supped up our pints and quickly left for more familiar surroundings at the Philharmonic
As students our hygiene standards weren't exactly high, but the toilets had vomit encrusted in the sink, and the clientele were as rough as a badger's arse, supped up our pints and quickly left for more familiar surroundings at the Philharmonic
john2443 said:
Pub at Junction of Derby Road & Leopold Street Long Eaton - mate went in with people from work, looked round and said It's a bit rough in here, shall we go in the lounge? The guy he was with said This is the lounge!
Nice old building, traditional pub. Like a lot of that type of pub, stuck in the 80’s.
whitesocks said:
Tom _M said:
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