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Post by yenilira on Dec 22, 2010 22:39:23 GMT 1
Now that 606 has shut up shop for the night and 'Sherlock's Holiday' (how stranded is he?) has given me an idea for a 'fun thread' to while away the time until Looserpool descend upon our Hallowed Turf this weekend : So......
1) What's your 'local'? (and where) 2) Your tipple. 3) What you like about the place. 4) Has it got a nickname (or anything unusual about it) Stuck out in the sticks doesn't count!
As instigator of this thread, I have the dubious priviledge, nay, the pleasure, of starting, so here goes:
1) "The Lane Ends" Hawes Side Lane, Blackpool. 2) Theaksons Bitter (use to drink lager in vast quantities in my misspent youth until I discovered the fun of Boddies in the 70s). Pub has a good selection of lagers. Quite partical to a Manns now and then, but that doesn't give you a boozy feeling quick enough. 3) Very good atmosphere and friendly (everybody seems to know me!). A real locals' pub. 4) Affectionally? called 'The Rag' from, I believe, the 'travelling fowk' that frequent it.
One of the very few other pubs in Blackpool I patronise (never go into town for a pint) is the "Dunes" on Lytham Road. Has around 5/6 real ales on hand pump and I try to have a pint of a different one each time I go in. (ex-CAMRA member) At the moment they have Green King IPA (use to sup gallons of that stuff along with Abbot Ale whilst down in Hertfordshire), "Ho Ho Ho" (Yes!), Black Sheep, and they had Wells B. in the other week. A Lytham beer. Can't remember the others. More of a community pub as opposed to having a touristy clientele and the meals are pretty good.
Oh, I nearly forgot: my 'local' in Alanya is the 'Paradiso' where the main aim is to get oneself blotto on Efes every night. Sorry, don't do 'rocket fuel'. Good atmos, very friendly ... and I get a reduction on meals for being a regular.
YL.
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Post by colombianseasider on Dec 22, 2010 22:51:04 GMT 1
Hi Yeni, maybe its the prices down south or my lifestyle but i very rarely go to pubs any more. Last time i went it was around £3.00 a pint so its only on special occasions. I am partial to some Colombian Rum called Pura Colombia its a mix between dark and white rum and is a golden colour. Got drunk on my wedding night with it! the next morning hung over and my new wife in bed with me, i fumbled for the remote and switched on England vs Germany, world cup, about 9am our time and i was thinking omg Blackpool are in the premier league now, I just got married and England could win the world cup... life cant get much better than this.. still 2 out of 3 aint bad
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Post by yenilira on Dec 22, 2010 23:00:49 GMT 1
Columbian : :-)
Forgot to mention, my pint costs £2.20p here and (=) £1.75 over there.
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Post by colombianseasider on Dec 22, 2010 23:28:50 GMT 1
thats turkey prices then yeh? Sorry to be a pedant but its colombia with an o not a u
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Post by bootledylan on Dec 23, 2010 0:19:10 GMT 1
1 - The Albion in Bootle - Just a local within walkin distance but well run and typically scouse in its clientele and outlook 2 - Anything really. Bitter, lager, cider, JD whatever takes my fancy at the time 3 - I can walk home drunk in less than two minutes 4 - Strangly no nickname. Just know as the Albion. Unlike "The Labunum" over the other side of the canal that is called the Blobber (because its hard to say Laburnum when you are drunk) ...
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Post by yenilira on Dec 23, 2010 0:40:23 GMT 1
Sorry, friend: just a typo.
3 lira for a small bottle, 5 for a big-un. (and it depends on your rate of exchange!)
YL.
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Post by bigjohncraven on Dec 23, 2010 11:12:13 GMT 1
Hav'nt got a local worth calling such,all the pubs within walking distance are crap. Best pub nearest to me is the "Taps" in Lytham. Looks like a pub Has a constantly changing selection of guest Ales Has its own Bitter, its excellent. Decent place outside for a fag Proper mix of customer,the youth dont seem to drink there either,must be because it sells Beer and not Pop. But like all pubs these days.................... They smell wrong,dont get me started on the smoking ban
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Post by yenilira on Dec 23, 2010 13:19:14 GMT 1
Morning, John, or should I say 'afternoon'.
The 'Taps' is one of the better pubs in Lytham now - has been and always will be, to me. 'The Ship' was another fav - when they had the staircase leading upstairs, (ghost?) and the public bar on the left as you go in, not forgetting the long table and benches there. I think a lot of bikers frequented it in those days. I discovered the delights of Boddies in the 'County' in '73 or '74, (lived in Rogerley, South Park then) as the 'Vic' in St.Annes.
Used to pop into Lytham after moving to Blackpool but lost touch with a boozing mate, and that put paid to trips to LSA.
YL.
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Post by bigjohncraven on Dec 23, 2010 15:34:58 GMT 1
I was one of those bikers way back then! Unfortunately the "Ship" like the "County" and the "Fairhaven"has been "upgraded" which basically translates as ruined. They are trying to close the "Vic" and turn it into yet more old peoples flats. The "Grapes" in Wrea Green is now a "Gastro" pub which meens its full of kids and smells of chips! The only one of my old haunts I havn't checked out since returning to the Fylde is the "Thatch" in Poulton,which generally had the best pint of Bodds around. I loved going to the pub but with the demise of the real pub and the smoking ban I tend not to go as much as I would under ideal circumstances. The death of the British pub is nigh.
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Post by yeoldetangerine on Dec 23, 2010 16:54:47 GMT 1
The Thatch brings back memories ( some of them extremely hazy!) When I lived in Thornton, our pub was the Buccaneer down at Skipool, that was some sort of eating place last time we were there. Local up here the Badger Bar in Rydal, afraid it is out in the sticks Ale wise, serves only cumbrian brewed beers, usually drink the slightly darker or stronger ones, favourite Coniston Old Man. As a small independent, they buy whatever they fancy, so a great range, the owner is a mate ( as was the last owner) Very simple walkers / locals pub, roaring fire, good beer, meet up with friends and moan about customers, our dog is well known!! Know all the staff (one from each side of the Mersey rivalry), feel quite at home there They have a set of Badgers in the back woods, and feed them every night. Forget Springwatch waiting for days for a glimpse, turn up and see them around 21.00, a few feet away. We are a little limited, so it's known as The Badg Off there tomorrow night, threatening to do a rude Karaoke
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Post by louisea on Dec 23, 2010 20:14:57 GMT 1
dont go to pubs much but call in the Bloomfield before games for a half of Stella, although a nice glass of red or bacardi and coke or Southern comfort are my prefered drinks
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Post by yenilira on Dec 23, 2010 21:15:16 GMT 1
Evening, Louise.
Didn't the 'Bloomfield' shut down or something a while back?
You should pop in to F&B's (by Rigby Road picture house) sometime prior to games, esp when a 'meet' had been arranged.
YL.
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Post by Ali on Dec 23, 2010 23:38:51 GMT 1
Dont go into pubs that much myself either Lou,maybe swift hound if i get to home game,
Devonshire Arms would be my local if i did part take in the odd tipple,which would be one or two of the old vodkas although hubby would say 1 or 2 wouldnt be enough lol
Your right Yen the Bloomfield did shut down but has since reopened.
Merry Christmas to everyone. xx
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Post by louisea on Dec 24, 2010 16:17:50 GMT 1
I will next time Yeni
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Post by sandgrown'un on Dec 24, 2010 17:06:21 GMT 1
The Windmill in Layton has been my watering hole since my teens but succumbed earlier this year to the Tesco shilling after a voracious campaign by us locals to keep it open. The brewery did the dirty deed through a planning loophole and that is that. No thought for the hundreds of familys who have used this pub for generations as a community lifeline. It was a special place and is missed, none more so than tomorrow for the traditional Xmas dinnertime drink when people who you would only see once a year came out to see family and friends. Bah humbug to the bloody plc's.
Sorry Yen to politicise your excellent thread.
I have now been shunted to the Layton Institute whose membership I have resisted for almost a lifetime. Needs must though but to be fair I am getting more used to it now and they do show all Blackpool's games which is a blessing for those away games I cant get to.
My favourite tipple, like quite a few others here, is a lovely pint of Boddingtons but it is increasingly difficult to get a pint that isnt ice cold. Ice cold lager is fine but a good bitter is not as nice served this way. In the Institute I have to make do with John Smiths, which to be fair is excellent, but again just too cold.
I can be seen every other Monday at the Devonshire Arms from six until seven where I meet a great friend of mine from where I worked and we just wanted to stay in touch and this is his local.
Tomorrow, Christmas Day, my family will all decamp to the No4 on Newton Drive, a new home for our traditional drink, which is fine, and where we celebrated promotion the day after Wembley. I look forward to it immensely.
I must mention our very own Frankie and Benny's where I go before most home games with my daughter, son, brother in law and assorted cousins, nephews and friends and where I have met a few of you good people. I hope to meet a few more of you soon.
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Post by yenilira on Dec 24, 2010 17:29:13 GMT 1
Sandy - no probs about the 'politicising' of the thread, as I'm interested re the pubs themselves as much as what people think about them, espec. in this day and age with closures due to, amongst other things, the smoking ban.
Prefer JS's 'Magnet', if pushed.
We met in F&B's prior to the Everton game, did we not?
Thanks for your input, and all others .... so far. :-)
YL.
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Post by mickyg on Jan 6, 2011 14:18:36 GMT 1
Sorry Yeni but only just spotted this thread and as I'm an exile these days I'm not sure how interested you'll be but here goes anyway.......... My local is a boozer in Manchester (Burnage) called The Sun In September (usually just called the Sun). It's a Sam Smith's house so only sells Sam Smith's products, which means there's no JD or Southern Comfort or anything like that.......even the nuts and crisps are their own! I can, however recommend their "Old Brewery Bitter" which is a fine pint and at £1.46 a pint, extremely affordable! Their stout is also a very fine pint and in my opinion knocks spots off Guiness at only a fraction of the price! I can't vouch for the larger, or mild, as I have all my life refused to drink any larger as I prefer drinks that taste of something! It's very much a locals boozer and there's no jukebox, muzack or TV so you just have to talk/argue with each other for entertainment..........or play darts if you're really desperate! (When the 'pool are on TV I venture up the road to a pub called the Farmer's Arms and suffer their comparitavely exhorbitant prices!) My local is also "blessed" (?) with an extremely beligerant, Basil Fawlty-esque landlord of whom I will now recount a little anecdote as a taster..................a gentleman walked into the pub who had never been seen by anybody before so was obviously new to the area, he walked upto the bar and, if memory serves me well, asked for a pint of Fosters. Well, that was it, he was promptly given a lecture on the fact that he, the landlord that is, only sells Sam Smith's products. So the genleman not having quite taken it in asked for a pint of Guiness.......cue further lecture on what was available at which point the gentlman said "Oh, OK then I'll just have a pint of larger". This was duly pulled and slammed down onto the bar (which is what the landlord does with every pint he serves) with the shout "Anything else?". The gentleman, thinking he'd ingratiate himself to this hostile man serving him beer, replied, "Well, a smile would be nice." At this point the larger was snatched from the bar by the landlord, accompanied by the cry of, "Get out, you're barred!"...............priceless!
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Post by louisea on Jan 6, 2011 14:41:07 GMT 1
love it Micky, just the other side of Manchester to me, but it sounds to be worth a visit.
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Post by mickyg on Jan 6, 2011 15:08:34 GMT 1
No, believe me Lou, it's not worth the effort......if it wasn't so cheap and only at the end of the road (2mins walk), I'd happily drink elsewhere! The majority of the locals are the kind who are putting down their banjos to give each other "high sixes"! Also, something I forgot to mention, the smell.........since the smoking ban came in it's now very easy to smell all the armpits, farts and incontinent old men! The last time the landlord was away on holiday, the relief landlady tried to address the smell from the gents toilets by puting some freshening blocks in the urinal......the first thing the landlord did on his return was to remove them. He hates his punters with a vengance (he's only a manager see, so he gets the same money wether the pub's full or empty) and is always trying his best to upset them.......during the recent cold snap he only lit the fires 3 times, which meant the put was freezing and very unwelcoming! Which boozer do you use up Salford way?........I went to Uni there some years ago and used quit a few of the local pubs.
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Post by yenilira on Jan 6, 2011 15:25:08 GMT 1
Great story, Micky!
Just reminds me of the "landlady" (who shall remain nameless!!!) of my local - I thought I was reading about her, then.
:-)
YL.
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Post by louisea on Jan 6, 2011 20:08:07 GMT 1
Dont really go to the pub Micky but the nearest one to me is the Hope (formerly Inn of Good Hope)
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Post by mickyg on Jan 6, 2011 22:39:17 GMT 1
Ah Lou , it takes me back to when I used to stay at my then friend's (now effectively the missus) place up in Irlams o'th Height. Was particularly fond of the Crescent back in the day.
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