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Colourful Drinking Establishments
- Thread starter Shaggy
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Someone mentioning travellers has jogged my memory about a brief stint I had using The Mad Hatter in Longsight.
If ever a pub was aptly named it was this one.
It was lively enough at the best of times but I spent one night in there when a bunch of about 50 travellers joined the local nutters to make an unforgettable night.
Highlights including, children of about eight years of age going to the bar with £50 notes to shout a round up.
A topless bloke stood on the pool table for about 20 minutes screaming, "I will fight any man in here," repeatedly, whilst no one paid him the slightest bit of attention.
And my favourite part, this prick of dealer who was used to having the locals run scared of him been informed by a couple of burly travellers, that they would sample his merchandise and decide if it was worth payment afterwards. To which he sheepishly agreed.
If ever a pub was aptly named it was this one.
It was lively enough at the best of times but I spent one night in there when a bunch of about 50 travellers joined the local nutters to make an unforgettable night.
Highlights including, children of about eight years of age going to the bar with £50 notes to shout a round up.
A topless bloke stood on the pool table for about 20 minutes screaming, "I will fight any man in here," repeatedly, whilst no one paid him the slightest bit of attention.
And my favourite part, this prick of dealer who was used to having the locals run scared of him been informed by a couple of burly travellers, that they would sample his merchandise and decide if it was worth payment afterwards. To which he sheepishly agreed.
Dirty Harry
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Rascal said:@Dirty Harry
Closed about 6 months ago. Think its a goner. Shame really but in the end it was basically just a drug den.
Cheers mate.
nobody can eat fifty eggs
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Anybody go in Potters nightclub where the snooker hall used to be? Fuckin' rum in there I tell yee. All Salford and Broughton's finest in there.
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nobody can eat fifty eggs said:Anybody go in Potters nightclub where the snooker hall used to be? Fuckin' rum in there I tell yee. All Salford and Broughton's finest in there.
Went to school in Broughton during the 80's, so we used to go in at dinner time.
Used to see Alex Higgins, Jimmy White & Kirk Stevens looking a bit worse for wear from the night before.
Manchester la la la la said:Dirty Harry said:Manchester la la la la said:Add Silver Birch to that. Only place I've seen it kick off mid afternoon on a Wednesday and half the pub scrapping!
Tudor looks a dump from the outside and isn't much better inside. Not too bad though.
The Benchill was notorious but never though it was that bad. The Anvil was ten times rougher.
As a nipper I used to live down the road on Haveley (my Nans house, nearer to the circle), it was rough as fuck even back then 40 odd years ago, think it went a few years ago didn't it mate ?
no pubs left in benchill anymore mate, the bench the anvil the greenwood all shut.
says alot i suppose, if i want a drink these days i just get a few cans in or go to the farmers in northenden
good old days thouagh, cant beat a rough estate boozer
I'm not a Wythenhawe lad but I did work on the parade on Gladeside Rd for a while back in the early 80's, sampled a few of the local boozers, probably the Silver Birch was the liveliest, wasn't much you couldn't get in there, including a good hiding if you upset the wrong one, great memories.
edit, just thinking maybe it was the Anvil I'm referring to, from Gladeside Rid I turned right on to Greenwood Rd and it was about half a mile on the right.
It was only 30yrs ago but things are hazy..
Dirty Harry
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nw42 said:Manchester la la la la said:Dirty Harry said:As a nipper I used to live down the road on Haveley (my Nans house, nearer to the circle), it was rough as fuck even back then 40 odd years ago, think it went a few years ago didn't it mate ?
no pubs left in benchill anymore mate, the bench the anvil the greenwood all shut.
says alot i suppose, if i want a drink these days i just get a few cans in or go to the farmers in northenden
good old days thouagh, cant beat a rough estate boozer
I'm not a Wythenhawe lad but I did work on the parade on Gladeside Rd for a while back in the early 80's, sampled a few of the local boozers, probably the Silver Birch was the liveliest, wasn't much you couldn't get in there, including a good hiding if you upset the wrong one, great memories.
edit, just thinking maybe it was the Anvil I'm referring to, from Gladeside Rid I turned right on to Greenwood Rd and it was about half a mile on the right.
It was only 30yrs ago but things are hazy..
Yes that was 'The Anvil' mate.
dan_bo said:G-Star Medium Rare said:Mothball said:The Lion and Lamb in Blackley was the strangest pub i have encounterd. Got renamed the Wrecker for a time and had a live fkn Alligator in a pool in the middle of the pub!! Said alligator used to get pots, bottles and all sorts flung at it by the local piss pots! I believe the poor fucker eventual got rescued by some animal rights activists!
As I remember it the Alligator popped its clogs after choking on disused fag packets tossed into its pool !
The lion and lamb shut after the (temp) manager walked out of a saturday afternoon leaving the place to the locals.
Drank the place dry then burnt the place down.
Early 1999 if I remember correctly. I was working in the Museum on moston lane at the time.
I remember that very afternoon, word spread round Blackley like wild fire and half of North fkn Manchester ended up helping themselves in there!
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my mates dad owned it,John Virgo was a regular visitor as wellnobody can eat fifty eggs said:Anybody go in Potters nightclub where the snooker hall used to be? Fuckin' rum in there I tell yee. All Salford and Broughton's finest in there.
cockneycarparkm32
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The Bulls Head, The Star , Regiment in Hulme , all had there moments . Lively lobster in Sale and Pear Tree even when in there with my Uncles and their friends never quite felt comfortable , got attacked by a local in the lobster with a hatchet after beating him at cards a mate clocked it and put him out .