Has Manchester lost too many of it's old pubs in town

[andyhinch]

We somehow derailed th media thread with chat about Branigans, the cellar bar in the Royal Exchange.
Was then chatting with an old mate tonight about the legendary Horts in St Anne’s Square.
Both MASSSIVE blue strongholds of the 80s/90s.
My maye was a proper red but he remembered the place next to Horts, was called Ronnie’s. A late gaff
And of course the Cyprus/Conti which again were City gaffs

Monday nights in the Conti were fantastic.

 

[LongsightM13]

Monday nights in the Conti were fantastic.

I thought it was Tuesday was ‘nurses night’ but I could be wrong.
I do remember my previously quiet and unassuming brother having a mad brawl with a psychobilly outside. He was 17 and this lad was mid 20s at least.
Once our kid won won we just walked in. The bouncer watched it all unfold from start to finish and then just said ‘good hands, enjoy your night’

 

[andyhinch]

I thought it ws Tuesday was ‘nurses night’ but I could be wrong.
I do remember my previously quiet and unassuming brother having a mad brawl with a psychobilly outside.
Once he won we just walked in. The bouncer watched it all unfold from start ti finish and then just said ‘good hands’

It might have been Tuesday thinking about used to go to the Ritz on a Monday.

 

[LongsightM13]

It might have been Tuesday thinking about used to go to the Ritz on a Monday.

Yeah Ritz on Monday for ‘weirdos night’. Punks, goths and dirt cheap beer.
Used to do the mad “Dambusters” thing at the end of the night. Basically a moving mosh pit that circled the dancefloor

 

[andyhinch]

Yeah Ritz on Monday for ‘weirdos night’. Punks, goths and dirt cheap beer.
Used to do the mad “Dambusters” thing at the end of the night. Basically a moving mosh pit that circled the dancefloor

Pogoing on the dance floor was always fun :-)

 

[Salford in the City]

Salford used to have about 20 pubs around the precinct, now there's ...none.

Just one mate, The Winston (Fraggle Rock, as it's known locally), on Churchill Way.

A real shame though. Still miss my old favourites The Woolpack and The Langworthy.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Yeah Ritz on Monday for ‘weirdos night’. Punks, goths and dirt cheap beer.
Used to do the mad “Dambusters” thing at the end of the night. Basically a moving mosh pit that circled the dancefloor

Haha the drunken circle of death

 

[Bill Walker]

We used to go to the Swinging Sporon, Yates wine lodge and The Shakespeare in the early 70s

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Yeah Ritz on Monday for ‘weirdos night’. Punks, goths and dirt cheap beer.
Used to do the mad “Dambusters” thing at the end of the night. Basically a moving mosh pit that circled the dancefloor

I was always off the dance floor when the dambusters started playing!

 

[andyhinch]

I’ll add cloud 9 on Cross St in, had a few good nights in there.