Roughest pub

[sir malcom]

No mate live near Moorside High,always have!

i lived on the height but knew a lot of lads down duchy, happy, dave edwards, river, cheetham, louk, shank walton, penningtons, dicey almond, fuck sake its that long ago i thought i`d forgotten them lot

Do you remember the spray painting that wes all over the height mid 80s,MAYNE LINE MCFC,mit was you was it ha ha,other dodgy holes the keystone the kettle drum

 

[Mikeegrini]

Haha Vinegar Vera she came to my mind too, for rough pubs how about The Merchants, also known as Bottom Yates's on Oldham Street she was a 'client' there.

I did a couple of nights relief for a mate of mine who was the landlord. He had broken his foot kicking some clown in the head outside. Never ware sandals in a street fight lol. It was a nightmare I just got pissed and went from there.

ive still got the sawdust in my shoes. i`ve had a few all ins it that place

Probably best not tell you they used to rinse the better looking lemons to use them again then???

 

[r.soleofsalford]

i lived on the height but knew a lot of lads down duchy, happy, dave edwards, river, cheetham, louk, shank walton, penningtons, dicey almond, fuck sake its that long ago i thought i`d forgotten them lot

Do you remember the spray painting that wes all over the height mid 80s,MAYNE LINE MCFC,mit was you was it ha ha,other dodgy holes the keystone the kettle drum

i used to go in the pack horse and in the mid to late sixties the only pub i could get in at 15 /16, also a bit later the brit, wagon and horses, welly and dirty duck. the dog and partridge was a bit classy then and bastards wouldnt let me in till i was about 17

 

[r.soleofsalford]

i lived on the height but knew a lot of lads down duchy, happy, dave edwards, river, cheetham, louk, shank walton, penningtons, dicey almond, fuck sake its that long ago i thought i`d forgotten them lot

Do you remember the spray painting that wes all over the height mid 80s,MAYNE LINE MCFC,mit was you was it ha ha,other dodgy holes the keystone the kettle drum

not me i was a well repected married man by then.



well married anyway

 

[pominoz]

ive still got the sawdust in my shoes. i`ve had a few all ins it that place

Probably best not tell you they used to rinse the better looking lemons to use them again then???

Are Yates's still going?
Last i read about them afew years ago,that they were trying to make them more "upmarket",ffs!
If so,what did they do? (clean the spew and blood in the bogs more often?)

 

[daveduke67]

ive been in a good percentage of the pubs mentioned in this thread does that make me a piss artist.



also a good few of you older salford and town drinkers will remember vinegar vera and mike maguire a real pair of balloons

vinegar vera wow thats a blast from the past ( and no i hav`nt ) she was about in the early 80s if i remember right.

Vinegar Vera staggered out of a pub in Eccles (I think) stopped next my mate who was at the bus stop and asked him for one of his chips. Not wanting a scene he offered her the tray. She said "I'll have that big 'un there" and nicked his fish. She took a bite and threw it on floor complaining that it didn't have enough salt and vinegar on.
She staggered round a bit asked him where she was going and then went back in the pub. She was then pushed back out by the landlord who told her not to come back until she learned to control her bladder.
She went back to my mate and asked him if he'd any more fish.

Lots of other stories about her going around - maybe worth a new topic?

 

[Mikeegrini]

vinegar vera wow thats a blast from the past ( and no i hav`nt ) she was about in the early 80s if i remember right.

Vinegar Vera staggered out of a pub in Eccles (I think) stopped next my mate who was at the bus stop and asked him for one of his chips. Not wanting a scene he offered her the tray. She said "I'll have that big 'un there" and nicked his fish. She took a bite and threw it on floor complaining that it didn't have enough salt and vinegar on.
She staggered round a bit asked him where she was going and then went back in the pub. She was then pushed back out by the landlord who told her not to come back until she learned to control her bladder.
She went back to my mate and asked him if he'd any more fish.

Lots of other stories about her going around - maybe worth a new topic?

Unbelievably she has a face book page.....

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=5968150751&topic=7246" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=5 ... topic=7246</a>

and [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6SAXMUREkw[/youtube]

 

[sir malcom]

vinegar vera wow thats a blast from the past ( and no i hav`nt ) she was about in the early 80s if i remember right.

Vinegar Vera staggered out of a pub in Eccles (I think) stopped next my mate who was at the bus stop and asked him for one of his chips. Not wanting a scene he offered her the tray. She said "I'll have that big 'un there" and nicked his fish. She took a bite and threw it on floor complaining that it didn't have enough salt and vinegar on.
She staggered round a bit asked him where she was going and then went back in the pub. She was then pushed back out by the landlord who told her not to come back until she learned to control her bladder.
She went back to my mate and asked him if he'd any more fish.

Lots of other stories about her going around - maybe worth a new topic?

Maybe a thread on local legends.

 

[Mikeegrini]

Probably best not tell you they used to rinse the better looking lemons to use them again then???

Are Yates's still going?
Last i read about them afew years ago,that they were trying to make them more "upmarket",ffs!
If so,what did they do? (clean the spew and blood in the bogs more often?)

Yates's as such (an independent company) died a death about the tern of the century due to miss-management at the highest levels. From about the mid 80's to the late 90's they changed image hugely ( good food offering, good environment and live music) and were the only force to challenge Wetherspoons. They increased market share and expanded to about 100+ units from London to Aberdeen.

 

[pominoz]

Thanks for that.
Yates's going upmarket,who'd a thought?