The heritage of pubs

[Deleted member 23692]

Well done that man,I remember well the pubs and the offlicence,though I never was able to drink in the pubs...much too young! Its just been pointed out to me that unless I want to be barred,I really ought to mention The Kings Head(ask for The Napper)to folk.So I have...superb beer,especially if you like a pint of Yates.

I'm not that fussed on the Napper since it was tarted up a year or so ago. It just seems too bright. I think they removed all that fag smoke patina that was built up over the decades.

 

[raleighnut]

I used to love pubs before the smoking ban, nowadays they all stink of stale beer and wee. For the price of a pint I can get a half decent bottle of 'plonk' and as for 'gastropubs' and 'family pubs' words fail me.

 

[Brandane]

The Horseshoe Bar, Glasgow:
Claims to fame:

• The longest bar counter in the UK.
• Travis used to do jam sessions here.
• Cheapest pint in Glasgow.
• Very cheap meals (if you don't mind school dinners style dining!).

Wish they would get rid of all the TV screens dotted around the walls, but otherwise a good old fashioned Glasgow drinking den.

Whisky connoisseurs might prefer the Pot Still, 5 minutes walk away (and no TV, yayy . Edit - apart from that one above the door which I've never noticed before! At least it's not intrusive):
(spell check trying to tell me I'm spelling whisky incorrectly, grrrr ).

 

[Brandane]

The Philharmonic in Liverpool

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Even the bogs are amazing!

I'm ashamed to admit that I've never been to Liverpool. Those photos have me wanting to jump on a train tomorrow; those types of pubs are best visited on a cold winters evening!

 

[slowmotion]

I love a pub with a fine bog! Urinals like they should be!

Seek out "Temples of Convenience" by Lucinda Lambton if you want to see some spectacular lavatories. Great fun.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Temples-Convenience-Chambers-Lucinda-Lambton/dp/075243893X

 

[Brandane]

I love a pub with a fine bog! Urinals like they should be!

+1, you don't have to literally rub shoulders with the fella next door while he drunkenly splashes all over your shoes! . (Yes I do drink in classy pubs ).

 

[Brandane]

At the risk of going OT, here are proper urinals at the Victorian toilets on Rothesay pier, not far from here:

Even the cludgies have proper wooden seats, and the old fashioned overhead cistern.

 

[growingvegetables]

Even the cludgies have proper wooden seats, and the old fashioned overhead cistern.

And the NAMES! "The Deluge", by "Adamant".

 

[NorthernDave]

NO - not the tacky plastic-pretend ones.

Prompted by this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35031879.

And finding a true gem of a pub in Halifax the other week. Doesn't look much from the outside.

But inside? Just wow! Somehow squeezed in (sounds like it's cramped, but it is not) - an octagonal central hall, and separate rooms, each with its own unique art-deco character. http://www.ossett-brewery.co.uk/pubs/three-pigeons-halifax

And the beer's superb.

Halifax has some great pubs. The Gundog is another multi-room old fashioned pub with great ber that's worth a look
And in Leeds there is The Adelphi, or even better The Victoria Hotel behind the Town Hall.

 

[bancrobba]

I'm ashamed to admit that I've never been to Liverpool. Those photos have me wanting to jump on a train tomorrow; those types of pubs are best visited on a cold winters evening!

Unfortunately not all the boozers like that!
Still few good old pubs dotted about but plenty of identikit chain pubs like everywhere else.

 

[Hyslop]

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This pub is full of old charm ...It was about £1.80 a pint so it was full of old timers
I think it has the smallest toilet in country (not in use) its very small and its haunted

Now,I like that,just my sort of pub

 

[Accy cyclist]

My local pub the Victoria in Great Harwood. The interior has remained untouched since the pub was built in 1904

 

[AndyRM]

The Crown Posada in Newcastle is one of my favourites. Well worth a visit if you're ever visiting.

If you're lucky the gramophone will be on so you can catch up on all the popular hits from WW2.

 

[vernon]

Leeds' hidden gem is The Garden Gate in Hunslet. I remember visiting it as part of an extended pub crawl through Hunslet and and East End Park back in the late seventies. All the Tetleys pubs over that side of Leeds served consistently excellent pints of Tetleys bitter and there was a plethora of pubs within staggering distance of each other.

The Garden Gate stood out as being the most ornate and best kept pub on the circuit. The gents toilets had copper and brass plumbing that was polished to a mirror finish. I assumed that it had perished with the dismantling of the tied pub estates and redevelopment but it still survives and is owned by Leeds Brewery.

 

[swee'pea99]

Carlisle has a fascinating pub heritage, with most being taken into government management between 1916 and 1973 in one of the biggest social engineering experiments ever conducted

More gen here - http://thestatemanagementstory.org/

What an extraordinary story! Thanks for that.