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I went into Gladstone's on junction St years ago. The place was empty but as we were being served I noticed lots of blood on the floor. We got our drinks and went to sit down, but the barman told us to sit somewhere else as he hasn't cleaned up the broken glass yet. We sat at another table and a couple of minutes later two ambulance men appeared from through the back with a guy who had his face all bandaged up. We finished our drinks pretty quickly and left.
Always thought the rainbow was a bit jamboish aswell think it's shut down nowQuote:
Originally Posted by The Governor
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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
I like Winstons but tend to drink in the Corry Inn especially when I want to watch footie. As for the Oak have been in there a couple of times, played pool and never felt threatened at all.
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Originally Posted by Hiberniankb
It's now the Spice Lounge and has still has a bar/pub area.
I'm surprised at the lack of Porty or Leith pubs. My first local was The Clifton on the Prom run by Maurice Demarco who I bumped into not that long ago. Basically the bar for the 'hotel', the hotel being a home for DHSS as was. Utter dive but a great gang hut where we could drink without any bother. I remember going in one time on a Sunday night having been jumped on the Saturday in town. Face being a bit of a mess, Maurice asked what happened and I told him. He offered to take me up the town there and then in his car to look for the skinheads who'd done it and he'd "sort them out" :shocked: I declined but you couldn't fault that customer service! I never went in The Pop Inn in Porty High Street but it had no windows and was x-directory so wives/girlfriends couldn't get hold of their partners pre-mobile phones.
The roughest pub I've ever been in was The Spotted Cow in Stockton-on-Tees. Dirt cheap but I would never have got out alive if I hadn't been with a local. Closed due to drug dealing from the premises I heard.
The biggest problem I have with the White Lady (Wetherspoons) in Corstorphine is that at least once a week me and my mate (he's from Isle of Sheppey) get asked either one of the following:
- You two up here working?
- You two here on holiday?
- What you are two doing in Edinburgh?
Every ****** week without fail we get asked these questions in the White Lady :brickwall :greengrin probably doesn't help that it's also a hotel so they think we must be staying there.
Porty was a place I never fancied for a pint ..although ducked & dived in a few during my skinhead days with the Sands hotel probably being a favourite..:whistle: ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bishop Hibee
Its funny how the pub scene has changed throughout the years & in particular pubs in porty ..each had a unique identity, characteristics & features as well as patrons....some are now long gone & others just managing to eke out a living ..First & Last (McCarthurs ?) ..now flats ..Tides in ..no longer a pub ...old public bogs next door ..now Cropleys bar ..British Legion ..now flats..Coach & Horses ..kids birthday party venue....Foresters Arms..now a trendy pub grub joint....Plough/Tree Monkeys ..now closed ...Galleon ...still a local ...Pop Inn ...now a bookies ...Central bar/Beaten Docket/Glass blower ..still a local but has been open & shut so many times ...Dutchman/Ruthvens ..pub/eaterie last time I saw it ..Marine bar ..long gone ..Royal hotel ..now flats ..Portobello bar ..still a local...Figgate Whinns/Barrelio ..now closed ...Bluebell inn ..long gone ..now forms part of a chip shop & a barbers ..
Jeezo ...that's a few pubs ..throw in the Clifton ..the Sands hotel & yam haunt the Seabeach hotel ..
Had to give a statement to the police many years ago as I was standing next to a guy that got murdered that evening after being in gladstones.Quote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
cant really remember much now but sure the bouncer was involved.
good pub back then though.
Also add the Promms across the road from the pool which was a real trendy wine bar late 80s and the Hamilton Lodge Hotel on the prom.Quote:
Originally Posted by happyhibbie
The 3 Monkeys was getting a lick of paint on Saturday so may reopen.
Porty - The Central.....need I say more?!!
I was at a gig in the Seabeach Hotel in Porty around (circa 1970).Quote:
Originally Posted by Bishop Hibee
Did it not have a bit of a reputation at one time?
I remember the former landlord of The Pop Inn was murdered about 12/13 years ago; the killer(s) have never been found. The story was he received a phone call at home (he lived in Joppa) one evening and went out to meet someone who picked him up in car. He was never seen alive again and his body was found about 3 months later down an embankment near Kinnaird Park.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bishop Hibee
I remember it was suggested he had a "colourful" past and there were all sorts of rumours doing the rounds at the time as to what might have happened.
I don't think Billy deserved an ending like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Future17
Sad way for any life to end. Some real dodgy types drank in there and not all old guys either. The gentrification of Porty probably isn't a bad thing when I think back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Future17
Living at Leith Links I pass The Marksman and Dukes Head a lot. Real throwback to days gone by. The Foot o' The Walk is without doubt the most soulless pub I've ever been in. My local is the Bottom Shop (Links Tavern) which is a decent locals pub. One of the last in Edinburgh to install a ladies loo I believe.
Is Eddie Sked ever in these days BH? He used to work behind the bar but was sadly losing his sight. Used to know him a while back but our paths haven't crossed for about 10 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bishop Hibee
Just tell 'em to ++++ off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
I was in there today actually and had a pint of Bath Ale for £1.99 - you cannot beat that price. So I carried on and had three.
Three pints for less than six quid. A Scotsman's dream.
My life experience has taught me that telling someone to **** off in a pub is generally not the best course of action.Quote:
Originally Posted by heretoday
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Originally Posted by patch1875
I went to Gladstones ONCE. Meet this bird in a pub on Leith Walk one saturday night. She suggested we go there for a couple of drinks towards the end of the night. Was in the place for all of ten minutes when a guy that I knew came up to me and basically told me I had to leave as some of the locals werent happy I was there and they were going to do me in. Apparently they weren't to keen on a weegie being in the place and were royally gonna duck me up. I have/had no reason to doubt the guy as although he wasnt a friend he was a very good acquaintance. I have spoken to him since that night and he has confirmed I was only minutes from god knows what. If he's reading this, he knows who he is. Top man :aok:.
I remember i actually had a "VIP PASS" to get in the Penny B so i never had to wait in the silly drunken queues.....i just waltzed to the front showed my wee card and that was me sorted! In get a pick of my seat, get my drinks and then sit back and let the ermmmm "entertainment" commence!! :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Governor
I saw some very silly things in there, hilariously comical gold moments to the downright scary violent drunken incidents!
I must say it was good at the time but not something i am exactly shouting and proud about....having a VIP pass to a pub that opened at 5am then latterly 6am. ha ha :greengrin
They used to have Karaoke at 8am and even a stripper too which was the most bizarre thing ever as it seemed more like some chavvy drunk girl who just happened to be in the place wluld get unp and dance to the jukebox whilst getting her kit off...most of the pllace would ignore her., ha. ha .....
..absolutely bonkers it was.....funny looking back but it had everything in there...it was an institution sadly gone now. :greengrin
The Spey Lounge appears to be the place to go for people that have given up. When you are on a downer its not a bad place to sit in for half an hour to show that things could be worse! :-) Only been in it a handful of times I hasten to add.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bishop Hibee
You make it sound like 'the blue note' from Naked Gun 2 1/2 :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
I sometimes sit in the taxi rank opposite the Spey. Some of the sights I've seen outside have been enough to make sure I never go in there. I once saw a guy stagger out with a TV in his hands, he took a couple of steps and fell over smashing the TV. He just walked away and got on a bus, leaving the smashed TV on the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Pretty sure it was a brother who murdered his older brother and there was a body found outside the place which may have taken place inside and the body dragged out, a very scary pub to drink in if you weren't a local back in the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
The Ferryboat, the place is a f***ing dump and always has been, when i was about 17 my mate was stabbed to death in the place through gang fights that took place at the time.
As mentioned the Granton Tap was a tough boozer and sure it had a late license on a Friday night and it was chaos at times.
Anchor, only been in it a couple of times, if you weren't a local then you could be sure of a kicking at any point when in the place, still is a tough boozer.
The Gunner, that was my local, got to have been the worse pub down that area, murder, shootings, stabbings,riots i have seen it all in the Gunner, some tough owners, back in the days it was owned by a family from Airdrie, they had contacts in the West when trouble arose and folk would be sent through to try to deal with it, but in a strange way it was a great boozer to drink in if you were known, disco upstairs which would see some mental battles in the place and outside in the street, all done up inside now and very rarely is there any bother nowadays.
And finally the Doo'cot, had a few tough cookies who drunk in the place but was more of a working mans pub where woman were not allowed in the bar.
Used to love the old Willowbrae Hotel (public bar) had its moments when the Right Wing "Bingham" drinkers came over for the late bar in the brae ...Willowbrae "Bingham" drinkers v Right Wing "Bingham" drinkers wasn't a good mix after a night of drinking ...:take that......:greengrin
The brae was a brilliant place for anyone needing a trade job done ...Plumbers, Sparks, Painters, Landscapers, Scaffolders.....Butchers ...you had it all ..gash beer/lager but nights of endless fun ...miss the place ...
Been in the gunner a couple of times but only for a pint or two and it was fine. Looks horrendous but was ok.
About 4 or 5 years ago before I'd ever been in I got told that Ye Olde Inn at D Mains had a bit of a reputation, first night I was in I went to the bog and one guy was telling his mate a story and said "...and I don't take **** off naebody" and skelped the mirror and it shattered everywhere! :-D
Heard about a fair few of the boozers in this thread without actually being in them.
Crappiest boozers I've been into probably all hail from the gallowgate in glasgow. Bairds, The Squirrel Bar, Bar 67, they're just sheds that serve pints!!! ! LOL
Most intimidating experience in a pub though has to be Belfast. About 20 odd of us went over from the football team, mostly jambos a couple of hibbies and a couple of huns. Anyway, hearts were playing the zombies at tynecastle and hearts were in decent form. We were looking for a boozer and ended up in the South Belfast Northern Ireland Supporters Club. When you went in it was like walking into someones living room.
I decided I wanted Rangers to win because Hearts were doing just a wee bit too well. A couple of locals joined our group and started going ape**** at the black players in the rangers team.
Hearts won the match and I was miffed. One of these locals felt sorry for me and was going to buy me a pint because Rangers lost, that was until one of my mates informed him that I wasnt miffed at rangers getting beat I was upset Hearts had won because I was Hibs fan!!
To say the guy wasnt happy was an understatement. " A EFFING HIBS FAN????!!!, THATS JUST LIKE BEING A CELTIC FAN" I was honestly expecting the doors to be locked, shutters down and folk to appear out of nowhere with balaclavas and guns. This guy was more angry there was a hibs fan in his pub than 20 jambos all shouting and laughing and cheering that they'd just beat Rangers.
I asked my chums if we could beat a hasty retreat!
Reminds me of the time a few years back me & Wife flew to Dublin ...got into taxi ..first 5 mins were fine, driver having a bit of a blether ...then the conversation killer ..."So yer from Edinburgh ?" ....aye ..."So what team do ye support, are ye Rangers or Celtic ?" ......eh ..hibs !!.....next 25 mins ....silence ...:tee hee:Quote:
Originally Posted by sambajustice
Have to say this is one of my favorite threads in a long time. Having worked in all manner of boozers some of the stories are priceless
Not a rough pub really but my local back in Liverpool honoured one of the locals who had been drinking there for 50 years with a brass plaque with his name (Henry) on it on one of the bar seats where he always sat. One particular day a couple of likely lads came in looking for bother and one sat on Henry's stool at the bar whilst giving it large about this ****** boozer is ***** etc. They were about to be be bounced all over the place when
in walks old Henry and politely asks the young guy to move as he is sitting in his seat, to which replied something like " grandad if it's got your ****** name on it I'll move", half the pub burst out laughing as old Henry pointed out the plaque with his name on it and removed the lad from it by his ear. Funny as **** at the time as he made a red faced retreat along with his very quiet pal.
I go into Dickens on Dalry Road wi my old man once in a blue moon as he can get McEwans 80 in there. I think its the local junkies favourite local for selling the wares they've thieved from Somerfields. Only time I witnessed bother though was when a bunch of Scousers were boxing amongst themselves.
I hate Shakespeare's on Lothian Road.
I've not got any particular reason but, I cannae stand the place either.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3pm
I really meant 'it's the pub most local to me' rather than 'my local'. If i'm out it tends to be football related these days so usually Robbies or the Cask and Barrel in Broughton Street. I'll ask next time I'm in though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
Aye it's rough as now. Used to be ok before The Volley and The Vicky got done up and custom moved there. A mate used to work in The Pipe Shop across the road and I would occasionally meet him in The Spey Lounge after his work. The Manageress had a giant poodle that seemed to have the run of the place. Wasn't a favourite of my mate when it pissed on his coat which had slipped off the stool onto the ground :hilarious Fair to say he wasn't best pleased.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
The same mate had The Western Bar as his local as a student in Glasgow. Total dive. A 'highlight' when I was in one time was a Rab C type jumping on to a table and pulling his breeks down to show his 'girlfriend' his new long johns. To be fair to the staff he did get chucked out so hopefully not an everyday occurence! 'Cleopatras' or 'Clatty Patties' as it was more commonly known was the Glasgow night spot equivalent. I was there with the same mate and a another guy after we put the Huns out the cup in 1991. All seemed well until a dodgy character turned to my mates pal and said 'my girlfriends £10 an hour'. Cue drinking up and bolting for a taxi.
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Originally Posted by Bishop Hibee
On the Spey, it was sound about 10-12 years ago, used to go in for stovies and a pint at lunchtime occasionally. Certainly wouldn't bother now.
I know you can get a decent (if expensive) pint and have a pleasant evening in a lot of pubs in Leith nowadays but it's just not the same...I used to love my pre-match routine of the Brunswick and Dizzies. Must be showing my age :greengrin
Used to stay In Dalry and would nip into Dickens every now and then on my way home from work or if Mrs Hermit was working late. I remember overhearing a conversation between two older men and one was talking about shooting his son in the kneecaps with a shotgun if he didn't pay him back the money he owed him. Never went back!!
Used to drink in the centurion and that was a rough shop at times. Sticking with corstorphine I would frequent the corstorphine inn which was fine until the owners sold it, went downhill after that! Never ventured into the oak or the alphabet bars which were both battlegrounds at weekends. The oak is a hearts boozer as far as I know. carrick knowe inn was my local but very rarely did I drink there, I hated that pub.
The old salt on leith walk was an absoloute dive of a boozer but it opened at 6am which is when our nightshift finished. Pished for 9am then Gregg's on the way home. :greengrin If we didn't go there it was the penny black.
By far the worst pub I've been in was the pub at Ibrox where the flats were but it's all gone now, no windows at all concrete floor with mesh on the bar!! Plastic tumblers and only lager or spirits for sale. Always dodgy walking up to the ground after a bevy there.
Great thread. :aok:
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That me made howl with laughter!! Brilliant.
Get to your bed man you reprobate! ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
It's just awful. Poor service, rubbish food and in the evening raucous noise and unwiped tables.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3pm
Winstons is clean and comfortable with a nice carpet but it's like sitting in someone's living room. Very cliquey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
My grandads local was the silver wing. Remember going in as a 14 year old bemused why a guy was selling meat in a pub :greengrin fair to say my mum wasn't happy I had been in when I had meant to have been going up to Scotmid!
My granddads local is the silver wing, gets a taxi to and from it everyday. It's only a 10 min walk but his 90 year old knees can't manage it anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by essexhibee
He used to go to the Gauntlet everyday til it closed.
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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Ye Olde Inn (Malones?) used to be like the wild west late 70s early 80s. Half way between Drylaw and Clermiston and there was always someone with a grudge to settle. Top tip was never sit beside the windows on a Saturday night.Quote:
Originally Posted by sambajustice
The Ferry Boat was mental. I'm sure it was in the function hall there that the cleaners found a body under the seats one Sunday morning.
Silver Wing is a great pub its well run.
Sorry to go off-topic, but…..Quote:
Originally Posted by Bishop Hibee
I had a mate who worked in the Pipe Shop (probably not the same guy as he was never a student in Glasgow) who had the initials R McL.
When we were in our late teens we went for a party/ sleepover at the home of a girl we went to school with. As soon as we arrived her pet beagle made a beeline for him and started pumping his leg, much to everyone else's hilarity.
The poor hostess peeled her beloved pet off his leg and locked him away somewhere. The sneaky mutt managed to escape however, sniffed out my mate's sleeping bag (which obviously smelt deliciously like him) and had a good go on that instead, squirting a healthy amount of beagle/tadpole juice all over it. My mate was raging.
We obviously mercilessly ripped the pish out of him about this for years.
For a glorious moment I pictured this same chap years later getting all wound up because another of his possessions had been soiled by a doggy deposit.
Pretty sure it must be someone else though as he never went to Uni in Glasgow.
Moving away from the roughest pub and into the worst.
The Canny Man in Morningside must be worth a shout. A bigger nest of old fashioned snobbery you'd struggle to find. If I wanted to join a private members club I'd do so, if I want to go to a pub I'd avoid this place.
I attempted to get into the Canny Man a few years back & was given the swift heave ho ...I was suited n booted & killing a bit of time as I was meeting my Wife before we took in the Nieces performance at the Churchill theatre...Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
I walked in ..barman "can I help you sir" ...pint of lager please .."bar man, sorry we cant serve you" ..when I asked why, the reason was because I was "not a regular" .... how the **** am I meant to be a "regular" if I cant get served in the ****ing first place !!! stuck up snobby up their own arse obnoxious tossers !!
When I played amateur football in the late 80's, we were sponsored by the Dean Bar in Stockbridge. They used to put on sandwiches etc for us after the game. There were a few characters in that pub at the time, used to see all the same faces at the same time every week.
Think it's closed now
Jeez that was a nasty boozer, some real shady characters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
Years ago me and my mate went in for a laugh, half pished after watching a Scotland game to see if we could get served. 2 guys in suits in front of us walked up to the bar and were promptly told to get out. We were half jaked, tartan scarves on, had never been in the place before and got served no problem. Weird place!Quote:
Originally Posted by happyhibbie
Think it's called the raeburn now. I was working next to it recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
It used to be a great pub back in the day. Last time I went after a long absence (about 10 yrs ago) I couldn't get out of the place quick enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by happyhibbie
When I lived in Morningside we used to drink in Bennets just down the road. Was still owned by the Bennet family at the time: they had sold the one in Tollcross.
Every now and then an escaped inmate from the mental hospital at Craighouse would turn up at the pub. Landlord would serve them a drink and phone the hospital to get them to come and retrieve them.
Don't think so, the Dean was up the side street opposite Shambles, which I think is now called Hectors?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr White
Attachment 14691On Dean st opposite the start of cheyne st?Quote:
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I don't get this! A pub turns away punters if they are not regulars and refuses to serve them, surely not?
It's a strange, strange place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Non regulars are often turned away. Whisky behind the bar (and it is a brilliant selection) that only certain customers are allowed to drink, the sign on the door declaring 'no smoking, no credit cards, no mobile phones, no cameras, no backpackers', the walls and every available surface covered in what looks like the leftovers of the worst bric a brac stall at a jumble sale, having a pad thrown on the table and being asked to write your own food order rather than a waiter/waitress taking it for you, deliberately ignoring people waiting at the bar to see if they'll tough it out.
I'm sure there's regulars in there who love it as it will make them feel a wee bit special when they get into the clique. For anyone else there's about 5 or 6 better bars within 10-15 minutes walking distance.
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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Sounds bizarre and now I just have to try it :greengrin If I am refused service I will raise hell, watch this space for my report.
The Canny Man's famously asked someone to leave because they were disabled (can't remember which disability, but I have in mind cerebral palsy). There was a big stushie about it, but given the chance to say, "Sorry - dreadful mistake. Should never have happened", they didn't. They said the person concerned was off-putting for their customers. I wouldn't encourage them.
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Originally Posted by s.a.m
WTF! Is that place stuck in a time warp, every story worse than the last.
I think Eric Milligan drinks in the canny mans.
Very "yammish" I believe.
Heres a review of the place from Lonely Planet ...A lovably eccentric pub, the Canny Man’s is made up of a crowded warren of tiny rooms that are crammed with a bizarre collection of antiques and curiosities (a description that could also apply to some of the regulars), and where the landlord regularly refuses entry to anyone who looks scruffy, inebriated or vaguely pinko/commie/subversive/scouse. If you can get in here, you’ll find it serves excellent real ale, vintage port and Cuban cigars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Read more: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/scotland...#ixzz3XMWvX7e3
Says it all really ..:greengrin
May be thinking of Bon Vinant at the foot of Dean St.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr White
As Mr White says, the old Dean Bar is now the Raeburn (which confusingly is what the Stockbridge Tap used to be called!). Bon Vivant used to be the Rag Doll back in the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-C
Was that before it was berts bar? Didn't know that. I'm in the tap now actually for a sly lunchtime pint. Hand tools only this afternoon :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
Late to this thread, when I started going to the pub for the first time as a 16/17 yo, my local was the Willie Muir having grown up in West Granton. It was cultured,I remember the guy who used to run it was hard as nails "Big Mick". It was mental in there at times.
I don't know about Berts but it was the Dean back in the 70s/early 80s, I haven't been down there for ages, just going on what my mate was saying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr White
I think am barred from the Tap for disagreeing with the bar manager about the behaviour of a workmate after a Xmas lunch a few years ago...some stuck up regulars complaining about us having the cheek to be happy and a bit noisy so we were all chucked out!
Hope you enjoyed your pint though!
I did thanks, alchemy pale ale :greengrin. I think the tap was called berts for a while until about 5 years ago?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
Ah the Tap was Berts...yes I remember!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr White
It was ms he had was a mate of my mums husbands. I worked in a place nearby, one night i ran out of change ran round there and asked to borrow some was turned away and made to feel like something on the bottom of the guys shoe. Anyway about a week later the same guy comes in and asks if he can borrow change. Just about ended myself laughing in his face. Needless to say he didnt get the change or even an answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by s.a.m
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That's him telt then eh :greengrin
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Originally Posted by happyhibbie
My plan is to go along and if successfully accepted as a customer I will order a pint, when it arrives I will spend some time examining it before returning it to the barman and politely tell him that it does not reach my exceptionally high standards on looks alone, therefore he can shove his pint and his pub :greengrin
If you ordered a magnum of Cristal champagne & a punnet of strawbs then I think you may ...just may, get intae the Canny Mans fat wallet club ...:greengrin ...asking for a pint will just put you with the rest of us commoners ...:agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
I would hate to be considered anything else. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by happyhibbie
Have you got a pringle jumper :dunno: That should get you in. Maybe get someone else to ask for your pint, though.:greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Ok thanks, thought the Raeburn was the pub beside Hectors. Next time I'm down that way, I'll drive up the street, or down it depending on the one way systemQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr White
Haha no Pringle jumper, might be able to hide the accent though :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by s.a.m
I used to work in Shambles, I was their first barman, it had always been barmaids up till then. Some great nights, mostly when the punters had left ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
First pub in Edinburgh to have Bouncers although it was more a 'fashion' statement than a need.
The Canny Man was the first pub in Edinburgh to have go-go dancers, in a cage at the end of the bar, although that was before my time.
In a cage !! see..that just sums that place up ...go go dancers in ****ing captivity !! :brickwall ...they should be free tae roam about the pub not held in a cage ...in other pubs they just danced about on the floor wiggling their jiggly bits ....Attachment 14697 ...at least that was what I was told ....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
Great story but not the same guy. He lives in New York but I bet he still hates giant poodles 😃 Alan who still runs the Pipe Shop is some character. On the dog theme he used to have a corgi that was so fat he could only get it to go for a walk by waving a chocolate bar in front if it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
Can't remember that, but remember Jessie'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack
It's always been an odd place. Normal people struggle to finish a pint in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by happyhibbie
The Dean was halfway up Dean St past the Rag Doll. The bar you mention was The Raeburn. It had a public bar and a lounge bar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
Got knocked through to form Bert's.
Shambles was great. Lots of nooks and crannies. Did it not have a juke box?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
Yeah I know, see my other posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by heretoday
We should go to this canny man mob handed and order booze, if they refuse to serve us just stand there and say fine but try shifting 30 guys out your pub who have done nothing wrong. :greengrin
Yes it had a really good juke box although maybe a bit heavy on Bob Dylan, the manager was a big fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by heretoday
I first went there about 30 years ago and it was fine. We went to see a band, Mr Rythme, playing - a good night and a good gig.Quote:
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Haha great idea 👍👌Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
I think you will find thats when the trap door will open.Quote:
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I say lets do it!
I'm in.Quote:
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I'd love to upset the owners of that place.
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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
So would I and I've never even been in their pub or met them :greengrin
I'll do it.
A general rule of thumb for gauging the roughness of a pub before entering is to look at it`s roof. If it has a flat roof - best avoid.
Can I ask why ?Quote:
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Go on then humour us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carheenlea
[QUOTE=Carheenlea;4359072]A general rule of thumb for gauging the roughness of a pub before entering is to look at it`s roof. If it has a flat roof - best avoid.[/QUOTE]
Agreed, especially if you're going out for a night on the tiles. :wink:
It because generally a flat roof signifies a pub built in the 60's or beyond and is therefore in a 'scheme' and more likely to be rougher?Quote:
Originally Posted by Carheenlea
When they did the slum clearance in Glasgow they'd often knock down the tenements and leave the pub on the ground floor standing so you'd get a pub (with flat roof) sitting in a wasteland. The Weedgies who'd been decanted from the area to the new outlying estates which had had no pubs or amenities used to bus themselves back to their old locals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carheenlea
Right. You would see streets and streets like bomb sites with a pub, a bookie and maybe a gaunt church still standing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stonewall
Dunno if its been mentioned in here but has anyone been in the Bunch O Roses???
I'd never heard of it until last night and then was told it was rough as a badgers erchie. Out of curiosity 5 of us went down to it to see what it was like.
Was pretty empty one boy was over in the corner eating a light bulb and a few regulars but nothing too scary. Its quite big though and has a pool table so would imagine it could get a bit lairy in there if busy!!
Hibs pub!