Pubs worth celebrating

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Wed 28 Nov, 2007 9:30 pm

The Haddon Hall had Imperial on many years ago.You're quite right it's popular in the North-East but I was never all that keen.I remember when the Duck'n'Drake had Owd Rodger,they kept another Marstons beer called Bulldog bitter but because of the 'Bulldog' association with the National Front it was changed to 'Bullion'.

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 28 Nov, 2007 11:21 pm

Martyn wrote: Another pub which if not in original condition is a great recreation and looks good for it is the New Inn on Church Street in Gildersome. It's all in Art Deco style and has been very imaginatively decorated. It's got all it's internal walls, a tap room, a snug, open fires, original steel window frames even the fixtures in the gents are in period.As an added bonus, it's a Sam Smith's pub so there's no telly, no jukebox and the beer is under two quid. Our lass lived opposite the new inn for a year,what an effort it was to have to cross the road,spend all night in there and then walk(i think) back over the road at closing time.15 yards from a bottle of Old Brewery pale ale whenever i stopped over,magic!!

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Mon 10 Dec, 2007 11:46 pm

Leodis pic of the Victoria on Great george Street (well half of it anyway) in 1915.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Mon 10 Dec, 2007 11:48 pm

And a similar shot of this wonderful pub taken a few days ago.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Mon 10 Dec, 2007 11:50 pm

The Wrens following its recent refurb.

chomic · Post by **chomic** » Wed 12 Dec, 2007 2:09 pm

Here's a pic of the smoking area at the back of the Wrens.

Si · Post by Si » Wed 12 Dec, 2007 2:23 pm

What's that red thing? The psychotic dwarf from Don't Look Now?!

chomic · Post by **chomic** » Wed 12 Dec, 2007 2:28 pm

Si wrote: What's that red thing? The psychotic dwarf from Don't Look Now?! It's an umbrella type thing.

Festwerfer · Post by **Festwerfer** » Thu 13 Dec, 2007 10:54 pm

drapesy wrote: The Nelson in Holbeck - the modern-style signs are a bit incongrous. I used to go in there when I worked at Hometime in the units behind the pub in the early 90's. We got 30 mins dinner and would bomb in have a chip butty and 3 or 4 pints and spend the afternoon wobbling about trying to work. Makes me wonder how the boss put up with it. Good boozer, a fella called Bob had it when we were there.

Festwerfer · Post by **Festwerfer** » Thu 13 Dec, 2007 11:11 pm

drapesy wrote: And just round the corner the spookily similar building that is 'The Engine' The fronts may look the same but thats it.The Prospect is very tiny and the Engine is pretty big. Sadly the last time I was in the Engine it was a Saturday night and it looked like a mortuary.