Favourite Watering Holes

[christine]

I ALWAYS FALL IN BUSHES WHEN IV AD A DRINK?DOD YOU GET EMAIL OFF CRAIG XXXCHRIS

[christine]

babs do you remember lord raglan on old rd i use to work there xchris

[BABS]

HI CHRIS
I HAVE GOT CRAIGS E MAIL AND REPLIED TO IT.
I REMEMBER THE LORD RAGLAN.DO YOU REMEMBER THE CHURCH INN ON CLAYTON LANE,I WORKED BEHIND THE BAR THERE,IT CHANGED ITS NAME TO THE BLUE MOON,BUT IT HAS SHUT DOWN NOW.DID YOU EVER GO IN THE BRIDGE INN OR THE FOX TAVERN ON CLAYTON LANE?.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE GEORGE IT WAS RUN BY ANN AND HARRY.IT WAS ON THE OLD ROAD,THEN THEY MOVED DOWN THE ROAD TO ANOTHER PUB AND CALLED IT THE QUEEN ANNE,WE WERE GOOD FRIENDS WITH THEM.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE DROVERS ,IT SHUT DOWN A LONG TIME AGO.THAT WAS FACING THE GEORGE PUB.

(WE SOUND LIKE A RIGHT PAIR OF ALKIES)

BABS
I AM GOING OFF AS WELL NOW .BYE WILL CHAT TO YOU TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

[roofingman]

The first pub I went in was at an office party at the Gateway (end of Kingsway)..I was 15 and they laced my drinks..I was so drunk I distinctly remember nearly falling into the mersey across the way..In the 60,s I would drink at the Snipe (Audenshaw) with my mates and also the Parkside--Fallowfield............I also remember (1957) a regular who had died was taken in his coffin to The Welcome (Fallowfield) where his friends could offer condolences....Talking of the Bay Horse...The one in Longsight looks like a den of inequity inside--talk about people watching..I was in there in March......A great pub is the Queens Head (Turners Vaults) in Underbank--Stockport absolutely unspoilt since 18th century...and good cheap Sam Smiths ales....Winters is across the street (Holts) good cheap ale too.........Cheers ...Ian..vancouver..

[fluffymoat4]

My watering holes were all round the Stretford and Old Trafford areas so I doubt anyone on here would know them but, here goes! My first watering hole was Stretford British Legion - I used to love going there on a Saturday night with my Mum and Dad. We'd play Bingo part way through the night and there'd always be sandwiches laid on just before last orders. Marvellous times! There was old fashioned ball-room dancing and, occasionally the "turn" would sing modern stuff so we'd disco dance!! My other favourites (in no particular order) were the Quadrant, Throstles Nest, The Seymour, The Bass Drum, The Star Inn (Hulme), The Manchester Regiment, The North Westward Ho and The Shrewsbury.
One night I'd gone for a girl's night out whilst hubby was on a weekend away with the Territorial Army. As I got out of the taxi to walk a short distance to my house, I felt as though someone was following me so I rummaged around in my handbag and got out my spray perfume. I pelted home and quickly opened then closed our front door. I then went to put the "spray" perfume back in my bag only to find it was a roll-on deodrant! Fat lot of good that would have done me! LOL

[roofingman]

Hi...Does anyone remember that famous pub..Waggon and Horses..Stockport Rd..facing Kirkmanshulme lane???....They had loads of drug problems and apparently the police were always complaining but the Brewery did nothing........15/20 years ago..??..I dont know whether a court order was issued but anyway the place was demolished overnite...Anyone got any insite into this??............The Belle Vue wrestlers would visit this pub....thingy the Dormouse and others...in the 50,s.............Ian..vancouver..

[tony38337]

I remember Bakers Vaults in Stockport up in the area of where the market was held, we used to call it the Hole in the Wall, bare wooden floor and small barrels instead of tables. In Old Trafford/ Stretford area was the Luxor Club and the Shrewsbury on Shakespear St. Trouble is there were so many decent pubs in Manchester it is hard to say which would be an all time favourite.

Tony T.

[linda]

Hi Casso you mentioned the Gorton Brook and a singer called roy gibson it was in fact
Ronnie Gibson he was a great singer so was his wife Pat. I use to babysit for them when i was 14 He did have a pub for a long time in wythenshaw call the Yewtree.
I did have some laughs at their goings on thanks for bringing back so very happy memories.
linda

[fluffymoat4]

Just thought of another favourite of mine and wonder if it's still there? The Golden Garter in Wythenshawe. I remember seeing some famous acts there but one that stands out more than any of the others was Bob Monkhouse - he was far funnier (and ruder) than he ever was on t.v.

Hubby rang me about 3pm - he missed the ferry to Germany last night due to a mix-up over timetables. Managed to get a ferry to Holland instead and is driving through Germany now on his way to Hungary.

[BABS]

HI LINDA

USED TO GO IN THE GORTON BROOK,EVEN WHEN I WAS NOT OLD ENOUGH TO DRINK,ONE OF MY WICKED PASTIMES
NEVER GOT DRUNK THOUGH HAD TO WALK HOME SO I NEVER DID ,AS I ALWAYS MISSED THE BUS BECAUSE I WENT IN SIVORIES LATER .

BY THE WAY THANKS FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY GREETINGS ON OCT 9TH,


BABS

[johnnyowen]

HI MO...LIKE THE NEW PIC !! WENT TO THE GARTER A FEW TIMES SAW BRUCIE THERE (THEY CLOSED THE BAR WHEN HE WAS ON) FREDDIE STARR A COUPLE OF TIMES..TOMMY COOPER WHO WASNT VERY GOOD ON THE NIGHT ...BEST I EVER SAW LIVE WAS DAVE ALLEN AT f*gINS ON OXFORD STREET IN ABOUT 1975

[johnnyowen]

WHY HAS THE WORD F A G I N S BEEN CENSORED HAVE THE POWERS THAT BE NEVER READ thingyENS....BET THAT GETS CENSORED AS WELL

[johnnyowen]

LOL

[BABS]

Hi Johnny

how are you doing?
did all go well on Friday.

It will censer some of the most stupid words ;D
but you have got the hang of getting round it

Dave Allen was my favourite ,I blame him once for setting me off in labour early once,it was a joke about an elephant ,carnt remember it at the moment.I laughed till my sides ached at his jokes and sketches that night and the elephant just finished me off.
when I told the midwife she said we are going to have to ban mothers to be from watching him

[johnnyowen]

hi babs ..yes dave allen was brilliant .....friday was nice..we went for a meal and a couple of beers ..but when i dropped him off at the airport and he said "dad i'm gonna make you really proud of me" thats when i burst into tears...talked to him since on the phone he's in dubai at the moment for few days holiday before he flies to oz

[Lisa]

Hi Johnny, Apparently its an American system that Alan uses for Manmates and censors words like D I C K E N S and even S P O O N (?) because anything that resembles parts of our anatomy is censored. The way to get around it is to put a space between each letter. I know it sounds crazy but you can look up the words banned in the main profile.

[fluffymoat4]

babs said:

Hi Johnny

how are you doing?
did all go well on Friday.

It will censer some of the most stupid words ;D
but you have got the hang of getting round it

Dave Allen was my favourite ,I blame him once for setting me off in labour early once,it was a joke about an elephant ,carnt remember it at the moment.I laughed till my sides ached at his jokes and sketches that night and the elephant just finished me off.
when I told the midwife she said we are going to have to ban mothers to be from watching him

Babs - it wouldn't have been the elephant, the monkey and the cork would it? I'll not sleep now until I remember all of it! If that is the one your thinking of. There was another one that Dave Allen told - about an elephant and a mouse ...... it'll come to me, eventually! LOL I went into labour just as the soap "Neighbours" was about to start and I was most put out. Bloke in the lodge at St.Mary's hospital was watching it as we arrived and, had it not been for the pains, I would have asked what happened. Odd what goes through your mind at such times eh?

[lin]

Used to drink at the Osborne house Collyhurst, c*ck O' the North Wythenshawe, had a few drinks in the Sundial Droylsden.
I remember as a kid I would go into the British Legion Club, Parker St. Bradford when my Granddad worked there, he would give me pkts crisp and bottles of 7up on the quiet....does anyone remember these places?

[BABS]

HI LIN

MY HUBBY USED TO DRINK IN THE OSBORNE HOUSE,AND I USED TO DRINK THERE WITH HIM WHEN WE GOT MARRIED.

REMEMBER THE c*ck OF THE NORTH,AS SOMEWHERE THE LOCAL PUB BOOKED FOR US FOR A NIGHT OUT.

MY MUM AND DAD ALWAYS WENT TO THE BRITISH LEGION IN BRADFORD AT THE WEEKEND AND MY HUBBY AND MYSELF WHEN WE GOT MARRIED USED TO GO WITH THEM,I HAVE A PROGRAM FROM THERE ,IT HAS KEN DODD AS PATRON OR CHAIRMAN CAN'T REMEMBER.
I USED TO GO ON TRIPS FROM THERE WITH MY BROTHER,NEW BRIGHTEN ETC
I REMEMBER SEEING GERTIE ALMOND ON THERE SHE WAS REALLY FUNNY.SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THERE ,THAT WENT ON TO BE FAMOUS.
DO YOU REMEMBER DARGEI ST MENS CLUB IN CLAYTON JUST OFF ASHTON NEW ROAD,NEAR EDGE LANE.

BABS

[lin]

HI LISA,
NO I'M AFRAID I DON'T REMEMBER THAT CLUB...I ONLY KNOW CERTAIN PUBS ME AND MY HUSBAND, ROGER, USED TO GO IN WITH MY MAM AND DAD EACH TIME WE WENT BACK TO MANCHESTER TO STAY WITH MY GRAN, VISIT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY, GO BELLE VUE AND BLACKPOOL, ALSO USED TO GO TO YORK A LOT.

[roofingman]

Talking of F a g i n s..My brother in law Victor del Rio was head waiter and my sister Susan was the best pal of the owners mistress..........Incidentally F A G means a gay person in Nth America...When I came to Manchester I was always lucky to get a front row seat for some of the acts...The most memorable was Bob Monkhouse--he was so funny I thought I was going to have a heart attack and the tears streamed down my face with laughter.......Happy Days...Ian..Vancouver..

[davec]

I'm new around here, but maybe it says something about my interests that the first thread I post in is about pubs!!!

My first regular watering hole was the Blue Bell on Barlow Road in Leve, it was run by a guy called Dave Starling/Sterling I'd have been about 16 or 17 then.

Other regulars were The Bridge on Clayton Lane when Jimmy Fox ran it. Then there was the Gransmoor on Ashton Old Road. I worked in there for about six months back in 1986ish for Dave Gardener. I went with Dave when he used to manage the Gorton Brook a year or so later.

These days my missus and I drink in the Pig on The wall in Droylsden. That and the now demolished Sundial have been my regulars for the last nearly 18years.

[Lisa]

Hi Dave and Welcome to Manmates Chatline. Nice to hear of your boozy exploits. I'm sure some of our members will relate to that!!!! Or even remember some of the pubs you mention. One of our members, Babs, and myself are from Clayton originally. Babs no doubt will know of the pubs you mention......... When you log-on just go to the Latest 100 Postings and you may find one or two replies to your message.

[BABS]

HI DAVE,

WELCOME TO THE SITE.

ONE OF MY LOCAL PUBS FOR DRINKING WITH MY FAMILY WAS
(THE BRIDGE INN ) ON CLAYTON LANE.
USED TO KNOW JIMMY AND HIS FAMILY,I THINK HIS WIFE HAD A STROKE VERY YOUNG IN AGE,BUT SHE GOT THROUGH IT OK.THEY WERE A LOVELY FAMILY.ALWAYS A COSY PUB NEVER ANY TROUBLE IN IT AS I REMEMBER,ALWAYS HAD A GOOD NIGHT OUT ,WENT IN THERE AND THE CHURCH INN, AS IT WAS CALLED THEN JUST UP THE LANE,THE CHURCH INN WAS KNOCKED DOWN JUST BEFORE XMAS,THAT WAS MY MUM AND DADS LOCAL WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND THEN MINE LATER ALSO LATER ON IT WAS ALL MY SONS LOCAL AS WELL AS THE BRIDGE INN.

I THINK JIMMYS BROTHER WAS CALLED PETER AND WORKED WITH ALL MY SONS IN SALFORD.

BABSX

[lin]

davec said:

I'm new around here, but maybe it says something about my interests that the first thread I post in is about pubs!!!

My first regular watering hole was the Blue Bell on Barlow Road in Leve, it was run by a guy called Dave Starling/Sterling I'd have been about 16 or 17 then.

Other regulars were The Bridge on Clayton Lane when Jimmy Fox ran it. Then there was the Gransmoor on Ashton Old Road. I worked in there for about six months back in 1986ish for Dave Gardener. I went with Dave when he used to manage the Gorton Brook a year or so later.

These days my missus and I drink in the Pig on The wall in Droylsden. That and the now demolished Sundial have been my regulars for the last nearly 18years.

Hi Davec,
Although I moved away from Manchester with my parents when I was 7, we used to go back home 2/3 times a year, sometimes more.
When I was a lot older we used to go drinking in 'The c*ck O' the North' Wythenshawe, also 'The Osbourne', Collyhurst..do you know that one? A great aunt used to live across the road from the 'Sundial' which we sometimes frequented. In fact we used to go to so many different pubs all over Manchester that I can't remember them all...We used to go with different members of the family who still lived up there...sadly a lot of them are no longer with us.

Lin

[Lisa]

Hi Dave, I told you Babs would know all your favourite haunts...... What is she like?

[bodzy3]

Some of my teenage years where spent in the Suburban Cross Street Gorton, The only pub ever to get barred from in my life , the landlord was my dads mate Johnny King , one of Manchester's most famous boxers. I also drank in the Lord Nelson when Jack had it and his wife ran off with the taxi driver , the Vale Cottage was another with the sawdust on the floor in the big room ,the Railway on Chapman Street where my dad worked and also ran was another in fact you name it i've drank in it

[Lisa]

Hi Badzy, It sounds like you certainly visited a lot of pubs - just like Babs. The names sound familiar to me as my dad used to go regularly to the pub after work. He worked at the English Steel in Clayton Lane and visited the pubs there. He also mentioned the Crabtree where he played dominoes and darts. Also the one right down the hill that you mentioned. It was a bit of a walk but in the Summer it was full of atmosphere. Did you ever go in the Greens Arms on Ashton New Road? I lived at the back of there in Iredine Street.

[bodzy3]

Casso the name of the Scots pub on Market Street was the Sportsman ,, half way down on the right hand side, down the steps and into the bar it was owned by Scottish and Newcastle breweries and opposite a lot of years ago was Yates Wine Lodge on Market Street or The Blob Shop as locals called it cos the hot toddies were made of Aussie white wine sugar and hot water and called Blobs

[bodzy3]

Lisa I still go in the Greens Arms ,only its not a pub anymore its a Indian retaurant not the best on but its OK All Those terraced houses at the back have just got the ok to be pulled down they are building 400 new houses there and 400 where Clayton Aniline is ,cos thats comin down as well