[clarevoyant.]

Westbars Spireite, on 11 January 2017 - 11:23 PM, said:

And the Phoenix is now Spa Lane, though presumably expanded. I can remember on a very early venture into town as a 16 year old (1996) drinking in there, drinking neat vodka (he had no ice) and playing pool at the front of the pub with at least one of the windows in the pub cracked or smashed.

Phoenix was the only pub in the town centre to open when we played Rangers due to the jocko landlord persuading Plod that he could handle is his own countrymen. Billy ????? ex boxer Kin El his surname escapes me

[isleaiw1]

JonB, on 11 January 2017 - 12:58 PM, said:

Brad was good for a while if only for the fact a mate of ours worked behind the bar and every so often he would charge us 10p for the ordered drink putting it through as a splash of cordial rather than full price!! Savings could get put towards a serving of pie and peas from the van outside before going home!!

A trick that is still used by bar staff to cream money from the till - although in London these days its 50p for a splash of cordial in our hotels. I could tell you the names of the people who sell the most cordial - but it wont matter as they wont be working there much longer!!

[mr. smith]

isleaiw1, on 12 January 2017 - 06:35 PM, said:

A trick that is still used by bar staff to cream money from the till - although in London these days its 50p for a splash of cordial in our hotels. I could tell you the names of the people who sell the most cordial - but it wont matter as they wont be working there much longer!!

50p for a splash of cordial? robbin b'stards.

[isleaiw1]

mr. smith, on 12 January 2017 - 08:01 PM, said:

50p for a splash of cordial? robbin b'stards.

Wont tell you what the room rates are then! We are talking about some fairly prestigious hotels at key locations in London - The Grosvenor at Victoria, Charing Cross hotel, The Tower, etc....

[mr. smith]

isleaiw1, on 12 January 2017 - 08:43 PM, said:

Wont tell you what the room rates are then! We are talking about some fairly prestigious hotels at key locations in London - The Grosvenor at Victoria, Charing Cross hotel, The Tower, etc....

wherever it is 50p a shot for cordial is taking the p

[Benno Spire]

Just read through this thread and can't find any mention of the Manhattan(where I met my wife) and the Brim Tavern and a few clubs just outside of Chesterfield, Fannys and Dick Turpin

[fishini]

Benno Spire, on 12 January 2017 - 10:31 PM, said:

Just read through this thread and can't find any mention of the Manhattan(where I met my wife) and the Brim Tavern and a few clubs just outside of Chesterfield, Fannys and Dick Turpin

Then there was Five Ways Motel, The Poplar, The Sheepbrige Inn. A bit further was one of my old haunts The Marquis of Granby

[Heavy_Soul]

fishini, on 12 January 2017 - 11:18 PM, said:

Then there was Five Ways Motel, The Poplar, The Sheepbrige Inn. A bit further was one of my old haunts The Marquis of Granby

Where was this place? The old owner must have lived at my address previous to us as we regularly get letters still addressed to him.

[Westbars Spireite]

Heavy_Soul, on 13 January 2017 - 08:03 AM, said:

Where was this place? The old owner must have lived at my address previous to us as we regularly get letters still addressed to him.

Bamford. Grand old building on the left hand side driving from Hathersage.

[clarevoyant.]

Westbars Spireite, on 13 January 2017 - 08:44 AM, said:

Bamford. Grand old building on the left hand side driving from Hathersage.

Germans used it as a watering hole in "66

[Comeonyouirons]

clarevoyant., on 12 January 2017 - 06:21 AM, said:

Phoenix was the only pub in the town centre to open when we played Rangers due to the jocko landlord persuading Plod that he could handle is his own countrymen. Billy ????? ex boxer Kin El his surname escapes me

Billy Greene

[Comeonyouirons]

fishini, on 12 January 2017 - 11:18 PM, said:

Then there was Five Ways Motel, The Poplar, The Sheepbrige Inn. A bit further was one of my old haunts The Marquis of Granby

Poplar , Church Street North Old Whittington ?

[firedodger]

isleaiw1, on 12 January 2017 - 08:43 PM, said:

Wont tell you what the room rates are then! We are talking about some fairly prestigious hotels at key locations in London - The Grosvenor at Victoria, Charing Cross hotel, The Tower, etc....

Does a key location really justify charging silly money for squash?

[fishini]

Comeonyouirons, on 13 January 2017 - 10:47 AM, said:

Poplar , Church Street North Old Whittington ?

Yes. Used to live near it. It was once owned by Tony Currie. Cracking pub it was. Spent many hours in there

[Comeonyouirons]

fishini, on 13 January 2017 - 05:26 PM, said:

Yes. Used to live near it. It was once owned by Tony Currie. Cracking pub it was. Spent many hours in there

Are you sure ?


I lived on Church Street North from 1974 - 1987 . From 1974 to 77 the pub was kept by Dave and Judy Mawson . Dave's best mate was Len Badger who joined Town at the time concerned ..

Tony Currie , Badge , Ted Hemsley and Keith Eddy were all regulars as well as Ron Wigg who played Centre forward for Rotherham at the time . ..Don't think Currie ever owned it ?

But as you say a very sadly missed "proper " no longer here pub

[clarevoyant.]

Comeonyouirons, on 13 January 2017 - 10:44 AM, said:

Billy Greene

That's the chap

[fishini]

Comeonyouirons, on 13 January 2017 - 05:38 PM, said:

Are you sure ?


I lived on Church Street North from 1974 - 1987 . From 1974 to 77 the pub was kept by Dave and Judy Mawson . Dave's best mate was Len Badger who joined Town at the time concerned ..

Tony Currie , Badge , Ted Hemsley and Keith Eddy were all regulars as well as Ron Wigg who played Centre forward for Rotherham at the time . ..Don't think Currie ever owned it ?

But as you say a very sadly missed "proper " no longer here pub

Was told he owned it and some one else ran it for him. So not sure now. Do you remember the Barefoots who lived up there? You didn't live in Holly House did you? Lol

[Skywalker]

JonB, on 11 January 2017 - 08:21 PM, said:

Dissing all lagers is just some petty real ale snobbery.

I agree Jon.

Some really good continental lagers nowadays.

[oldgoat]

Westbars Spireite, on 11 January 2017 - 11:39 PM, said:

Definitely was. Can't have closed long after as we were the only people in. At that age you went where you knew you'd be served and there and the Buck (my favourite) were about the only 100% certs.

all the naughty girls from the wayward girls home on the end of cobden road used to go in the buck in the mid / late 70's so were a bit of an attraction , child protection wasn't good then !

This post has been edited by oldgoat: 13 January 2017 - 08:28 PM

[calvin plummers socks]

Westbars Spireite, on 13 January 2017 - 08:44 AM, said:

Bamford. Grand old building on the left hand side driving from Hathersage.

Nothing there anymore- just an empty space where it used to be