Memories of The Stonehouse Pub

[garryplan]

I worked for three successive managers in the seventies and eighties and I think it's whole atmosphere was ruined by the changes made in the early eighties when Lou Ward was manager , it was a nightmare of a place to run at any time and never really made any huge profits then but it was a great place to be a customer I am told, the light show in the court yard never worked properly and ruined the effect, still I hope I get to see a new and improved version some day

[swfcowls]

[that "the longest bar in europe was a myth "

 

Also the longest gap from when the last reply was posted

[Zol06]

Always used togo in there on our pub crawl was fab, mostly busy with a good atmosphere. Loved the Saturday afternoon disco

[folsomlqxdf]

Presume oyu mean the old stonehouse and not the "new look" Stonehouse of just a few years ago which was awful and mostly empty ...

Thanks!

[shell1066]

Walking down Church Street the other day for the first time in ages, I notice that the old Stonehouse building is being renovated

 

It brought back some great memories of the Stonehouse in its heyday - it used to be the place to go in the late 80's before moving on to Cairo Jax

 

I seem to remember when it first opened, that it reportedly had the longest bar in Europe ?

 

That end of town used to be a must on a night out - Stonehouse, Gladstones, Wig and Pen, Three Tuns, ...

 

Anyone else have fond memories?

 

yea we all used to meet in the stonehouse 2

[bevgary]

Great pic, my and my hubby used to go there in the early 70s when we were first married. Vic Atkinson was the landlord there with his wife Muriel. Bouncers were Bob Hodder and Dave (cant remember his surname) I remember some great lock-ins on a Saturday night.

 

Hi, just read your comment on here, muriel is my mother inlaw Im married to her son Paul. Muriel passed away five years ago.

[Shogun]

I remember going in there rather inebriated one night, and looking up to the roof and I'm sure them stars on the roof were moving, did anyone else have that experience in there?

Edited April 2, 2011 by Shogun

[teddie]

I remember going in there rather inebriated one night, and looking up to the roof and I'm sure them stars on the roof were moving, did anyone else have that experience in there?

 

Many times!!

[denlin]

I remember going down town with some friends from work one of whom was about six feet tall and rather large. This would have been late seventies/early eighties. As we were walking past Stonehouse a young lad jumped down from steps in attempt to scare us, my friend just looked at him and said 'your worst nightmare has just come true'. At which point he fled back into the pub.:hihi:

[tally2]

I remember a Dutch guy ran the place in I think the mid 70's.If my memory serves me right his name was Bill Hoffman.Don't think he ran it for long before leaving to take over The Sportsman at Lodge Moor,