The Albert Public House

[ceegee]

A bit more on the Albert can be found on the following site

 

http://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffield/albertpubsheffield.htm

[Cliffhanger]

As per the link above, my first pint in the Albert was a bit illegal and prior to a Jethro Tull concert - would have been 1970/71. Many visits thereafter whenever we went to a concert, but strangely not at any other time, when we favoured Mr Ward's most excellent ale. As I remember it had an unsusally high bar top, which made appearing to be 18 even more of a challenge!

[wimpey]

Remind me anywone where exactly was the Bucaneer????? I recall going but cannot for the life of me remember where it was......

at the rear of the grand hotel.

[soft ayperth]

I had my first pint in the Albert as an underage lad around 1959. Listened with a bunch of my school mates to a traditional jazz band playing in the upstairs room.

[valleylad]

I used to work at Motor Services Carver St.The workshop was on backfields, a small street just wide enough for one car,in the late sixties and spent many a dinner time and night in the best pub in sheffield The Albert or the talbot as we called it.The juke box must have been the loudest model made, with a 4x12 marshall speaker extension cabinet at the far side of the room it really rocked.At the time it was a favorite with the students who tended to be rock fans .We went to see the Who at the city hall and the juke box could be heard on the city hall steps i can remember the crowd all singing along to jimi hendrix while waiting to get in.It was a bit of a flea pit but it was a friendly no nonsense place , i can't remember any trouble kicking off in the seven or eight years i went in .It was the meeting up place for the west street stagger ( never mannaged it on pints) ,happy days .

[Jazzman]

The band was The Steel City Stompers playing in the room upstairs.

[vanner]

Last time I went in was in mid 1965. Went to meet a couple of young women with my mate. They were 18 months to two years older than us. Which at that age seems a lot. They were more experienced; if you know what I mean.

[soft ayperth]

The band was The Steel City Stompers playing in the room upstairs.

 

That's right, Jazzman. That band was on the go during the height of popularity of the trad jazz phase of the mid to late 50s. Great music.

[BufferGirl]

I remember the Albert from the late 1970s / early 1980s: was a bit rocker-y, there was a painting of Aladdin Sane on one wall and Alice Cooper with a snake wrapped round him on the other.

[sheffsand]

i used to work there behind the bar, we had a fantastic landlady called Lil - i left one night cos someone pulled a knife on me!! - didnt tell anyone at the time tho!! this was in the late 70's