FIRETHORN1 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) When I first started my boozing "career" as a teenager in the mid 70's, the done thing was to go into town every Thursday/Friday/Saturday night. It makes me chuckle to think of it now, but those days, we didn't have one or two favourite pubs that we'd spend the evening in - we had to spend the whole night roaming from pub to pub, having one (or at the very most two)drinks in each, then moving on to the next pub, before getting the last bus home. It also makes me laugh when I remember that our "pub crawl" route seldom - if ever - varied. We always, always went in the same pubs, in the same order....and I suspect many other small groups of young people were doing exactly the same...because we'd always pass the same small groups of lads and lasses several times - but going in different directions! My mates and I would get the Oughtibridge bus into town, get off where it terminated in Campo Lane - and then we'd take the following "crawl" route - Blue Ball/Dove & Rainbow/Stonehouse/3 Tuns/Pig & Whistle/Cambridge/Yorkshireman/Brown Bear - then a last one in The Mulberry - before staggering drunkenly out and falling on to the last Wisewood bus home - which used to go from just outside the Mulberry in those days! Was it just us - or does anyone remember doing similarly daft city-centre "pub crawls" back in the day? Edited July 30, 2017 by FIRETHORN1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lien1 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 One of the best pub crawling you could ask for was Darnall 80s 90s fri sat sun when all the pubs was thriving including the 4 working mans clubs best nights Ever no need to go up town ,or just as good was the cliff run top to bottom not Many people made it all the way:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 For us (anything between 4 to 10 lads) early 1980s , Friday was London rd night . Start in the royal oak , then lansdown ,tramways ,?,? cross over to the cremorne , crown ,barrel ?? finally find ourselves outside The Locarno , then we had to decide , Locarno or the China Gardens for chicken curry and chips ( china garden also had a bar and disco ,which was a winner ) . had great times with great friends but alas we all grew up and got families . love my missus but really miss them days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dun graftin Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Firethorn1 We must have crossed paths for certain. Blue Ball Dove and Rainbow Golden Ball Buccaneer (afore it shut) Top 3 Tuns Yorkshireman Sportsman The Albert (another that soon closed) The Wap Nelson Occasionally Mulberry Brown Bear And dare I say it The Claymore Not always all the pubs in one night (hic) But usually like you in that sort of order. However Friday night would see a kick off on Darnall The Crown and the Wello Then on the 52 to West street. Beehive Raven Hallamshire Red Deer (if not already barred for swearing) Coach and Horses Saddle Red lion Dog and Partridge Seems I spent a lot of money on Beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top4718 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 The first regular crawl I remember was early 80's, off the bus at Pond St and first one in the Claymore (changed name soon after to what I can't recall), cross road to the Mulberry then up High St and Legends quickly followed by the Stonehouse in its famous "back room" days. The Pig & Whistle usually followed with the occasional foray into the Whig & Pen a bit of a diversion to Le Metro on Carver St before thinking about a night club, Romeo's/Cairo Jax usually being the favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 The first regular crawl I remember was early 80's, off the bus at Pond St and first one in the Claymore (changed name soon after to what I can't recall), cross road to the Mulberry then up High St and Legends quickly followed by the Stonehouse in its famous "back room" days. The Pig & Whistle usually followed with the occasional foray into the Whig & Pen a bit of a diversion to Le Metro on Carver St before thinking about a night club, Romeo's/Cairo Jax usually being the favourite. bit upmarket that , for us Romeos was like Stringfellows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukdobby Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Claymore Blue bell. Golden ball Red Lion Albert Barley corn Wap Nelson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpetre Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Firethorn1 We must have crossed paths for certain. Blue Ball Dove and Rainbow Golden Ball Buccaneer (afore it shut) Top 3 Tuns Yorkshireman Sportsman The Albert (another that soon closed) The Wap Nelson Occasionally Mulberry Brown Bear And dare I say it The Claymore Not always all the pubs in one night (hic) But usually like you in that sort of order. However Friday night would see a kick off on Darnall The Crown and the Wello Then on the 52 to West street. Beehive Raven Hallamshire Red Deer (if not already barred for swearing) Coach and Horses Saddle Red lion Dog and Partridge Seems I spent a lot of money on Beer What was wrong with the Claymore, if you 'dare say' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Claymore Dove and Rainbow Blue Bell Stone House Museum (or Red Lion) Buccaneer (or Albert) Three Tuns (or Wapentake) Nelson A steady gallon, couldn't do it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dun graftin Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 What was wrong with the Claymore, if you 'dare say' ? The beer was awful, even for town standards. In my opinion of course:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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