Magnet pub in Southey

[*Wallace*]

Anyone remember the Star headline after an altercation outside the Sportsman on Denby Street ? Man Bites Police Dog ! Yes that was Jack what a character he was.

[kickstart12]

yes i can remember that my brother was with him at the time,said the copper set the dog on him.and jack hit it a few times said it went nuts and went round biting every one.dont think i'd like to get hit by jack not many people got up when he hit them

[loneranger46]

I used to go to school to tiiiwith the landlords son in the fifties. his name was Gary ------ cant for the life of me remember what his surname was. Can anyone remember??

 

his name is GARY CATLIN i went to the same school

[reg1]

I remember playing guitar as part of a trio at the Magnet just as the Falklands war started. One of our songs was Dont cry for me Argentina which we played without thinking. You could say it went down like a lead balloon and everyone just stopped what they were doing and glared at us. Fortunately many knew the other guitarist Alistair Mckinnon from Southey Green who unfortunately died not long after from falling asleep in bed while smoking.

[tezzatpm]

Apparantly one night a gang walked in there and wheeled away the bandit in front of everyone and no one said or did nuffin......enuff said

 

I used to live on southey hall road and I remember that well, the pub was always boarded up. It was a **** hole