Sonovabich Posted February 4, 2015 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 8 Device: Windows Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) I lived 30 yards from this pub when i was growing up on "Albert Hill" in Darlington, "The Forge Tavern" one of Darlingtons most iconic pubs, some great characters and a few villans made this pub very popular, i spent a lot of my money learning to drink in here too, one of my best mates lived there until his parents Tommy and Edith had to move in the early 80's, that was a sad day, the pub was demolished a few years ago and now it is only wasteland.....very sad. Edited February 4, 2015 by Sonovabich codpiece, NITRO, DEEJAYKEG and 10 others 13
TheLastColdBeer Posted February 4, 2015 Member ID: 489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 553 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4745 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 6058 Achievement Points: 42053 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 18 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 23, 2024 Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Posted February 4, 2015 Like losing one of the family. eidolonFIRE, little_old_man, NITRO and 6 others 9 Awards
Damage_inc- Posted February 4, 2015 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Posted February 4, 2015 cheers Awards
FunkyChickn Posted February 4, 2015 Member ID: 2982 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 28 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 342 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 314 Achievement Points: 2774 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/13/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Monday at 08:42 PM Device: iPhone Posted February 4, 2015 That has happened to a lot of pubs. They are demolished or converted and soon will be a thing of the past. It's a shame because wine bars and such just don't have the same atmosphere codpiece and Gatorgirl 2 Awards
Belle Posted February 4, 2015 Member ID: 503 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 181 Topic Count: 71 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2461 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1213 Achievement Points: 15555 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/24/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Device: Windows Posted February 4, 2015 Just think if you had bought the place from Tommy and Edith, you could have made some of your "learning to drink" money back. I hate to see old buildings get demolished if they can be restored instead. Mule 1 Awards
hxtr Posted February 4, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.96 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted February 4, 2015 Im sure if it was still up the memories for lots of people it would bring back. Forget the wales... save the pub's. Joe Canadian, eidolonFIRE and Leadfinger 3
Sonovabich Posted February 4, 2015 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 8 Device: Windows Author Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) Just think if you had bought the place from Tommy and Edith, you could have made some of your "learning to drink" money back. I hate to see old buildings get demolished if they can be restored instead. It didn't close after my friends parents left Belle, it had a few different Landlords in after that but it was never the same again even though it was refurbished etc, think it finally ended it's days about 8 years ago. Edited February 5, 2015 by Sonovabich Belle 1
TBB Posted February 4, 2015 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 290 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 20575 Content Per Day: 3.67 Reputation: 22610 Achievement Points: 148515 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 398 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Posted February 4, 2015 Good excuse to hoist a few Sonovabich, TheLastColdBeer and Mule 3 Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted February 4, 2015 Member ID: 489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 553 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4745 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 6058 Achievement Points: 42053 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 18 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 23, 2024 Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Posted February 4, 2015 Good excuse to hoist a few Excuse? We don' need no stinkin' excuse.... Being above ground and sucking air is excuse enough. Mule, DEEJAYKEG, Leadfinger and 3 others 6 Awards
loaderXI Posted February 4, 2015 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 72 Topic Count: 396 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6439 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 6582 Achievement Points: 54661 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 32 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 12:33 AM Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Posted February 4, 2015 Where I came from there was a pub on every block.... All gone now when the ship building stopped years ago also might mention it is again been ranked 2nd for the most dangerous city in the USA http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/neighborhoods/crime-rates/top100dangerous/ Its very sad when you watch places crumble to the ground hxtr, TheLastColdBeer, Sonovabich and 2 others 5 Awards
Mule Posted February 5, 2015 Member ID: 390 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 411 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 4252 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 3052 Achievement Points: 35639 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 28, 2024 Birthday: 05/08/1959 Device: Windows Posted February 5, 2015 Hate that stuff! Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted February 5, 2015 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted February 5, 2015 As I sit here with a glass of Fursty Ferret in front of me, I reflect on the pubs I used to drink in as a youngster that no longer exist. A pint of bitter then was 14p compared to around £3 today and, with many more pubs open, it was rare to walk into an empty one unless you were first in after the bolts dropped! Consumption of beer is down and falling further. I gather the young have turned their backs on alcohol as it isn't considered "cool". Certainly my lad didn't touch a case of cider I bought for him on our last boating holiday and just drank water! Along the canals, there are now many miles of waterway without a single pub surviving. Sometimes it is a matter of economics - not enough footfall to keep the lights on. Government drove the final nail into the coffins of a great many pubs by refusing to consider smoking rooms in pubs and banning tobacco smoking completely in licensed premises. Those that have survived have had to adapt to a hostile environment. Social attitudes to drinking and driving have changed behaviour. Personally, I don't find it much fun to drive out to a country pub and drink soft drinks but I wouldn't touch a single beer if I am behind the wheel. So, like many, I stay at home and drink bottled and canned ales. Perhaps the exceptions outside the big cities are the food pubs - those that serve quality grub in pleasant surroundings. We have one a few miles away. Even closer to home is a pub that was put up for sale in December 2013 and has just sold. We're hoping that will resemble its former self when it reopens and serve good food. It is a good thing that pubs are more family-friendly these days - a suitably licensed establishment will welcome kids with their parents until 9pm making family dinners possible. However, with a nostalgic feeling, it'd be nice to step into an old corner pub occasionally and have a few games of darts and bar billiards as one sipped a pint or several of "Shit and Scream" (that's what we used to call Shepherd Neame bitter in the 1970s due to its effects on the digestive system the following day!). Joe Canadian 1 Awards
loaderXI Posted February 5, 2015 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 72 Topic Count: 396 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6439 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 6582 Achievement Points: 54661 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 32 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 12:33 AM Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Posted February 5, 2015 @@DEEJAYKEG Thats a very good point with all the tobacco laws here in the states not many bars/pubs are as busy as they once were Joe Canadian 1 Awards
7Toes Posted February 5, 2015 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 58 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27251 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Posted February 5, 2015 Awards
Joe Canadian Posted February 5, 2015 Member ID: 822 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 87 Topic Count: 317 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5477 Content Per Day: 0.97 Reputation: 5025 Achievement Points: 42632 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 20 Joined: 12/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 25, 2023 Birthday: 03/01/1967 Posted February 5, 2015 Just FYI, Big Mean Dean is looking for a job as a slasher/bouncer at any pub. He's got lot of experience, please contact him at [email protected]. It will be appreciated haha Awards
Joe Canadian Posted February 5, 2015 Member ID: 822 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 87 Topic Count: 317 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5477 Content Per Day: 0.97 Reputation: 5025 Achievement Points: 42632 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 20 Joined: 12/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 25, 2023 Birthday: 03/01/1967 Posted February 5, 2015 Hate that stuff! Your ass is hot Mule, careful, HXTR reads these posts lol Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted February 5, 2015 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted February 5, 2015 Just FYI, Big Mean Dean is looking for a job as a slasher/bouncer at any pub. He's got lot of experience, please contact him at [email protected]. It will be appreciated haha It's a sad fact that, certainly in the cities, there has to be a security presence on the doors of some pubs. That, in itself, acts as a disincentive to go anywhere near them. Big brewery chains have also bought up many places turning them into clones - same menus featuring identical frozen reheated foods...ugh! Joe Canadian 1 Awards
Joe Canadian Posted February 5, 2015 Member ID: 822 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 87 Topic Count: 317 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5477 Content Per Day: 0.97 Reputation: 5025 Achievement Points: 42632 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 20 Joined: 12/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 25, 2023 Birthday: 03/01/1967 Posted February 5, 2015 @@DEEJAYKEG Thats a very good point with all the tobacco laws here in the states not many bars/pubs are as busy as they once were We have the same tobacco laws in BC, Canada, and you are right. The pubs are not as busy as they used to be. It is a lot easier to buy drugs and alcohol off the street, specially for teenagers and people under 21. They won't ask you for ID. The best Canadian pubs imho are in Montreal. They have "happy hours" (2 x 1) and they are open til 4-5 AM. Awards
Recommended Posts