Great City Pubs of Our Time...

[Croc]

A topic from the old board - before it went Nationwide South.

Any stories or memories of those great little drinking holes that may or may not have now vanished.

I'll kick off with one that's still very much with us - was in The Plough at the end of Fish Street the other night - lively as always with a good selection of the foaming nut brown ale

[ab]

The Green Room. Legendary.

[Croc]

Any more info on that place at all? IS it still standing or is it another coffee shop selling overpriced brown water masquerading as a drink (much like the Brookside Tea Bar)

[ab]

Its the back room at the Swan with Two Nicks, which used to be accessed through a separate door to the main pub, but was still under Colin's management (to some extent!). Not sure what Colin uses it for these days.

[jeremypitt]

Bobby McGees - underground in the old Blackfriars market, sold fizzy piss but was always full of reasonabnle totty. Rumour was they had a stripper who danced in a cage, but neither her nor her cage were ever there when I was!!!!

[Deleted]

AKA the Horseshoe Bar when I was a lad. One of the best "proper" pubs I ever used was the Barbourne. A small place just a stone's throw from SGL. From the Lane head for Gregory Mill street and turn left then left again. Or opposite the entrance to Gheluvelt Park main gates it's the little road next to the bridal shop. Best pint of Bank's mild in the City (and that's saying something). Of course I'm going back over 20 years now, before I realised alcohol is the devil.

Is it still there? Or has it been converted to Spunker's Sports Bar or Plastic Paddy O'Ripoff's Gaelic Fizz Bar?

[althom]

Started on the downward path at The Fountain in Severn St (The Potters Wheel) drinking Ansells Nut Brown Ale.- Moved on to The Swan in Pump St drinking Kelseys Bitter, the landlord was Arthur Sage,later to become Mayor of Worcester. Happy days! ;D

[cg]

Bobby McGees had previously been called the Dive Bar - which kinda summed it up - how about The Western/Ocsar's for another lovely drinking estalishment on Foregate St...or maybe not. For those of Darrell/Mazey's age it is now Shipleys.

[suv]

Bobby McGees with "Blue Pool Tables" how cool was that in the early 80's, (Where I met Mrs Suv)

The first Sunday pub football team I played for was "The Attic" which was the downstairs cellar room in a pub called "Bottoms Up" in Angel Street. .....Now it's a burger bar.

[suv]

and to save TAFKAB the effort of logging on, Yes it was her own "Cage"!!!!!!!!
( let's hope she doesn't read this)

[bigdave]

"the star" in bransford road, had some good nights in there when i was younger, good local, no frills pub, and 1 of the best pint of banks's in town.

[jeremypitt]

I have to be totally honest and say that when I was younger, I cared little for the gnats piss I threw down my throat. As young men we tended to rate somewhere based on two simple criteria 1) The quality of the totty and 2) the quantity of the totty. Therefore the Crown and whatever the place behind it in Crown Passage was called rated highly, as did Bottles, Slug and Lettuce, and for a brief time The Pheasant. Conservatory was good but not as exclusive (for quality totty not quantity) as the upstairs bar at Heroes. Bobby McGees was handy for a gander before hitting Tramps (old Tramps that is)
I'm struggling to get my head around how a testosterone filled yoof can give a monkeys chuff about the fine selection of foaming nut brown ales served at an establishment!!!!!

[Deleted]

"The quality of the totty"

I never had the luxury of being fussy.

[jeremypitt]

Hence the need for criteria number two - the quantity!!!! I too had to play the numbers game!!!
but given a choice of sitting over a nutty brown, or straddling a cheeky blonde, I'm afraid at that time of my life it was a no brainer.

[suv]

jeremypitt said:

I have to be totally honest and say that when I was younger, I cared little for the gnats piss I threw down my throat. As young men we tended to rate somewhere based on two simple criteria 1) The quality of the totty and 2) the quantity of the totty. Therefore the Crown and whatever the place behind it in Crown Passage was called rated highly, as did Bottles, Slug and Lettuce, and for a brief time The Pheasant. Conservatory was good but not as exclusive (for quality totty not quantity) as the upstairs bar at Heroes. Bobby McGees was handy for a gander before hitting Tramps (old Tramps that is)
I'm struggling to get my head around how a testosterone filled yoof can give a monkeys chuff about the fine selection of foaming nut brown ales served at an establishment!!!!!

The place behind the crown was called "Todds Wine Bar" followed by a trip over the road to the "Pavillion Night Club".
"Old Tramps" do you mean the "Hideaway"? only ever went there once(sneaked in Underage) to see the"Specials" play, probably with "cg"!!
Pete Waterman (Stock Aitken & Waterman- Pop Idol Rubbish) was the Specials manager at that time.

[cg]

Yes Suv I was there to see The Specials at he Hideaway- but went there on several other occasions. Suv and Cg - and by the sound of it ab too - are all Green Room veterans which was easily the best place for music when I was a lad (too long ago!).

Beer was shocking though - in fact all the best places to go in town (for 'totty'?) served crap beer and probably still do.

Can I also put a word in for the Charlie pre Slug and Lettuce?

[cg]

Pete Waterman is more more salt of the earth than he's given credit for. He's a Walsall season ticket holder and possibly the most famous person to buy a copy of Matchday (when I did a signing at The Saddlers). Adrian Chiles has one too, and Rene Cayarol.

[tim]

I used to frequent the Long Stop down Broad Street many moons ago, before it got swallowed by the Crowngate Morass. We used to have one or two in there (Ansells I think) before the totty hunt in Todds and (old) Tramps. Used to like the Cardinals as well, some evil cider!

[cg]

Thats funny, I was only thinking the other day where exactly the (old) Long Stop was. Was it at the entrance to Crowngate?

[villager]

Jolly Roger Brewpub on Lowesmoor.

Oh! .. for a pint of Worcester Winter Wobbler on a cold December night.

[suv]

I seem to recall drinking cider in the "Green Room" possibly called "Blands Cider". without doubt the most disgusting looking drink in a glass ever. The top of the pint glass would look like something that had come in with the tide!!
The Barmaid would used an old knitting needle to unblock the tap every so often.
Drank gallons of it- Happy Days

[suv]

Drove up to Tamworth yesterday played the 1st "Specials" album on the journey, still as great and relevant today as 20+ years ago.
Pete Waterman owned the only Independent Record shop in Coventry (a bit like Magpie Records in the Hop Market). Jerry Damners, Neville Staples & Terry Hall were all regular customers which is how Waterman became involved. Pete Waterman was Manager, Roadie, soundman & Driver for the band. Ended up re-mortgaging his house to promote the band. No major record company would touch them so they set-up "2tone" Records.
Waterman tried hard to get Terry Hall removed from the band for not being a singer/frontman!!!
the opening line to the first 2tone single "Gangsters" is a dig at Pete Waterman being a "crap manager"
"Bernie Rhodes Knows, why don't you know" (Bernie Rhodes being manager of "the Clash").
Pete Waterman is still trying to get Coventry Council to recognise "2tone" with a plaque or something,
Coventry council keep refusing, probably because of the "Ghost Town" song.

[tim]

villager said:

Jolly Roger Brewpub on Lowesmoor.

Oh! .. for a pint of Worcester Winter Wobbler on a cold December night.

I vaguely remember several nights on the Quaff, with the easiest quiz machine in the world topping up the beer fund! Great place, many a wreckage night and random wander home from Lowesmoor. Can't believe it was 22 years ago!

[villager]

tim said:

villager said:

Jolly Roger Brewpub on Lowesmoor.

Oh! .. for a pint of Worcester Winter Wobbler on a cold December night.

I vaguely remember several nights on the Quaff, with the easiest quiz machine in the world topping up the beer fund! Great place, many a wreckage night and random wander home from Lowesmoor. Can't believe it was 22 years ago!

Now I AM depressed!

[Croc]

pretty sure by the description above that the Green Room is now Drummonds

[cg]

It is