Market Pubs
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I remember sitting in Pub it was called the
"Festering Carbuncle Cocktail Bar."
just round the back from where Shields Gazette is.
It have cocktail waitresses, olives and everything, very snazzy for the 60's.
Very select you not let in less you wearing cloth cap and muffler.
First in area to put little umbrellas with cherries in your pint.
"Festering Carbuncle Cocktail Bar."
just round the back from where Shields Gazette is.
It have cocktail waitresses, olives and everything, very snazzy for the 60's.
Very select you not let in less you wearing cloth cap and muffler.
First in area to put little umbrellas with cherries in your pint.
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It was called the Douglas Vaults, I think Memor.memor wrote:I remember sitting in Pub it was called the
"Festering Carbuncle Cocktail Bar."
just round the back from where Shields Gazette is.
It have cocktail waitresses, olives and everything, very snazzy for the 60's.
Very select you not let in less you wearing cloth cap and muffler.
First in area to put little umbrellas with cherries in your pint.
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Samson
A few pints of that and everyone thought they were Samson. I may be mistaken about it being Samson, it may have been Strongarm. They always seem to run out of draught they were so busy; they then started selling the more expensive bottled beers (was it a con?) I always did my best to help them run out of draught beer. Alas these days I am teetotal except for the odd glass of wine.
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the douglas vaults had a dodgy rep, it was the place to score a bit of nigerian black (allegedly, not like today where it may as well be in the local shops it is that common) in the sixties, i used to like this pub and the mechanics, the beer used to be that brew from the hartlepool brewery, i though it was sampson and the strongarm was the best bitter version.
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I remember the Mechanics before they renovated it, when you went through the door on the left, at the bottom of the room there was a juke box to the left of it was the gents toilet when you went in, there was a step down and there never was any lights on and it was pitch black and you were wading through water.
The bar maid was a peroxide blonde girl painted up like a doll.
I heard later that she died of cirrhosis of the liver.
The bar maid was a peroxide blonde girl painted up like a doll.
I heard later that she died of cirrhosis of the liver.
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Re: richard
That was in the days when Richard had it. He was a "Friend Of Dorothy"tonnee wrote:and dont forget the 50 pence piece screwed to the floor
"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."
"We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell."
Oscar Wilde
"We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell."
Oscar Wilde
Wonder if that is the same Richard who had a pub in the Big Market in Newcastle (seeing as this thread is about pubs in Shields market place) he also had a coin stuck to the floor. Also had a Mynah bird that used to shout obcenities to everyone. I used to repair and maintain gaming machines in pubs and clubs back in those days; covering an area from York to Berwick.
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Not sure about the pub in Newcastle baldy, but I seem to remember he had a Myna bird. I did hear about a pub in N/cle with 50 pences stuck to the floor. It must have been Richards.
"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."
"We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell."
Oscar Wilde
"We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell."
Oscar Wilde