Remember the Empire when it had all flags on the ceiling . Or have I imagined thatThe Empire Linthorpe Road - it had a back yard, separate rooms and one tele at the time
Been gone a while now that one.The Railway in Cosham, near Portsmouth, was the first pub I went to regularly I reckon, when I was a 16 year old merchant navy cadet away from home.
whoops failed to see it was centralscrutiniser was the navy post .Been gone a while now that one.
That end of Cosham High St has been completely redeveloped.
Myself, The Cambridge... When Ally Brownlee used to do the quiz in there on a Monday night.
Was that in the new extension to the back with the pool table?Remember the Empire when it had all flags on the ceiling . Or have I imagined that
Be about 1983 with the flags . Seem to remember a load of rockers in there - same as LinnyWas that in the new extension to the back with the pool table?
Roofie we were probably going in at the same time.
Linny , Yellow Rose and finally Westminister ( Frankie BamBam territory ) before AP . ( sometimes Porthole on the morning )Yellow rose for me back in late 70's
Satans slaves.Beer garden was great.Be about 1983 with the flags . Seem to remember a load of rockers in there - same as Linny
When I started drinking about 78, when I was 18, it was the yellow rose, before the Boro games, I then changed for a while due to meeting work mates & go to the match with them so met in the speedway, both near to where I lived in West Lane, when I got married & moved I went in to the red before games but in the end reverted by to the yellow rose before matches, meeting my dad & mates, good daysLinny , Yellow Rose and finally Westminister before AP . ( sometimes Porthole on the morning )