Cat’s Lives
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Pub on Linthorpe Road. I know it from at least ‘96.
Does anyone know the history?
One of Boro’s longest running pubs?
Does anyone know the history?
One of Boro’s longest running pubs?
The empire is the swatters Carr now isn't it?Definitely old, mind. I remember playing there 30 years ago and it was old and scruffy then. Was The Empire then.
That was what I was thinking.The empire is the swatters Carr now isn't it?
Good. Its been 35 years since I've been in either.That was what I was thinking.
Me too. I'm probably dazed and confused. Happens whenever I get up too quickly.Good. Its been 35 years since I've been in either.
Swatters was me and my son's meeting place before the match. A few might scoff because it's a Weatherspoons but the beer was good in there and never any trouble.Me too. I'm probably dazed and confused. Happens whenever I get up too quickly.
His son Craig is my first cousin. Small world isn't it?Was reopened as Chaplins late 80’s I think and my cousin Alec Mac was the first landlord. He left there to become landlord at The Cleveland for many years