The Linny closed.

On The Bob said:
The blokes a disgrace and his treatment of others isn’t going to endear me into ever using his pubs again.

He talks about under trading, but as far as I can see, his own actions are what’s running these places into the ground. Good luck finding people who will want to run his pubs if that’s how he treats people as well.
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That and he just leaves them standing empty. The Glittering Star in Darlo has been shuttered for years.
 
I worked behind the bar in 1990/91. When you got allocated your till at the start your shift the one nobody wanted was Till 4 near the Jukebox. That was where all the greasers sat with their Diesel drinks and bottles of Liebfraumilch playing Meatloaf over and over again (apologies if any are on here)
 
ThatFragranceGuy said:
I used to process applications and withdrawals for those courses there for a job in early 2000's - I believe from the grades attained you had 3 choices - travel & tourism, catering or health & beauty.

Seems as long as you had a pulse, you could get in one of those, and churn rate / transfer between courses really high especially in early weeks.


Imagine opening that at 4pm. Just casually move out by the end of the day
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Thanks for letting me on!

Took me to the dizzy heights of supermarket management 😂
 
ThatFragranceGuy said:
I used to process applications and withdrawals for those courses there for a job in early 2000's - I believe from the grades attained you had 3 choices - travel & tourism, catering or health & beauty.
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I used to go to Longlands college but on Wednesday mornings it was at Kirby. I was doing software engineering but Wednesday was all about keyboard skills. A few of us used to be in classes with wannabe receptionist/secretarys. I can still touch type and talk and look at someone. Best skill i ever learned. Fingers on the home keys. They have marks on them and I bet don't know why they are there. Winky.
 
Sad. It was my second home in the 70s, especially 72-75 with the added bonus of the Boro doing rather well. Great times, still regularly in touch with a few mates from that time but also lost contact with many more, and some have passed.
 
sadgit said:
It was the summer I left school so either 85/86 and I was 15. My parents were friends of Roy and I walked up and asked for a pint of lager (probably my last ever as I found brown ale) He looked at me and said "you are almost 18 aren't you?" Them were the days. I lived on Oxford Road and I spent most nights in there with a pint (or just coke) playing pool and beating all that dared to play me

Amazing jukebox, 2 pool tables, pinball, quiz machines, god I loved those years. Even though my anxiety was sky high, being a great pool player was one hell of a mask
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You were after me, because I was king of that pool table until 1981 :)
 
hewielewie said:
I worked behind the bar in 1990/91. When you got allocated your till at the start your shift the one nobody wanted was Till 4 near the Jukebox. That was where all the greasers sat with their Diesel drinks and bottles of Liebfraumilch playing Meatloaf over and over again (apologies if any are on here)
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There must have been an unwritten agreement during the 80s.
One night the jukebox was controlled by the bikers. (My favourite tbh. A repeating mix of Motorhead - Ace of Spades; Hawkwind - Silver Machine; David Essex - Silver Dream Machine).
Another night it was the mohicans/punks.
And another for the nutty nutty boys/2tone/ska.
The New Romantics sneaked in when they could.
All the sets co-existed in perfect harmony (usually).
 
Lived in Linthorpe between 2011 - 2019 so spent many summer days in the Linny beer garden. Used to be packed and a great place to spend an afternoon or evening, but atmosphere in there recently is very flat and it is often extremely quiet. Shame Humphrey Smith seems so keen on running these places into the ground, the Linny could be a goldmine.
 
Rofesleg said:
There must have been an unwritten agreement during the 80s.
One night the jukebox was controlled by the bikers. (My favourite tbh. A repeating mix of Motorhead - Ace of Spades; Hawkwind - Silver Machine; David Essex - Silver Dream Machine).
Another night it was the mohicans/punks.
And another for the nutty nutty boys/2tone/ska.
The New Romantics sneaked in when they could.
All the sets co-existed in perfect harmony (usually).
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Have to say I’ve never met a greaser (and I used to know lots!), who drank Liebfraumilch and listened to David Essex.
 
Londoners are lucky that the Samuel Smiths pubs in the city are not run by Humphrey,but by his brother. So there were no nonsense rules unlike outside the capital.
I used to like the pubs because they were cheap but now they charge London prices. Sigh.
They had a nice wheat beer. I may go back just to try it again.
 
hewielewie said:
I worked behind the bar in 1990/91. When you got allocated your till at the start your shift the one nobody wanted was Till 4 near the Jukebox. That was where all the greasers sat with their Diesel drinks and bottles of Liebfraumilch playing Meatloaf over and over again (apologies if any are on here)
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I wasn’t but I know a couple of them *laughing emoji*
 
CeCe's the place that is taking over the Vine building are having a grand opening on Satda.
I drove past today and a sign said ' open, all beers £4.
Cashing in on the Linny, I bet.
 
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