What is the roughest pub you have ever been to?

[Lemmy_kilmister]

Not sure of any name changes. Was the Mighty Fine when I was down there at marine college.

Having said that I may or may not have put the wrong picture up it's ages since I was down there.

Gonna have to agree to disagree on that.

 

[borgelite]

What is / was it’s real name?

The festival bar was the bar in the Billingham Arms & The pride was the lounge

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

Gonna have to agree to disagree on that.

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That's it Just been looking at that picture and reading some accounts of the place

 

[Heam44]

What about:

Tophouse in Wingate.

Pig and Whistle on Newcastle Bigg Market.

Wild Ox in Tilery.

Would the Captain Cook in Middlesbrough be up there? Only been in a couple times.

 

[Heam44]

The festival bar was the bar in the Billingham Arms & The pride was the lounge

I went in there quite a lot between about 2000 - 2004, used to do a few Craig David tunes on the karaoke

 

[Norfolkred1]

Me and our lass walked into a bar in Stranraer, the CD stopped playing. When one of the lads asked where I was from he said 'Is the Bongo International still open' turned out a good night. Apparently tourists walk in and straight out.

 

[Joy_Division_Oven_Gloves]

What is / was it’s real name?

The Festival Bar, it was the dark side of the Billingham Arms - the Pride was the other side (if my memory serves). It was where the nutters from Billingham, who were barred from everywhere else, could go

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

I'd go personally with the New Gog in Canning Town.
Rough as gashouse cinders.

 

[Slipperutb01]

The fessie bar real name was the festival bar joined to the Billingham arms great bar if your face fit

 

[Trug]

There was a social club I went to once in Newton Aycliffe. The lock was on the OUTSIDE of the toilet .
As mentioned- Hogans in Darlo. I once arranged to meet my brother in law there one night..The place was totally empty except for one man playing the bandit in a corner of the room. I walked towards the bar and suddenly he was stood in front of me blocking my way. "Who the **** are you pushing " he grunted.. A quick about turn and off I went

 

[A]

Three horseshoes in Gilesgate, Durham, everyone stared at me and my mate who went in looking for a local after we moved in to a student house nearby, one quick pint and ****ed off, if we hadn’t both been semi local from Teesside I’m sure we’d have been strung up for being students, very them and us in that city at the time

Once had a trip to the brambles farm hotel as a long haired student in the late 90's with my long haired student mate just fora change of scenery. We were not well received. Tried the Buccaneer after there, similar reception, so ended back in the hairy lemon where we felt a touch more at home in the surroundings and clientele. Both those boozers were real eye-openers

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

Once had a trip to the brambles farm hotel as a long haired student in the late 90's with my long haired student mate just fora change of scenery. We were not well received. Tried the Buccaneer after there, similar reception, so ended back in the hairy lemon where we felt a touch more at home in the surroundings and clientele. Both those boozers were real eye-openers

Should have tried The Roseberry

 

[A]

Hogans is a good shout for rough pubs as was the pig and whistle and blackie boy back in the day. The beehive still has a slightly unhinged, psychotic feel to it

 

[A]

Should have tried The Roseberry

We were stupid, not sick of living

 

[Foggysfplandiet3]

A place in Glasgow whose name i can't remember. Bars on the windows, formica tables. Asked for a pint of mcewans and was told "you can have a can or fck off". Only went in because my wife and I were both absolutely bursting for a pee. Got 2 cans, took it in turns to use the bogs which made the one in trainspotting look like the savoy, came back took a swig and left. Our order consisted of more drinks than the regulars seemed to posess teeth between them

Sounds like the Saracen’s Head on Gallowgate.

 

[Jimstewart]

There was a social club I went to once in Newton Aycliffe. The lock was on the OUTSIDE of the toilet .
As mentioned- Hogans in Darlo. I once arranged to meet my brother in law there one night..The place was totally empty except for one man playing the bandit in a corner of the room. I walked towards the bar and suddenly he was stood in front of me blocking my way. "Who the **** are you pushing " he grunted.. A quick about turn and off I went

Horndale club?

 

[A]

Sounds like the Saracen’s Head on Gallowgate.

Just had a look on Google, that place does look ropey. This place was more like a workies than a pub

 

[Steer]

Early 90s. The was a pub in Swindon, near where I lived which had a bullet hole in the window. Looked rough as hell inside. Me and my mates would not even go in for a bet. Plain formica tables and some very dodgy looking clientele.

Another Pub round the corner from where we lived was a bit dodgy, but not so bad. Quite a few ganster charicters around. But turned out to be the focal point for some kind of big organised fight between Swindon and Oxford fans, with loads of police descending in as well. That was a bit of an eye opener, as I naively did not realised that lower league rivalry could descend into such trouble. A quiet drink on a Saturday afternoon turned out to be quite scary.

 

[Train Guy]

The Criterion Bar was the first pub I went into in Aberdeen 40 years ago. A pub for local people. We will be having no trouble in here.

 

[Berwickhillbilly]

Glass Barrel