: Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:17 am  

bewildered wrote:

dangerous on a bike was New Bank Street. I was on Croft House Rise. knew a few folk on NBS. Yeah the rock has gone down hill, ashamed to say i know too many of them that make it that way. The Royal used to be good but thats now Last orders and its rubbish. Only bar in recent times ive thought is any cop is the bar at the hotal gym thing up the top end of town towards tingley. not expensive and a decent pint. apart from that i avoid morley like the plague. Needless isnt too bad, but thats on the morley/batley divide

Needless, as mentioned before, is a bit cliquey for my liking. Also, due to the golf club connection, one of my best mates refuses to go in.

The Royal I used to frequent very regularly on a Friday/Saturday night, as did most of Morley, and from there it was often into The Brunswick, when that was open and before they opened up the pool room and it went downhill.

As for the people going into The Rock, I think I know a few of them too. What sort of age group are we looking at here? I left school in the late '80's and some of them were at school with me.

: Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:23 am  

G1 wrote:

A bit cliquey in there (golf club set) though it did shut down and re-open and I haven't been in since it did. Food used to be good value.

We went most friday evenings last summer, as Emma said the back is great when its sunny, some off the the staff are very ignorant to non clique members but others are fine.

: Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:02 am  

Tony Soprano wrote:

We went most friday evenings last summer, as Emma said the back is great when its sunny, some off the the staff are very ignorant to non clique members but others are fine.

Will have to frequent this summer then.

We can form our own anti-clique, clique and be rude to the rude staff.

: Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:06 am  

Lord_Percy wrote:

Needless, as mentioned before, is a bit cliquey for my liking. Also, due to the golf club connection, one of my best mates refuses to go in.

The Royal I used to frequent very regularly on a Friday/Saturday night, as did most of Morley, and from there it was often into The Brunswick, when that was open and before they opened up the pool room and it went downhill.

As for the people going into The Rock, I think I know a few of them too. What sort of age group are we looking at here? I left school in the late '80's and some of them were at school with me.

Ah forgot the Brunswick. The youth club. used to go in when I was 17. rough as knackers as was the nelson but i know most of the lads in the Nelly. The kids from the Rock i know will have left in 2000 and beyond. You might know Simon Burnley? Known him for years. he is a regular

: Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:17 am  

bewildered wrote:

Ah forgot the Brunswick. The youth club. used to go in when I was 17. rough as knackers as was the nelson but i know most of the lads in the Nelly. The kids from the Rock i know will have left in 2000 and beyond. You might know Simon Burnley? Known him for years. he is a regular

Every time you mention a pub it's one I know! Nelson's about 50 yards from my current abode. I don't go in often, usually just after LUFC games, but it's a much changed place from the one I remember. It used to be full of kids, but whenever I've been in on a Saturday recently it's been packed, and not with football fans. I think it gets quite a bit of trade from the new part of the Springfield estate.

The Brunswick - back in the late 80's/early 90's it used to be a cracking little pub, but then they opened up the pool room, the beer went downhill and that was the beginning of the end. It's last days were awful, an absolutely disgusting place.

As for Simon Burnley, the name doesn't ring a bell, but I'd hazard a guess I'd know the face. One guy who I do know from the Rock is Jason Thompson, who I was at school with and is now my window cleaner.

: Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:52 pm  

flipper wrote: The 3 Horseshoes is also the proud sponsors of The Yorkshire Post Cricket Club - agree with the sentiments expressed, they do a free food with the Thursday Pub quiz too..! Agree with that Flipper - great boozer full of fantastic student totty. What level does the cricket team you mention play at ? Are you looking for players for the coming season ?

flipper wrote: The 3 Horseshoes is also the proud sponsors of The Yorkshire Post Cricket Club - agree with the sentiments expressed, they do a free food with the Thursday Pub quiz too..! Agree with that Flipper - great boozer full of fantastic student totty. What level does the cricket team you mention play at ? Are you looking for players for the coming season ?

: Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:17 pm  

DoubleAone wrote:

I stand corrected.

Wasnt there another pub on the other side of the road further up maybe I am getting it mixed up with that.

That was the Newlands (later re-named The Jolly Brewer). It was fire-bombed and burned to the ground in the afor-mentioned riots of '95, as it was rumoured that the landlord was an ex-copper who had provided the police with information on estate drug dealers. The raids on said drug-dealers is what kicked off the whole riot.

: Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:27 pm  

Glenn Morangie wrote:

Box do a decent pizza deal that can come in handy before Friday night games but Arcadia followed by the Taps has the better beer near to the ground.

All you need to know about the decline of Headingley boozers! Like so many, I first encountered the wonderful world of drinking in the Woodman (as it was). New Inn was alright but the Three Shoes always felt like drinking with your Dad and his mates (full of Rah Rahs as well).
The students never really bothered me when they were still duffel coat wearers planning 'sit ins' etc.
Slightly OT, but the East Street Crawl was always a laugh (hardly any of it left). We ended up including the Trotters and the White Horse at one stage.
We once tried a pint/half in every pub in town ( we managed 25-26ish - memory not so clear for obvious reasons) with The Pack Horse, The Market Tavern and the General Elliot being 'stand outs'
I've mentioned it before but can anyone remember the name of the pub that very briefly occupied what, I think became Casa Loco (just down from the Chinese Supermarket)? It was on the said town run and was truly odd.

: Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:33 pm  

Glenn Morangie wrote:

Box do a decent pizza deal that can come in handy before Friday night games but Arcadia followed by the Taps has the better beer near to the ground.

Arcadia is that strange place in the Arndale Centre isn't it ?

Just doesn't feel right having a pub in a shop unit, especially in a soul-less concrete shopping development - a bit like the pub that used to be inside The Merrion Centre, its not right, should be illegal.

: Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:34 pm  

(Broken) Time Bandit wrote:

The students never really bothered me when they were still duffel coat wearers planning 'sit ins' etc.
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SAG?