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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: SydneyRover on May 07, 2020, 11:25:05 am
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Donnywolf usually the first to comment each day, has he been given the day off, what's going on?
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Maybe the vast amount of home brew he was about to tap in to.
That's where I would be. ;)
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Thanks for missing me
I get up earlier each day in Summer (as soon as its light) and then take my dog a walk. That used to be for a long way but he is now 15 days short of his 17th Birthday so its about a round trip of 300 yards !
We were already back in this morning at 05.30 and then after feeding him I got out the PC and went through "stuff". It amazes me how people are still posting at 1 am - because as I get up so early I am dead to the world at 10pm almost like a battery running out !
If I have tapped the aforementioned home brew then nature gets a hand and I can fall asleep way before that but having said that I cant explain my absence this morning except I have not posted much on the footie bit lately and the Off topic bit is full of stuff I could comment on but I tend to be just not a fan of Johnson or his pack of disciples who I cant be bothered to mention lol - making my posts repetetive even to me
You know who they are.
Not had a drink for 4 nights so under pressure to have some Woodfordes Wherry tonight but either way I will be back tomorrow ! See you all then
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Woodfordes Wherry another good reason to visit Norfolk
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Yes along with Admirals Revenge. I have got a Kit of that ready for my next brew.
Loved the Norfolk Broads as did my dog once he got used to getting on and off
Woodfordes Fur and Feather was good and perhaps they have one of the best Brewery shops I have been in - and I loved the return trip to Coltishall and of course the 2 Pubs at "the end of the line"
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Not been for a few years but some belting pubs in that area
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... and fo the uninitiated Woodfordes until a few years back were unique in that they had won the Supreme Beer in the UK title twice with different Beers - Wherry and Nog
Timothy Taylors HAD won many more titles all with Landlord - but then had to go and spoil Woodfordes "party" by winning a few years back with Boltmaker !
EDIT - Obviously fact checked what I have believed all these years is a crock of s**t as Fullers of London (full name Fullers Smith and Turner) have actually won it quite a few times and they had 3 different winners in ESB, London Pride and Chiswick Bitter (suitably chastised I have now dropped my story I have told for quite a few years)
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Not been for a few years but some belting pubs in that area
Yes and its a win win because as you will know when its peak season you have to moor up early if you want to be near a Pub !
This frees up lots of drinking time (if you like that sort of thing of course)
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What do you think of Adnans of Southwold DW.
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Cant really say because its ages since I had any but I would like Broadside for sure (think I have had that plenty) and their Bitter as I do tend to stick to Bitters
Would love to go back in time and try real Barnsley Bitter and of course Thorne's own Darley's
Not made it to Southwold either - perhaps when there are just the 2 of us we will get a Motorhome and go round and round the UK poking into places I have missed
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Well, I hope it doesn't come to that.
Nothing personal.
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As a Thorne lad. Hard pushed to find anyone with fond memories of a pint of Farley's, although they reckon the in house bar was the place to be
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As a Thorne lad. Hard pushed to find anyone with fond memories of a pint of Farley's, although they reckon the in house bar was the place to be
Darleys got better the further away from Thorne it got, a pint in the North Eastern/ Corner Pin was disgusting, yet when you went out the Brid it was OK
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Railway in town always had decent Barnsley , 2nd generation
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Which other pubs in Thorne were Darleys, thinking White Hart, and Green Dragon ?
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Which other pubs in Thorne were Darleys, thinking White Hart, and Green Dragon ?
White Hart deffo, I’m sure Green Dragon was as well, can’t think of any others, New Inn in Stainy used to be Darleys
Rising Sun may have been Darleys but not sure
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As a Thorne lad. Hard pushed to find anyone with fond memories of a pint of Farley's, although they reckon the in house bar was the place to be
Darleys got better the further away from Thorne it got
Thorne got better the further away from Thorne you got,not sure about Darleys! :)
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As a Thorne lad. Hard pushed to find anyone with fond memories of a pint of Farley's, although they reckon the in house bar was the place to be
Darleys got better the further away from Thorne it got
Thorne got better the further away from Thorne you got,not sure about Darleys! :)
Being from Stainy I can’t disagree with that 😂😂😂
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What was the one just before the canal bridge as you went into Thorne?
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Rising Sun (Darleys) which closed long ago and which has happy memories for me
I had my joint 21st Party there
I watched the Chelsea Leeds Replay there (say no more)
It has recently been flattened and will eventually become more housing
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As a Thorne lad. Hard pushed to find anyone with fond memories of a pint of Farley's, although they reckon the in house bar was the place to be
Darleys got better the further away from Thorne it got
Thorne got better the further away from Thorne you got,not sure about Darleys! :)
Being from Stainy I can’t disagree with that 😂😂😂
Being from Stainy I cant agree with that :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Which other pubs in Thorne were Darleys, thinking White Hart, and Green Dragon ?
White Hart deffo, I’m sure Green Dragon was as well, can’t think of any others, New Inn in Stainy used to be Darleys
Rising Sun may have been Darleys but not sure
North Eastern (Corner Pin) was a Darleys and as you will remember virtually attached to the Brewery. White Hart yes Rising Sun yes and Green Dragon yes and of course the Red Bear was a Darleys so 5 if my memory is correct
There were some others (previously) which were closed down such as the Red Lion which stood where Boots is now and right beside what was the Market Hall (see Photo) - but before that I would need an egghead to mark my card
What a fine building that Market Hall was and to think the Mexborough one is now a Wetherspoons - if only the Hall could have survived longer than it did - demolished early 70s I guess.
Red Lion I never drunk in but remember seeing it so gone before 69
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Used to pop out of school in the sixth form, always went to the Rising Sun to avoid the teachers, though might see them in The Old Thornensians club on an evening. I quite enjoyed Darleys, though a memory on arriving from London with my family, my son would say he knew we'd arrived because of the smell in the air of beer and smoke.
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Well, I hope it doesn't come to that.
Nothing personal.
Maybe to explain - dont know if you misunderstood but I meant when I lose my Dog Mrs DW and I will get some sort of Motorhome / Caravan and travel "the world". Hope its not for many a long day yet !
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As a Thorne lad. Hard pushed to find anyone with fond memories of a pint of Farley's, although they reckon the in house bar was the place to be
Darleys got better the further away from Thorne it got
Thorne got better the further away from Thorne you got,not sure about Darleys! :)
Being from Stainy I can’t disagree with that 😂😂😂
Being from Stainy I cant agree with that :lol: :lol: :lol:
Crossing over to the dark side disqualifies you from that statement 😂😂😂😂
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Well, I hope it doesn't come to that.
Nothing personal.
Maybe to explain - dont know if you misunderstood but I meant when I lose my Dog Mrs DW and I will get some sort of Motorhome / Caravan and travel "the world". Hope its not for many a long day yet !
I knew what you meant wolfie, I was putting a different slant on it, that you were meaning you and me travelling together.
LoL. 🧳🦖🦖
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One of my biggest disappointments when I first started to frequent pubs was Watneys Red Barrel, I think it was the pub near Bowers Fold that sold it, I thought it was awful, maybe I had to develop a taste but that was the only time I've tried it.
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Red Barrel and Worthingtons E together with Double Diamond were the usual beers in the nightclubs. I think they were so bad it made drinking lager easier for some.
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Have you listened to Monty Python - the Travel Agent sketch (surely yes)
The thread running through it was about Watneys Red Barrel - and the punchline came when "your Plane is delayed at Luton (long explanation why) .... and you cant even get a drink of Watneys Red Barrel because you're still in England and the bloody Bar closes every time you are thirsty
I cant rate that sketch highly enough and if people have never heard it try it :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to22rRnK7gE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to22rRnK7gE)
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Wolfie
An I dreaming or was there s pub called The Mailed Horse on the corner near the traffic lights?
Bottom of King Edward Road.
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Have you listened to Monty Python - the Travel Agent sketch (surely yes)
The thread running through it was about Watneys Red Barrel - and the punchline came when "your Plane is delayed at Luton (long explanation why) .... and you cant even get a drink of Watneys Red Barrel because you're still in England and the bloody Bar closes every time you are thirsty
I cant rate that sketch highly enough and if people have never heard it try it :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to22rRnK7gE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to22rRnK7gE)
I used to know that sketch off by heart.
Used to bore John Kelly with it on nights at Rockware.
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Wolfie
An I dreaming or was there s pub called The Mailed Horse on the corner near the traffic lights?
Bottom of King Edward Road.
The Mailed Horse, was a reincarnation of The North Eastern/ Corner Pin
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some beer adds
https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/entertainment/tv/5-great-beer-ads
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Not now.
It was named the North Eastern in honour of that Railway coming to town (dont know if that involved a name change or the 2 events coincided) EDIT - name changed from Corner Pin see link below
Then it changed its name back (via edit) to the Corner Pin I would guess in the early 80s (just a guess) and then later as you remember correctly the Mailed Horse or as my late father in law said once "strange name for a Pub - Malted Horse)
Dont remember (but certainly wonder) what promted either of those name changes
Found this when researching the North Eastern name changes - good info including Black-a-Moors Head which I had forgotten about - and Common Kiln but whether that was a Pub I would need to ask someone way older than me but I rarely see him other than in Windmill (formerly Barnsley Bitter of course)
http://historyofthorne.com/publications/darleys-family.html
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Could start a topic on strange pub names.
One that springs to mind is The Bucket of Blood near Hayle in Cornwall.
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Another chapter - bet Wetherspoons have a lot of them !
See John Kelly at Jack Hawley at the Grange (strange name itself) in Hatfield now and again
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Could start a topic on strange pub names.
One that springs to mind is The Bucket of Blood near Hayle in Cornwall.
The one that always makes me smile is My Fathers Moustache in Louth.
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The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn has the longest name (G Book of Records) and is in Stalybridge
The Q Inn has the shortest name (G Book of Records) and is in errrr Stalybridge
Bloke who signwrote the first had obviously overdone it and needed a rest when he did the second
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A horses head with armour on was Darleys logo at one time wan't it? That might explain the name change.
One of the best names that I saw was The Burglars Dog in Blyth, Northumberland
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I called it the battery acid brewery...
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Not now.
It was named the North Eastern in honour of that Railway coming to town (dont know if that involved a name change or the 2 events coincided) EDIT - name changed from Corner Pin see link below
Then it changed its name back (via edit) to the Corner Pin I would guess in the early 80s (just a guess) and then later as you remember correctly the Mailed Horse or as my late father in law said once "strange name for a Pub - Malted Horse)
Dont remember (but certainly wonder) what promted either of those name changes
Found this when researching the North Eastern name changes - good info including Black-a-Moors Head which I had forgotten about - and Common Kiln but whether that was a Pub I would need to ask someone way older than me but I rarely see him other than in Windmill (formerly Barnsley Bitter of course)
http://historyofthorne.com/publications/darleys-family.html
Mailed horse relates to the Darleys symbol, a horse in armour. The grand reopening was on a sat , when they knocked rooms into one .We had been to Fulham away mid90s we got stuffed
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I called it the battery acid brewery...
If only it looked as good as that now, Last time I studied it there were only a couple of letter lest on the sign and I will check whether gates are still on
Its galling but not unique that the industry itself (Brewing) was stripped from the Town but whilst most - almost all - of the Site was razed to the ground the Brewery tower itself was or became a listed building and was left standing. So we have the worst of all (first) worlds - no industry but a white elephant standing right there in the middle of Town forever
There is another example of this within a very few miles as well which I will not name for fear of being "slated"
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Just looked at highlights and I had forgotten that Number 17 and his squeal when Ben got the ball off him. Was lad to see it led to a Goal
Ref got 38 x Nil votes as well - Muppertry of the highest order I put at the time