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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: Peebles Rover on September 06, 2022, 08:25:58 pm
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Coming down for the Leyton Orient game in October by train with 5 mates. Are there any decent pubs on route to the ground. Don’t think I’ve been in the town centre for about 30 years!! Any recommendations?
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Haven’t been in for many years but the Corner Pin used to be a fantastic old pub in town.
Don’t know if they still do it but the Staff of Life used to run a minibus to the Keepmoat, think you have to get in pretty early & they used to pick you up after the game and return you to the pub.
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Quickest route to ground you only go past four pubs - Railway, Leopard, Corner Pin and Corporation Taps. It’s a mixed bag.
If you are willing to make a detour into town then some good options including some newer places in Market Place. Salutation still very good as well.
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Quickest route to ground you only go past four pubs - Railway, Leopard, Corner Pin and Corporation Taps. It’s a mixed bag.
If you are willing to make a detour into town then some good options including some newer places in Market Place. Salutation still very good as well.
Corporations Taps has been closed for some time.
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Quickest route to ground you only go past four pubs - Railway, Leopard, Corner Pin and Corporation Taps. It’s a mixed bag.
If you are willing to make a detour into town then some good options including some newer places in Market Place. Salutation still very good as well.
Corporations Taps has been closed for some time.
Water shortage?
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Coming down for the Leyton Orient game in October by train with 5 mates. Are there any decent pubs on route to the ground. Don’t think I’ve been in the town centre for about 30 years!! Any recommendations?
Salutation is still a great pub, Peebles, and from there you can cut through Elmfield Park and over the Hyde Park dual carriageway. You're almost at the ground then.
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Quickest route to ground you only go past four pubs - Railway, Leopard, Corner Pin and Corporation Taps. It’s a mixed bag.
If you are willing to make a detour into town then some good options including some newer places in Market Place. Salutation still very good as well.
Corporations Taps has been closed for some time.
Corporation taps is very much open.
The queen is excellent. The hallcross which is a bit out of the way but does £2.50 a pint of staropramen, love that place. Magdalens in town. Plenty around.
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Corporation tap is open ,but one week it's boarded up then open again
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Depends what you're after, but if you like traditional pubs and/or real ale or craft beer then your best bets are:
Leopard
(Little) Plough
Queen
Marketplace Alehouse
Doncaster Brewery
Hallcross
Salutation
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Thanks for the advice guys. Yes real ale would be the preference. Salutation not a bad shout - used to visit there before playing rugby. Be a blast from the past! Will check out some of the other recommendations. Don’t have too long though as train gets in at 12.50. Is it about 35 min walk from the station?
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Treat yourself to a taxi!
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If real ale is the thing ..... as it is for me ...
1) Little Plough. Great beer and always Barnsley Bitter with 3 changing varied brews on
2 ) Doncaster Brewery .... Clue in the name. Well worth a visit
3 ) Salutation ... Good beer
Down hill ... Through Elmfield Park to Carr House Road down the back alley to XP School
Should be a great trio but ditch Sal imo if time gets tight
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If your strapped for time Tut n shive and little plough your best bet, two minutes walk from train station, there was a taxi rank just round corner next to old bulls head not sure if it’s still there. Cheap beer in old bulls head but gone down hill a bit. 30 minutes walk to ground.
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Doing a "how far .. how long" on my suggestions on Google Maps
Station to Little Plough 0.1 miles 3 mins
Plough to Donny Brew. 0.2 miles 4 mins
Donny Brew to Salut. 0.3 miles 7 mins
Salutation to Ground. 1.2 miles 24 mins
Always find I can do the last leg quicker though
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Some great suggestions here guys, really appreciate it. Didn’t realise there were so many decent pubs. Tut n Shive looks like it might have a good atmosphere also. Will try to narrow it down but making me think I might get a later train back and try a few more!
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Aye, Tut n shive best atmosphere.
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Doing a "how far .. how long" on my suggestions on Google Maps
Station to Little Plough 0.1 miles 3 mins
Plough to Donny Brew. 0.2 miles 4 mins
Donny Brew to Salut. 0.3 miles 7 mins
Salutation to Ground. 1.2 miles 24 mins
Always find I can do the last leg quicker though
Do you break the seal at the Salutation Wolf? Then a brisk walk to the ground & hope the queues are OK.
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Crikey. Is Tut n Shive still going? Not been in there for about 15 years or so. Mind, only been in Donny twice in the last 15 years and not at all for at least 8 years.
If anyone can tell me if these old haunts are still going or if they've changed their names then i'd be very much interested to know.
Biscuit Billys.
Nelsons
Old George / Red Lion / Woolpack in market place.
Magdalens market place
White Bear on corner of Hallgate / Silver Street
Edwards bar on hallgate
Walkabout
Berlins
Also, what is the nightclub called on Silver Street now that used to be Ritzy / Visage?
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Doing a "how far .. how long" on my suggestions on Google Maps
Station to Little Plough 0.1 miles 3 mins
Plough to Donny Brew. 0.2 miles 4 mins
Donny Brew to Salut. 0.3 miles 7 mins
Salutation to Ground. 1.2 miles 24 mins
Always find I can do the last leg quicker though
Do you break the seal at the Salutation Wolf? Then a brisk walk to the ground & hope the queues are OK.
Always a problem once the corks out
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These days, the pressure starts on the cork when the first pint is being poured.
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If your after real ale and your coming on the train then no better starting place than the draughtsman on the station itself platform 3. Nice little place and a couple of tables to sit on outside aswell as inside.
https://www.thedraughtsmanalehouse.co.uk/
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Doing a "how far .. how long" on my suggestions on Google Maps
Station to Little Plough 0.1 miles 3 mins
Plough to Donny Brew. 0.2 miles 4 mins
Donny Brew to Salut. 0.3 miles 7 mins
Salutation to Ground. 1.2 miles 24 mins
Always find I can do the last leg quicker though
Be easy with a stride as long as yours
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Crikey. Is Tut n Shive still going? Not been in there for about 15 years or so. Mind, only been in Donny twice in the last 15 years and not at all for at least 8 years.
If anyone can tell me if these old haunts are still going or if they've changed their names then i'd be very much interested to know.
Biscuit Billys.
Nelsons
Old George / Red Lion / Woolpack in market place.
Magdalens market place
White Bear on corner of Hallgate / Silver Street
Edwards bar on hallgate
Walkabout
Berlins
Also, what is the nightclub called on Silver Street now that used to be Ritzy / Visage?
It sounds like you’re a few years younger than me because some of those names don’t ring any bells with me. I don’t get into town that often these days but the ones I know about are:
Biscuit Billy’s, Nelsons, Red Lion, Woolpack and Magdalen’s - yes still there.
Walkabout - closed 6-7 years ago. Now a Flannels shop.
Of the others, I don’t know where they were so I can’t say if they’ve a new name.
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If your after real ale and your coming on the train then no better starting place than the draughtsman on the station itself platform 3. Nice little place and a couple of tables to sit on outside aswell as inside.
https://www.thedraughtsmanalehouse.co.uk/
How did I forget that one?!
Agreed, great place to start.
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If your after real ale and your coming on the train then no better starting place than the draughtsman on the station itself platform 3. Nice little place and a couple of tables to sit on outside aswell as inside.
https://www.thedraughtsmanalehouse.co.uk/
How did I forget that one?!
Agreed, great place to start.Crikey. Is Tut n Shive still going? Not been in there for about 15 years or so. Mind, only been in Donny twice in the last 15 years and not at all for at least 8 years.
If anyone can tell me if these old haunts are still going or if they've changed their names then i'd be very much interested to know.
Biscuit Billys.
Nelsons
Old George / Red Lion / Woolpack in market place.
Magdalens market place
White Bear on corner of Hallgate / Silver Street
Edwards bar on hallgate
Walkabout
Berlins
Also, what is the nightclub called on Silver Street now that used to be Ritzy / Visage?
It sounds like you’re a few years younger than me because some of those names don’t ring any bells with me. I don’t get into town that often these days but the ones I know about are:
Biscuit Billy’s, Nelsons, Red Lion, Woolpack and Magdalen’s - yes still there.
Walkabout - closed 6-7 years ago. Now a Flannels shop.
Of the others, I don’t know where they were so I can’t say if they’ve a new name.
Berlins is now a sports bar called Ballers
White Bear is a Flares
Edwards is now a Yates
Old George is still Old George
All best avoided in my opinion
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Corporation tap is open ,but one week it's boarded up then open again
I think they had all their windows put through, hence the Boarding.
They now appear to have a sheet of Perspex in front of the glass to protect it.
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Corporation tap is open ,but one week it's boarded up then open again
I think they had all their windows put through, hence the Boarding.
They now appear to have a sheet of Perspex in front of the glass to protect it.
That's a shame if so, it was a very original exterior ( and interior for that matter)
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Aye, Tut n shive best atmosphere.
Yes, decent atmosphere and football on the TVs but it's a Greene King pub so the real ale selection is not the greatest.
Salutation, while also a Greene King pub has got discretion over what real ales it serves so tends to be a better choice.
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Is the White Swan still there next to Frenchgate centre? Had the highest bar in the UK i think at one point?
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Is the White Swan still there next to Frenchgate centre? Had the highest bar in the UK i think at one point?
Yes still there
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If your after real ale and your coming on the train then no better starting place than the draughtsman on the station itself platform 3. Nice little place and a couple of tables to sit on outside aswell as inside.
https://www.thedraughtsmanalehouse.co.uk/
How did I forget that one?!
Agreed, great place to start.
It's surprising how many people don't even know that it is even there
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Is the White Swan still there next to Frenchgate centre? Had the highest bar in the UK i think at one point?
Yes still there
White Swan itself still there but Bar long gone
Think it was 5 ' 1" tall if I remember it correctly. Supposedly was in G Book of Records at one stage
Great photo of you Google White Swan highest bar. It looks like Becher's Brook (the fence not the Pub)
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Quickest route to ground you only go past four pubs - Railway, Leopard, Corner Pin and Corporation Taps. It’s a mixed bag.
If you are willing to make a detour into town then some good options including some newer places in Market Place. Salutation still very good as well.
Corporations Taps has been closed for some time.
Thank God for that. Had some of the worst shites in my life after a few Alpine Ayingerbraus in there.
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It was probably the fumes from the Sam Smiths that caused that.
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It was open last month, my mate went for a couple of beers after a funeral.
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As was said it seems to open ad hock
Noticed on review from Sutton fan (maybe) that he listed it as a Pub he'd been to on his crawl before their game here
I was surprised as I had seen it boarded up a few days beforehand
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Unfortunately The Railway Pub announced on Facebook that they will close permanently on 18th September
I double checked that it was there and right so that won't figure in anyone's plans after that date.
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Speaking of Railway pubs is the one at Bentley crossings still on the go? I know The Drum, where I had my 1st pint at 14 is gone
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The Railway in Bentley closed a few years back, now a home.
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Is that little place actually on the railway station platform still open?
It's a while since I've travelled to Donny by train, that was quite a nice but very small place. A bit expensive as I remember but usually had a couple of decent beers on.
Edit. Ah, the Draughtsman, see it's already been mentioned.
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Speaking of Railway pubs is the one at Bentley crossings still on the go? I know The Drum, where I had my 1st pint at 14 is gone
When i went to visit my mate a few years ago back in Donny he lived across from where the Drum was and i was surprised to see it gone. I think it's a co op store now. That pub next to Bentley Library? Forgot it's name - bay horse maybe IIRC? Is that still there? How about Adam & Eve in scawthorpe. Spent plenty of time in there but read somewhere it had been razed like the Roman Ridge.
Highwayman on roundabout at Woodlands. That still there?
Some great pubs local to me such as the Wheatsheaf in Baslow opposite Chatsworth and Dev Arms in Baslow. Also the Robin Hood Inn just before you get to Baslow. Fox and Goose Inn at Wadshelf also superb if anyone is ever out that way.
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Adam and Eve gone now a Heron food store, bay oss still there and still a dump, Highwayman still there, decent grub as well, nice Sunday carvery and all you can eat brekkie if you have a big belly.
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Cheers andy.
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Adam and Eve gone now a Heron food store, bay oss still there and still a dump, Highwayman still there, decent grub as well, nice Sunday carvery and all you can eat brekkie if you have a big belly.
Sorry to be pedantic, Andy, but as well as Heron, there's now a Weldrick's pharmacy at the old Adam and Eve.
Quite a big one too.
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Coming down for the Leyton Orient game in October by train with 5 mates. Are there any decent pubs on route to the ground. Don’t think I’ve been in the town centre for about 30 years!! Any recommendations?
Have you managed to get down for the game or have the rail strikes manages to scupper those plans?
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Big question, did you find a decent place to drink?