Toughest pubs in Britain

The Wookiee · Jan 26, 2004

The Dorsten in Bewbush Crawley and The Imperial in Broadfield Crawley.
Horrible council estate pubs full of chavscum, if you're not recognised in there you can expect grief.
Palarse/Chelsea inbred w*nkers!!

Blackadder · Jan 26, 2004

Wookie. Did those pubs used to be called the Bull and Bush and the Mark Lennon?

If so, I agree 100%

The Wookiee · Jan 26, 2004

Buzza said:
Wookie. Did those pubs used to be called the Bull and Bush and the Mark Lennon?

If so, I agree 100%

Not sure Buzza, as I only moved to Crawley a couple of years ago.
I once popped in The Dorsten for a pint on my own, minding my own business sitting reading the paper and a glass came flying acroos the pub towards me.
'You aint from round ere are ya' somebody growled to me.
I left under a shower of glasses and pool balls.

Tossers!!

Goring Gull · Jan 26, 2004

Worst pub i've been in was The Old Kent Gin Palce on the Old Kent Road before it was pulled down, no idea why we ended up in there but it was just terrible.

Gull Downunder · Jan 26, 2004

We're going back twenty odd years ago now, but the Eagle and Child on Merseyside, can't remember the suburb, might have been Fazakerly [spelling], but was a real rough place. Can't believe I had a pint there without getting a good tonking!

A number along the Dock Road were also pretty dire and it was best to keep out of any in Bootle and Toxteth if you sounded like I did back then. They hated us southern gits back then... don't suppose its much different today.

zeemeeuw · Apr 12, 2019

The Clansman, Craiglang.

BN9 BHA · Apr 12, 2019

15 years later :lolol:

Sirnormangall · Apr 12, 2019

Many of you will remember the Bosun in West Street. But, if we’re talking about current pubs I’d have thought a few in Newhaven would be at the top of the list?

NooBHA · Apr 12, 2019

The pub I first went into and was a regular of was known as the ''Flying Tumbler'' - And Boy did it live up to it's name

Had a group of guys in there known affectionately as the '' GrouseBeaters'' - After this advert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQElEerJfNE

They used to go ferreting and rabbit hunting and they all had little Jack Russell dogs and they used to hang the dead rabbits on the little coat hooks under the bar and the Jack Russell dogs used to collectively attack and bite peoples legs a they walked into the pub

I went up home recently and met my mates in there for Nostalgia - It was empty apart from me and my mates. I casually asked - ''Are any of the Grousebeaters'' still alive ? - The response was ''Don't be daft wee man, I don't think any of them got beyond 55

Petunia · Apr 12, 2019

bn9 bha said:
15 years later

Somerset. The place that time forgot!

Dick Swiveller · Apr 13, 2019

zeemeeuw said:
The Clansman, Craiglang.

What do they do? Throw false legs at you?

Eeyore · Apr 13, 2019

Queens Park Tavern always had a bit of a name for itself. I avoided going there.

Tom Hark Preston Park · Apr 13, 2019

Petunia said:
Somerset. The place that time forgot!

It's still 2004 in Somerset :lol:

bhaseeer · Apr 13, 2019

Law of averages says that drinking alcohol + groups of male strangers = violence will ensue at some point.

zeemeeuw · Apr 13, 2019

Tom Hark said:
It's still 2004 in Somerset

I think it must be because I've no idea how I managed to bounce this thread ... I swear blind it was on the 1st page of my NSC. Then again I can add it to my CV when I apply for the post of village idiot.

BN9 BHA · Apr 13, 2019

Sirnormangall said:
Many of you will remember the Bosun in West Street. But, if we’re talking about current pubs I’d have thought a few in Newhaven would be at the top of the list?

Not too bad TBH, one man and his dog in most of them.

Tom Hark Preston Park · Apr 13, 2019

zeemeeuw said:
I think it must be because I've no idea how I managed to bounce this thread ... I swear blind it was on the 1st page of my NSC. Then again I can add it to my CV when I apply for the post of village idiot.

Harry Wilson's tackle · Apr 13, 2019

plymouth nige said:
The Avondale in Plymouth ain't for one minute hard - its just a place for the Jan Dockies to go for lunch. The Pennycomequick is worse than that - I expect a few of you have been in there.

wcnige

I remember having a pre match drink round your house (if you are who I think you are) before the promotion match at Home Park. That was shit-your-pants scarey, I can tell you. :lolol:

Taybha · Apr 13, 2019

You had to be well hard to go into the Eclipse on match days , The Dartboard and toilet location made a real man out of you when you take a slash then forget there's 20 pissed up blokes playing mickey mouse lobbing sharp pointy objects at mainly the wall rather than the dart board !

whitelion · Apr 13, 2019

Taybha said:
You had to be well hard to go into the Eclipse on match days , The Dartboard and toilet location made a real man out of you when you take a slash then forget there's 20 pissed up blokes playing mickey mouse lobbing sharp pointy objects at mainly the wall rather than the dart board !

That was usually my pub of choice on matchdays or the Exchange Stadium Maytree or The Sackville as it was known then. IIRC The Sackville used to have a disco called BooBoos

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