Kyle Seasider
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The sandpiper in Cleveleys, my step dad used to drink in there often and I want in a few time. Always a decent atmosphere especially when there was a big game on.
The old landlord posted on Facebook saying they'd left because of poor pay and the rules that Samuel Smith were imposing. Basically they got paid £18,000 a year for both him and his wife and wern't allowed to have another job or form of income. Then the rules got tighter and tighter to the point where if anyone even had their mobiles out then they were to be immediately and permanently barred. The owner of Samuel Smith would even pop in unannounced to check they were enforcing the rules and if they weren't he would go mental screaming in their faces. That's why they can't get another manager for it and it's shut.I thought the Vic was closed.
Waiting for new owners or something.
Fuck me, I used work there as wine waiter upstairs as youngster and it was my second job at the time. Are you saying that the customers are not allowed mobiles in the pub? I kinda like the idea but sounds like Sam Smiths management need a bit of a rethink…The old landlord posted on Facebook saying they'd left because of poor pay and the rules that Samuel Smith were imposing. Basically they got paid £18,000 a year for both him and his wife and wern't allowed to have another job or form of income. Then the rules got tighter and tighter to the point where if anyone even had their mobiles out then they were to be immediately and permanently barred. The owner of Samuel Smith would even pop in unannounced to check they were enforcing the rules and if they weren't he would go mental screaming in their faces. That's why they can't get another manager for it and it's shut.
had my first drink in there 1976 . Boddingtons 25 pence. AND then we would go over the road to the Norbreck Nitespot. two pound in. SOME really good live music as well. both Long gone.Well the rubble is still lying there 30 years on from it being demolished.
Winmarith was my second home as a youngster. Bought a flat on Burlington road so I was always close. A few of us set up Winmarith FC and played in the Sunday Alliance for a few seasons. Home ground was Common Edge or Palatine school.Looks like the Winmarith/Burlington/Spen Dyke has finally expired after years of decline. Shame as it was a thriving busy place back in the late 70/80s. Times have changed & the Arnold under aged element have also now gone. There was still quite a few going in even in the 90s but the place was going down hill. Pub culture has changed & this place looks destined for another use or demolition. It's a big place spread over 4 floors, last time I saw it packed was when they probably illegally showed the Blackpool games on many screens when we were in the Premier league & they even had a van in the car park with a screen at the back. Sadly over the last 5 years when I've occasionally popped in for a swift one on my way home from the matches there've been more staff than customers, they seemed to try during Covid with outside seating, but after that it was quiet inside. So I'm not surprised it's closed.
You’d have thought something would have been built on there years ago. Weird.The Mariners near Norbreck Castle
They can have them, but they have to be on silent and have to be in a pocket or bag so they can't be seen. You can't even have it out to text someone back or read if you're on your own. I get having them on silent, but not even being able to read the news whilst having a quiet pint is too far, then getting a permanent ban if you do.Fuck me, I used work there as wine waiter upstairs as youngster and it was my second job at the time. Are you saying that the customers are not allowed mobiles in the pub? I kinda like the idea but sounds like Sam Smiths management need a bit of a rethink…
All the FY5 Plastics must now go to The Golden Eagle for their Big Match fix!The sandpiper in Cleveleys, my step dad used to drink in there often and I want in a few time. Always a decent atmosphere especially when there was a big game on.
That's now my local and there's certainly some sights to be seen in there.All the FY5 Plastics must now go to The Golden Eagle for their Big Match fix!
T'was a good night out in PLF back then.Actually spent a night there as a kid coz my mate's mum & dad had it.
Think the change to Chaplins was to try & make it the rumours of Poulton. Buccaneer then on to the Illawalla.
That's now my local and there's certainly some sights to be seen in there.
Mariners was only closed in 2007 and demolished about a year later following a fire! Thought it would have been much earlier than that. As been mentioned thought this site would have been developed by now, prime spot!Well the rubble is still lying there 30 years on from it being demolished.
The Kings Arms became the Flying Handbag before it got knocked downUsed to be quite an easy little triple pub circuit including the Ramsden. Can remember if it was the wheatsheaf or the Kings that did Old Peculiar on draft. Went down to well & the frostiness the following morning from an ex was due to me peeing into the calor gas heater. Think the lid resembled a toilet lid in my drunken stupor.
Really?Jaffa doesn't like next door neighbours from a foreign country so I don't know how he would cope living in close proximity to a supernatural being from another dimension!!
Scottish are hardly foreign are they, happy for you that they aren't Romanian or Muslim. I was only having a little joke about it, no offence intended, I'm sure you and the supreme creator will get on fine for eternity and let's hope it isn't any time soonReally?
Since I moved I’ve got a Jock couple living next door couldn’t wish for better neighbours.
So I’d say you are wrong (again)
Maybe it's a good separate thread - pubs with good snooker tables.Had a snooker table as well. There was a shop opposite that served Old Peculiar I think it was and you could (illegally) sit outside with your pint. Cheaper than the Falcon too.
Blimey, I used to go there with my mates, I went in when I came back home in 2915 and it was dire in there.The Victoria Hotel, Cleveleys. Local at the end of the road when growing up. Cheap rocket fuel beer! Fish guy doing the rounds on a Friday night. Shame brewery owner ruined the Sam Smiths chain with his silly whims & rules.
Little mention for the Municipal Arms (Wyre Lounge Bar) in Fleetwood. Great pub & started my love of proper beer.
I remember it serving Ruddles because nowhere else did. The Barn and The Queens always looked a bit too dodgy for me. The GBH had a small table in the vaults I think.Maybe it's a good separate thread - pubs with good snooker tables.
In Poulton centre I spent many a happy time in the vaults of the Barn (Bull?), although the pockets there were really tight.
Sadly wasn't for very long, but Poulton social club (now the Elk) when it first changed to a normal pub kept the two full size tables from the SC days. Add in the rather good jukebox and the Ruddles County it served and you have a great contender for the award
Ah yes. My 6th form common room. I thought it was going to work as the Spen Dyke. Obviously not. Great memories though.Looks like the Winmarith/Burlington/Spen Dyke has finally expired after years of decline. Shame as it was a thriving busy place back in the late 70/80s. Times have changed & the Arnold under aged element have also now gone. There was still quite a few going in even in the 90s but the place was going down hill. Pub culture has changed & this place looks destined for another use or demolition. It's a big place spread over 4 floors, last time I saw it packed was when they probably illegally showed the Blackpool games on many screens when we were in the Premier league & they even had a van in the car park with a screen at the back. Sadly over the last 5 years when I've occasionally popped in for a swift one on my way home from the matches there've been more staff than customers, they seemed to try during Covid with outside seating, but after that it was quiet inside. So I'm not surprised it's closed.
The Blossoms? They used to sell both and I worked behind the bar there in the early 80'sOn reflecion it was defo a Thwaites pub. Maybe they also sold one or both of castle eden or trophy. If not, where on earth did i consume those?
Nooooo?? Really?? Feels like it's been rubble there since I was a kid. 2007? I don't think that's right.Mariners was only closed in 2007 and demolished about a year later following a fire! Thought it would have been much earlier than that. As been mentioned thought this site would have been developed by now, prime spot!
My dad used to go there every friday when i was a kid but i never went there myself.The Blossoms? They used to sell both and I worked behind the bar there in the early 80's
I don't blame you, it was a shit pub really although I did do quite well with the LAIDIES when I worked there, the worst bit about it was it had a kids bar and I ** hate kids in pubs!!My dad used to go there every friday when i was a kid but i never went there myself.
It was developed in the 70s, new owners no doubt, and became a crappy family pub type of thing. To be avoided. I was always gutted i missed out narrowly on the old fairhaven, and the Bodds it sold. My bodds drinking was done in the vic and the county. The Lytham pubs all got done up in the 80s, and ruined, in my opinion! A whole sort of thatcher yuppy culture took over, so I upped sticks and moved to London! Plenty of choice. Then on to manchester.I don't blame you, it was a shit pub really although I did do quite well with the LAIDIES when I worked there, the worst bit about it was it had a kids bar and I ** hate kids in pubs!!
It’s rightNooooo?? Really?? Feels like it's been rubble there since I was a kid. 2007? I don't think that's right.
Then there was the Blue Anchor out towards junction 3 at Esprick.Was wondering the other week whist at Lidl Cleveleys what used to be here on corner of Anchorsholme Lane & Fleetwood Rd and was told it was the New Anchor pub. Couldn’t remember it until shown a photo then realised oh yeh!
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Blimey, I used to go there with my mates, I went in when I came back home in 2915 and it was dire in there.
The Vic was a place I'd call into. The snooker room was a BFC shrine.It was developed in the 70s, new owners no doubt, and became a crappy family pub type of thing. To be avoided. I was always gutted i missed out narrowly on the old fairhaven, and the Bodds it sold. My bodds drinking was done in the vic and the county. The Lytham pubs all got done up in the 80s, and ruined, in my opinion! A whole sort of thatcher yuppy culture took over, so I upped sticks and moved to London! Plenty of choice. Then on to manchester.
I can't remember CE being in there. I went in from about '88. Must say it has to be well over 10 years, probably a lot longer since I went in. The had a random picture of Howth Head (North of Dublin) as you entered the Gents.The Blossoms? They used to sell both and I worked behind the bar there in the early 80's
Some joke.Scottish are hardly foreign are they, happy for you that they aren't Romanian or Muslim. I was only having a little joke about it, no offence intended, I'm sure you and the supreme creator will get on fine for eternity and let's hope it isn't any time soon
Popped in there a few lunch times , when I worked at GRE .The Hole In One. Apparently the only pub in Lytham that was built to be a pub, had a Crossroads Motel feel, and is soon to be flats. I went in there a few times in the 80s, I think they served Castle Eden and Whitbread Trophy iirc?
That’s interesting, would have bet on The Queens, The County, Ship & Royal & Handsome Cab all being pubs from build. Any further on the history of these establishments?The Hole In One. Apparently the only pub in Lytham that was built to be a pub, had a Crossroads Motel feel, and is soon to be flats. I went in there a few times in the 80s, I think they served Castle Eden and Whitbread Trophy iirc?
Good for pie & pees , most Friday lunch times, when I used to work at GRE.The Talbot in Lytham...one from my yoof!
I bought my very first pint of Bods in the vaults at the old Fairhaven from Edna the hunchback barmaid, it was 12p!! Cracking old pub and ruined by the new build although Sam Ellis used to drink in there every night, I loved the Vic tooIt was developed in the 70s, new owners no doubt, and became a crappy family pub type of thing. To be avoided. I was always gutted i missed out narrowly on the old fairhaven, and the Bodds it sold. My bodds drinking was done in the vic and the county. The Lytham pubs all got done up in the 80s, and ruined, in my opinion! A whole sort of thatcher yuppy culture took over, so I upped sticks and moved to London! Plenty of choice. Then on to manchester.
I was there 83 to 85I can't remember CE being in there. I went in from about '88. Must say it has to be well over 10 years, probably a lot longer since I went in. The had a random picture of Howth Head (North of Dublin) as you entered the Gents.
I’m talking about the 1960s when they had live bands every night and a “disco” upstairs going on until 2am.The Victoria ?
Was a regular in there from about 1992 until around 2005 when the brewery made the landlord get rid of the tv !
Went in between lockdowns in 2020, to be told the tenner id given wasn’t enough for 2 beers !
Queens, County, Ship & Royal definitely built primarily as hotels. Hansom Cab presumably the same. Got the info from the FB page called Lytham's Past.That’s interesting, would have bet on The Queens, The County, Ship & Royal & Handsome Cab all being pubs from build. Any further on the history of these establishments?
I’m talking about the 1960s when they had live bands every night and a “disco” upstairs going on until 2am.
My brother was a Fairhaven regular for a few years in the 70s. He loved it and used to bang on about the Boddies.I bought my very first pint of Bods in the vaults at the old Fairhaven from Edna the hunchback barmaid, it was 12p!! Cracking old pub and ruined by the new build although Sam Ellis used to drink in there every night, I loved the Vic too
Funny how The Barn just seemed to be the vaults of the Bull or visa versa but they were named as distinctly 2 separate pubs?I remember it serving Ruddles because nowhere else did. The Barn and The Queens always looked a bit too dodgy for me. The GBH had a small table in the vaults I think.
Best pint of Boddies anywhereMy brother was a Fairhaven regular for a few years in the 70s. He loved it and used to bang on about the Boddies.
What, The Vic’s prices were as cheapest around! You must have asked for crisps as well for it to be over a tenner!The Victoria ?
Was a regular in there from about 1992 until around 2005 when the brewery made the landlord get rid of the tv !
Went in between lockdowns in 2020, to be told the tenner id given wasn’t enough for 2 beers !