Pubs of Liverpool and Merseyside

[wsteve55]

Steve, I do remember Jupiters as the Walter. It is now a gay bar.

Ha,really! Just as well I didn't go looking for info' on him then!

[wsteve55]

By the way Ged',did you ever find out the name of the pub' opposite the "Glasshouse",in Eldon st? No one I've asked, could even recall a pub'!

[Partsky]

In the 80s I once had the temerity, when visiting "The Breeze", just off Breeze Hill Walton, to ask for a Cointreau. I was told by the Barman "Get lost, Love, this is Walton". Serves me right....

Because I am an arkward cuss, I also asked for a Cointreau and Bitter Lemon in the "Salutation" on County Road, Walton which could be a bit of a rough house. I was given a Cointreau and a slice of sad looking lemon. When I asked for the mixer I was told "Wharraryouonabout? Theres yer bit `o lemon in the glass!!". I am not joking.

Worse pub ever was the Eagle and Child in Page Moss which was down my Nans end of the world. Mad place

[Birdy]

Must say i enjoyed the great mersey pub guide in tonight's liverpool echo, informative and some nice pics

[lindylou]

In the 80s I once had the temerity, when visiting "The Breeze", just off Breeze Hill Walton, to ask for a Cointreau. I was told by the Barman "Get lost, Love, this is Walton". Serves me right....

Because I am an arkward cuss, I also asked for a Cointreau and Bitter Lemon in the "Salutation" on County Road, Walton which could be a bit of a rough house. I was given a Cointreau and a slice of sad looking lemon. When I asked for the mixer I was told "Wharraryouonabout? Theres yer bit `o lemon in the glass!!". I am not joking.

Worse pub ever was the Eagle and Child in Page Moss which was down my Nans end of the world. Mad place

ha,ha, I can just imagine it ! I've been in the Salutation once or twice.

[ItsaZappathing]

. It is now a gay bar.

Trust you to know that

[pablo42]

Steve, I do remember Jupiters as the Walter. It is now a gay bar.

Naw, you sure about that Ged. Not having that. Me and me boyfriend never seen no gays in there.

[pablo42]

Can anybody tell me what this one was called?

Mill Street - L8

Yes, certainly looks like the Hollow. Used to go there. Sad it's shut. Was a bit rough though.

[kevin]

I was given a Cointreau and a slice of sad looking lemon. When I asked for the mixer I was told "Wharraryouonabout? Theres yer bit `o lemon in the glass!!". I am not joking.

No doubt people will think this a joke, but it isn't. I was on a pub crawl in Lancaster (about 1979). One of the girls with us had grown up in a pub and realised that the barman in the pub we'd just entered used to work for her dad.
She went to the bar first and pretended to be a grumpy customer.

'Give us half a bitter and make it snappy'.

He looked at her but said nothing as he pulled her beer.

He put it in front of her but before she could take a drink he whipped his false teeth out and dropped them in her beer!

He then said 'there ya go, aperitif'.

Think about it.

[Ged]

By the way Ged',did you ever find out the name of the pub' opposite the "Glasshouse",in Eldon st? No one I've asked, could even recall a pub'!

Never did Steve, a real mystery that one but it deffo looks like a pub and has the hoarding/advert up on the wall etc.

[Ged]

In the 80s I once had the temerity, when visiting "The Breeze", just off Breeze Hill Walton, to ask for a Cointreau. I was told by the Barman "Get lost, Love, this is Walton". Serves me right....

Because I am an arkward cuss, I also asked for a Cointreau and Bitter Lemon in the "Salutation" on County Road, Walton which could be a bit of a rough house. I was given a Cointreau and a slice of sad looking lemon. When I asked for the mixer I was told "Wharraryouonabout? Theres yer bit `o lemon in the glass!!". I am not joking.

Worse pub ever was the Eagle and Child in Page Moss which was down my Nans end of the world. Mad place

You Wwent in some classy pubs there Partsky

[Ged]

Trust you to know that

We used to meet in the Saddle on the corner of that street, about 4 or 5 couples - a bit of karaoke then up to Jupiters as a few of the crowd we were with liked it there. The staff got up on the bar at the end of the night doing Rolf's the court of king caratacus.

[Ross08]

Another one bites the dust...

The Coronation is a nice 50s pub in Belle Vale, now closed.

[Oudeis]

BTW-ish

You will have heard the news that Witherspoons are to expand.
Does this company have what it takes to make a 'pub'? They have one close to me, it's been a pub for a very long time, yet I am unsure as to how well they do at keeping a real public house 'real'.
I suppose the question is what is it that makes a pub a pub?
1. Service, I say.
2.?

[Ross08]

BTW-ish

You will have heard the news that Witherspoons are to expand.
Does this company have what it takes to make a 'pub'? They have one close to me, it's been a pub for a very long time, yet I am unsure as to how well they do at keeping a real public house 'real'.
I suppose the question is what is it that makes a pub a pub?
1. Service, I say.
2.?

I've heard the plans - and it is great news for anybody looking to work in that industry.
Wetherspoon provide pubs that are very different to what we'd call old, traditional pubs (though they are very good). They offer decent food at good prices and a wide selection. They have guest beers and that sort of thing, if you want it.
I like Wetherspoon pubs and I say good luck to them.

I think there will be a day when all we'll have is these chain-style pubs...