broxtowelad 175 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Pub pictures saved from London skip displayed online - BBC News I don't know, the stuff that gets chucked out (nearly). There might be pictures of somebody's local pub in here. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Been in 3 of the Pubs,and stayed at the Norman Cross Motel............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Before the days of Tom Tom and technology when sent out to do a job, many a time we'd have to ask someone the way, and we was nearly always directed to turn left or right at a pub and what names some of these pubs had. one comes to mind 'The Spanker' as I remember it was a place called heage near Ripley. Then there was 'The Squinting Cat.' can't quite remember where it was I think it was in a pit village Derbys. Not sure if there was one called 'The Flying Bedstead, plese correct me if i'm wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Squinting Cat,...........Clipstone,.............went there alot in the 60s 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesleyred1865 137 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 In the 70's on Forest away match and England games we used to frequent Snows , The Cockney Pride and Wards Irish House all around Leicester Square and Piccadilly, now turned into stores or Aberdeen Angus Steak houses I think. We were only four England fans in Cockney Pride when it filled up with Scots after our 5-1 thrashing of them... we marched out unscathed to the song of "Alan Ball is illegitimate Alan Balls a B*****d" They could have slaughtered us but they just did it for a laugh thank God. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Not sure if there was one called 'The Flying Bedstead, plese correct me if i'm wrong. The Flying Bedstead was in Hucknall. Met it's demise in 2014. http://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/news/local/hucknall-s-flying-bedstead-pub-to-be-demolished-for-new-co-op-1-6734042 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 #6 Stu Thanks for that Stu. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Benjamin (#4), I can remember going to see a group at the Squinting Cat in Clipstone in the 60's. I was driving my first car, a Vauxhall Wyvern, and the car was full of mates and girlfriends. When we got there we were told that the group hadn't turned up so we had a couple of pints and decided to go back to Nottingham. On the way back I drove round a bend a little too fast and, because of all the people in the car, I just managed to keep it under control. Nobody noticed and I never said anything but it taught me a lesson I'd never forget. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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