devonshire owl Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 What happened to the dial house,?when we came to Sheffield,my uncle used to take us there on a Saturday night.brilliant place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldierboyblue Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 12 hours ago, devonshire owl said: What happened to the dial house,?when we came to Sheffield,my uncle used to take us there on a Saturday night.brilliant place. Is now a residential complex I think - was allowed to go to rack and ruin and then got set on fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 12 hours ago, devonshire owl said: What happened to the dial house,?when we came to Sheffield,my uncle used to take us there on a Saturday night.brilliant place. KNocked down and flats built in it's place Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 12 hours ago, devonshire owl said: What happened to the dial house,?when we came to Sheffield,my uncle used to take us there on a Saturday night.brilliant place. Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Used to drink a lot (often not volume....well both really) in the Cuthbert Bank. We were chatting away one Saturday lunchtime with some Chelsea fans. They’d been good fun and friendly. Around 2.15, all finishing our final pints, one of them said “right, which one of you wants a fight?”. He looked and sounded like a bigger version of Eric Bristow, who told us “I’m gonna dent your ‘ead”. We declined his kind offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 For older readers - The Victoria pub on Penistone Road Anyone know where this was? Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 17 minutes ago, Holmowl said: Used to drink a lot (often not volume....well both really) in the Cuthbert Bank. We were chatting away one Saturday lunchtime with some Chelsea fans. They’d been good fun and friendly. Around 2.15, all finishing our final pints, one of them said “right, which one of you wants a fight?”. He looked and sounded like a bigger version of Eric Bristow, who told us “I’m gonna dent your ‘ead”. We declined his kind offer. Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 22 minutes ago, Holmowl said: Used to drink a lot (often not volume....well both really) in the Cuthbert Bank. We were chatting away one Saturday lunchtime with some Chelsea fans. They’d been good fun and friendly. Around 2.15, all finishing our final pints, one of them said “right, which one of you wants a fight?”. He looked and sounded like a bigger version of Eric Bristow, who told us “I’m gonna dent your ‘ead”. We declined his kind offer. Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 The Royal Hotel on Penistone Road Anyone remember this place before it was knocked down for road widening? Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross owl Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 In the eighties pubs closing never even entered my mind . I thought they'd been there and would be there forever . In the latter end of the eighties the pubs I used to go into were all being refurbished they were doing so well . Then not much more than a decade later they were disappearing at a rate of knots for flats , supermarkets , old age homes . Industry gone , even if it was still there you would get the sack for having a pint at dinner . I miss the eighties , not least that I was a teenager 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldierboyblue Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 55 minutes ago, cross owl said: In the eighties pubs closing never even entered my mind . I thought they'd been there and would be there forever . In the latter end of the eighties the pubs I used to go into were all being refurbished they were doing so well . Then not much more than a decade later they were disappearing at a rate of knots for flats , supermarkets , old age homes . Industry gone , even if it was still there you would get the sack for having a pint at dinner . I miss the eighties , not least that I was a teenager The monopolies commission broke all the breweries up and the manged houses were then a thing of the past. The bigger and better attended pubs would subsidise the ones doing not so well. This was the downfall of the pub trade and then along came Enterprise Inns and pillaged further what was once a good trade and living. The landlord's of managed houses used to be on a great number and more often than not ran great establishments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldierboyblue Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/yorkshire/sheffield.html a decent website which gives a bit of background around the ale houses which have closed in each postcode 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Just now, soldierboyblue said: https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/yorkshire/sheffield.html a decent website which gives a bit of background around the ale houses which have closed in each postcode Fab - thank you Also definitely worth giving our sister website a shout out - https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk Full of pubs, working mans clubs, nightclubs and everything else Sheffield based Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Christ - nearly forgot The Old Blue Ball on Hillsborough Corner! How could I forget this amazing place.. Had some proper nights out there too 1 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAL Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 2 hours ago, @owlstalk said: For older readers - The Victoria pub on Penistone Road Anyone know where this was? It was where Lily's is now. Between Swan Norton and Hillsborough Park. Virtually across from Bassetts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, MAL said: It was where Lily's is now. Between Swan Norton and Hillsborough Park. Virtually across from Bassetts. Here? Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldierboyblue Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 4 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Christ - nearly forgot The Old Blue Ball on Hillsborough Corner! How could I forget this amazing place.. Had some proper nights out there too It went downhill when Wiggy got it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAL Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Here? Yeah That's it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross owl Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 1 hour ago, @owlstalk said: Christ - nearly forgot The Old Blue Ball on Hillsborough Corner! How could I forget this amazing place.. Had some proper nights out there too Definitely . Me and my mates rarely went into the town centre pubs , it was The Crown as you got off the bus on Penistone , Old Blue Ball , The Shakespeare before its name was bastardised to the Shakey then the Riverside and back again , last bus to Roxys and the job was a gooden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage owl Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 4 hours ago, @owlstalk said: For older readers - The Victoria pub on Penistone Road Anyone know where this was? If my memory serves me right last time I went in there was for a lunchtime wedding reception . Went straight to match after against bristol city I think it was John pearsons debut 81ish ?. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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