uttoxram75 Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Me and my mate stumbled on that kind of place in 2008 I guess. It happened in Birmingham near Digbeth. We went to the counter and ordered beer for my mate and whisky for me. There were three or four people on the counter and two tables were reserved by some senior citizens. The room (only one) went silent. The older gentleman behind the bar was friendly and produced our orders. We took our glasses to nearby table and sat. We surveyd the room and sipped our drinks and realized that everybody were staring at us. Silent. After a while they started to talk with each other and kept turning to openly stare at us. When we ordered the second round everybody fell silent again. Then more staring. It wasn't hostile though. I never felt more like being a monkey in a zoo. Although with Boycie and Coconut in pub hopping was close. That pub in Digbeth? Were you and your mate holding hands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 That pub in Digbeth? Were you and your mate holding hands?ignore him Sissy.2 strange men walking into a local pub drinking weird stuff isn't anything to worry about around my way.i live on canal street Manchester by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 That pub in Digbeth? Were you and your mate holding hands?Why, yes. How did you know ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashz09 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Coronation think it's called. Been told loads of storys about having fights in there and told not to go in lol. Everytime I walk past always one drunk person just managing to stay up right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Why, yes. How did you know ?We knew you were pals with I-Ram and just assumed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 N...are there any still open near you? You know the ones I mean. You'd never know it was there unless you live within 300 yards of it. Certain seats were "taken" even if they're empty. If a stranger walked in, the pub would suddenly be silent, even the juke box would stop. People in the bar didn't mix with those in the lounge. Unless they were fighting. There's one left in Utch, the Three Tuns. Its relatively sane nowadays compared to the 70's and 80's but still has that "estate" feel to it. You can pop in for the first time in months and know every single person in there. Are they all food pubs or shut now round your way? Souns like a perfect description for The Blue Mugge in Leek. Its not a bad pub or 'owt, but it's definitely got the 'estate pub' / 'league of gentleman' feel about it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 http://www.everards.co.uk/our-pubs/the-honeycomb-mickleover/Coconut's local. He has his own seat and John Smith's Smooth tankard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Souns like a perfect description for The Blue Mugge in Leek. Its not a bad pub or 'owt, but it's definitely got the 'estate pub' / 'league of gentleman' feel about it.... Ever been in The Winking Man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Ever been in The Winking Man?Lol yeah - that was an experience. Wellies, pitchforks, the lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Lol yeah - that was an experience. Wellies, pitchforks, the lot!Remember being in there when a load of young lads arrived on tractors, turned out the staffs young farmers were having a doo... Anyway one of our lot was doing well with this girl who happened to be everyone's cousin and they didn't like it... all ended up outside and a lad got done over with a bird table. Still the first thing we talk about when we bump into eachother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I used to go in there when I was a young farmer. Had some good times there & used to stay open til early hours, when that was very unusual (and probably illegal). Haven't been in for 20 years now, mind.Drove to Bamford a few weeks ago & disappointed to see the Marquis of Granby pub had been demolished. It used to be a lovely big place & another good venue for young farmers' do's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Young Farmers dos must be a regular thing there - there were tractors parked up there when we went as well. It was a decent night but I've rarely felt more out of place in my life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Drive to the doo in your tractor?reeaaaaly?no, reaaaaaaaaaly? Surprised it wasn't a pick up with grandpop on the roof holding a shot gun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Drive to the doo in your tractor?reeaaaaly?no, reaaaaaaaaaly? Surprised it wasn't a pick up with grandpop on the roof holding a shot gun?TBH, it was pitch black and it's in the middle of nowhere. Grandpa may well have been sitting up on the roof with his shotty for all I know.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Souns like a perfect description for The Blue Mugge in Leek. Its not a bad pub or 'owt, but it's definitely got the 'estate pub' / 'league of gentleman' feel about it.... Been in there a few times after playing football. Always had a decent team there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Drive to the doo in your tractor?reeaaaaly?no, reaaaaaaaaaly? Surprised it wasn't a pick up with grandpop on the roof holding a shot gun?That's more Ashbourne way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 You've all seen it, on the walk from Nottm station, thro the underpass, up the strange Meadows housing estate, then left at the corner. Yet to meet a Forest fan brave enough to wonder in, never mind a Ram! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 You've all seen it, on the walk from Nottm station, thro the underpass, up the strange Meadows housing estate, then left at the corner. Yet to meet a Forest fan brave enough to wonder in, never mind a Ram! That place is a palace of decorum compared to my dad's first pub, 1967-1968. None of you will have ever gone into a pub like the Queen's Arms, St Annes Well Road, Nottingham. 18 months I lived there, a tough pub on one of the toughest streets in the country and I could walk up the road on a Saturday night wearing a Derby scarf. Bloody good job Notts County play in black and white, otherwise I'd have been dead in a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needles Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 The Needles. There's rougher, but proper estate pub nonetheless. Been many years since I've been in though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 You've all seen it, on the walk from Nottm station, thro the underpass, up the strange Meadows housing estate, then left at the corner. Yet to meet a Forest fan brave enough to wonder in, never mind a Ram! I have a vague memory of serious football hooliganism taking place in and around this pub in the late 70's. Its a long time ago and me memory ain't all that but I remember being in a huge mob of Derby giving it the big un outside this pub in 78 or 79. Might well have been the year the trains coming back from gumpville got smashed up and the emergency cord got pulled before we arrived in Derby station and all the lads piled out the train and ran off over Chaddo sidings....pretty much where the iPro is now actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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