Pubs

[TrueBlue]

If there was one pub you could bring back what would it be?
For me it would be the Nelson in Prittlewell, some funny nights in there

 

[ThurrockShrimper]

If there was one pub you could bring back what would it be?
For me it would be the Nelson in Prittlewell, some funny nights in there

Bricklayer's Arms in Grays.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Cork and Cheese.

Started drinking there as a 15 year old.

 

[Swiss Tony]

Laindon Hotel, great old boozer sadly gone.

 

[tottenham541]

The bellhouse in Eastwood 30 years ago please.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

A couple of pubs but the same issue that diminished them in the same way.
White Horse, Rose Inn, Railway, all 3 were much better when they had public and saloon bars.

 

[LCBB72]

The Carlton Leigh , great pub back in the day , plus the Grand it is criminal what has happend to that pub .

 

[TrueBlue]

A couple of pubs but the same issue that diminished them in the same way.
White Horse, Rose Inn, Railway, all 3 were much better when they had public and saloon bars.

Forgive my ignorance (due to age I suspect) but what was the difference?

 

[Floval Flyer]

Not really a pub as such, but have fond memories of The Hadleigh Suite (on the site of where Wetherspoons is in Leigh now), also High Society along the seafront. Great times BITD.

 

[Mad Cyril]

The Carlton Leigh , great pub back in the day , plus the Grand it is criminal what has happend to that pub .

The demise of Leigh can be traced to the demise of The Grand.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Not really a pub as such, but have fond memories of The Hadleigh Suite (on the site of where Wetherspoons is in Leigh now), also High Society along the seafront. Great times BITD.

I went to many a party at The Hadleigh Suite.

 

[ozzie]

Dirty Dicks,opposite Liverpool st station.
I know its still there,but bring back how it was in the 70s-80s.
It was always worth a visit coming back from a Blues away game. Bloody H&S killed the pub.Im sure anyone who went there then and now would say the same

 

[ozzie]

Also the" Tavern in the town"(Southend) high st,was worth a quick pint,but not two!!

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Forgive my ignorance (due to age I suspect) but what was the difference?

In these pubs the public bar was the one to use straight from work or out with your mates, locals and regulars used them. No frills, dart board and space invader machines, mainly Male environment.
The salon bar had booths, and folks sat a lot, you used it as a couple or with your family, less swearing, quieter, a tad more gentile.

 

[LCBB72]

Also the" Tavern in the town"(Southend) high st,was worth a quick pint,but not two!!

You were not old enough .

 

[Swiss Tony]

In these pubs the public bar was the one to use straight from work or out with your mates, locals and regulars used them. No frills, dart board and space invader machines, mainly Male environment.
The salon bar had booths, and folks sat a lot, you used it as a couple or with your family, less swearing, quieter, a tad more gentile.

Don't forget the public bar was cheaper as well.

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

the Grand not only had a Public bar (entrance in Leighton Avenue) it had an off licence next door. When they smashed the Public bar into the Saloon bar probably some time in the 1980s the dart board was lost as it was on the connecting wall. Unfortunately those days are long gone. The Grand's demise really started in the 1990s when people started falling out of love with pubs.

 

[ESG]

If there was one pub you could bring back what would it be?
For me it would be the Nelson in Prittlewell, some funny nights in there

Only went in there twice. First time before the League cup against Spurs in 1989. The second time straight after the famous 3-2 victory.

For me it would be The Bull in Hockley in the 70/80s

 

[tottenham541]

The old half way house on Thorpe bay seafront, on a Sunday night was great, DJ and banging tunes.

 

[LCBB72]

the Grand not only had a Public bar (entrance in Leighton Avenue) it had an off licence next door. When they smashed the Public bar into the Saloon bar probably some time in the 1980s the dart board was lost as it was on the connecting wall. Unfortunately those days are long gone. The Grand's demise really started in the 1990s when people started falling out of love with pubs.