spirit of 77 Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 where do you start I loved the silver thread for the live music & chat though it could be very rough Same could be said for the Abercorn bar or lounge where they had 2 barmen who were around 4' 11" tall, most nights some punter would lean over the bar, peer down at the midget potmen and declare "I see we're short staffed again". The new bar, in Nessie's day, was a second home to me and the lads only a short stagger from valentino's The Tudor for pre-post match swally and those legendary rolls with steamed sausage in the onion gravy, which had to be carefully hadled or the combinbation of melted butter and gravy rolled down your wrist and up your sleeve. In the 80s I liked Jack daniels/Bubbles lounge These days it's the tile for the post-match analysis and SFS' Guiness balancing act, but the quality of a pint is variable to say the least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyramone Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Stags Head for me also... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian Crunchie Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 The Burgh Bar. The Bull Inn. Lang's. The Argyll. The Wee Howff. Proper pubs one and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Through the years................... Centurion Bungalow Abercorn Tudor Ronnies Scandals Jack Daniels Bubbles Bull Inn Harvies Showbar Balnagown Chaplins Bull Inn Paddys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted August 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 (edited) Favourite ever. Not favourites. What an indecisive lot you are. Edited August 6, 2008 by FTOF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian Crunchie Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Favourite ever.Not favourites. What an indicisive lot you are. In that case it's Lang's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Favourite ever.Not favourites. What an indicisive lot you are. Paddys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingford Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Bull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian Crunchie Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Bull No, it's true, I tells you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Assassin Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Probably the Bull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 The Bungalo Bar, if you dont f'cken mind The whit ??? BUNGALOW Bar if ye don't f'cken mind ya wee shite !!! Anyway's it was defo The Stag's by the time I started drinking it it, circa 1988... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Did that used to be The Cellar before that?When we were in 6th year we used to walk up from the JNHS remove our ties and have a couple of pints in there. My 'Cellar' years were from about 1989 onwards, until about 1998 or 1999 when I shifted up to Firhill. By the time I came back everyone had moved on and it's just not got the same vibe anymore. It was still Pat's Bar when I started, and as I remember it, it was called something daft like 'Sloanes' or summat for a while in the mid to late eighties, waistcoated barstaff and a pretention of grandeur etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well st bud Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 friarshall lounge,freebird on the jukebox,and that special smell in the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian Crunchie Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 that special smell in the air. Pish ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 In that case it's Lang's. Ah, Langs, the pub with the trough below the bar, so that jakkies could do a pee without having to go to the toilet (I've been assured that only happened in olden days, though I'm not so sure). My favs are still the Bull and Paddy's, also liked Make for the Border, and the Art Centre in the early 90's. The Clubhouse was good, but not strictly a boozer, more a club, so not sure that counts. Plus walking up the stairs to the toilets was always a bugger when you were pished. The Cellar / Pats was also good in the early 90's, and the Bar Point was the only decent pub in the whole West End of Paisley (especially when Pierro was the owner and they had live comedy on every Saturday night). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM1 Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Looks like I'm the only person who liked The Hole In The Wa'... (bearing in mind I generally only go to the pub in Paisley, pre and post-match.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintargyll Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 local was the lord lounsdale and probably horsed that borrheid team at pool too town haunt was "shuttles" when it first opened...great pub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 My favs are still the Bull and Paddy's, also liked Make for the Border, Is that the one on Bridge St that burned down yesterday ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santaponsasaint Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Elbow Room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted August 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 My 'Cellar' years were from about 1989 onwards, until about 1998 or 1999 when I shifted up to Firhill. By the time I came back everyone had moved on and it's just not got the same vibe anymore. It was still Pat's Bar when I started, and as I remember it, it was called something daft like 'Sloanes' or summat for a while in the mid to late eighties, waistcoated barstaff and a pretention of grandeur etc. It was 1983 when we were chancing our collective arms. Old bastard that I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted August 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 friarshall lounge,freebird on the jukebox,and that special smell in the air. I seem to remember traipsing up there from Shuttle Street [in it's Shuttles, Earl of Cranby, Latin Quarter days], because it had a late licence until one, unlike some of the pubs in shuttle street. You could get wee bags of peanuts from a machine, which invariably ended up in each other's pints.How childish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenikeli Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Never really been a boozer in meh younger days (unlike now! ). When we moved into our wee flat in seedhill road I enjoyed Harvies, then we moved after the wean was born and it was Carneigies for closeness. Now, it's Paddy's though I'd hardly say I was a regular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 friarshall lounge,freebird on the jukebox,and that special smell in the air. Good call ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 I seem to remember traipsing up there from Shuttle Street [in it's Shuttles, Earl of Cranby, Latin Quarter days], because it had a late licence until one, unlike some of the pubs in shuttle street. You could get wee bags of peanuts from a machine, which invariably ended up in each other's pints.How childish. Anyone remember, the original pre -revamp Shuttles had barmaids wearing basques , or is that just the fevered imagination of an old lecherous git ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Old Swan (with Mr Crunchie), The Cavern, Wig and Pen, The Cellar, Bislands, The Bull, Paddys................................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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