faraway saint Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Rascal said: Drink changes perceptions. The point is that the minority who choose to drink on trains do not see or are aware of (nor care) about the impact on fellow passengers. Another sweeping statement. Must be great up there on your righteous throne. Edited July 27, 2022 by faraway saint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, faraway saint said: Another sweeping statement. Must be great up there on your righteous throne. Selective quoting. Am I wrong? Play the ball, not the man. Edited July 27, 2022 by Rascal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 7 minutes ago, Rascal said: Play the ball, not the man. 🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, faraway saint said: 🤣🤣🤣 Why thank you kind sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmac Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 3 hours ago, faraway saint said: That is the famous British Restaurant to the right of the Watermill in the early 1960s. There was another one in the town hall. Anyone know where the third was ? In 1943, 2,160 British restaurants served 600,000 meals a day. Originally called 'Community Feeding Centres', the name British Restaurants was chosen by Winston Churchill. The name was later changed to 'Civic Restaurant'. The Lighthouse pub is on the left. Hamilton's garage on the right. Photo - copyright Renfrewshire Council. Orchard Street maybe for the other British Restaurant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 I have memory of a central kitchen supplying those places (and eventually cooking school dinners) in George Street on the north side, across the road and just up from the High Flats. There may have been one, there. I ate in the one in the picture a few times, in the 50s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 I have no recollection of the Lighthouse pub. Looks a cracking building. No doubt @faraway saint won at pool in there! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, SuperSaints1877 said: No doubt @faraway saint won at pool in there! 😂 No I didn't, I was only 2. 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tommy Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 hour ago, SuperSaints1877 said: I have no recollection of the Lighthouse pub. Looks a cracking building. No doubt @faraway saint won at pool in there! 😂 Went to this pub a few times when i was 16 and was also in it on it last night before closure in 1971/1972. What age are you the barman ask, why does it matter was my reply. No i reckon it doesn't he said Was also ask by a auld guy for for a half, and i thought he was wanting a half penny and handed him one. No he said, a half of whisky No chance was my reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 The Scotrail alcohol ban is farcical when other operators in Scotland such as LNER, Lumo, TPE, Caledonian Sleeper and Avanti have no such restrictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 32 minutes ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: The Scotrail alcohol ban is farcical when other operators in Scotland such as LNER, Lumo, TPE, Caledonian Sleeper and Avanti have no such restrictions. You are right - they should introduce them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBud Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 17 minutes ago, Rascal said: You are right - they should introduce them too. I travel a fair bit for work, all over the UK........I try when possible to use the train and very often my journey's are after office hours. Why should I not be able to have a beer or a glass of wine during my sometimes 4 or 5 hour journey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 minute ago, WeeBud said: I travel a fair bit for work, all over the UK........I try when possible to use the train and very often my journey's are after office hours. Why should I not be able to have a beer or a glass of wine during my sometimes 4 or 5 hour journey? Rail companies could introduce drinking carriages and then the rest of us could be left in peace. ( I’m sure you enjoy a quiet and solitary drink). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 11 minutes ago, Rascal said: Rail companies could introduce drinking carriages and then the rest of us could be left in peace. ( I’m sure you enjoy a quiet and solitary drink). That would be excellent. Nine carriages getting bevvied and one solitary sober carriage for boring auld cnuts. No doubt you would still have something to complain about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint in exile Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Tommy said: Went to this pub a few times when i was 16 and was also in it on it last night before closure in 1971/1972. What age are you the barman ask, why does it matter was my reply. No i reckon it doesn't he said I had my first underage pint in the Lighthouse. Went out with 3 of my mates. 2 of us went in first so as not to be too obvious that we were just kids. Got served no problems. The other 2 came in and were refused for being underage, and one said to us "Come oan. We'll find somehere else". f**k off and dont be silly son, was our reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 17 minutes ago, WeeBud said: I travel a fair bit for work, all over the UK........I try when possible to use the train and very often my journey's are after office hours. Why should I not be able to have a beer or a glass of wine during my sometimes 4 or 5 hour journey? And you are the train driver after all. Keep on drinking bud! Well not Bud. I reckon you are more a Stella drinker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 46 minutes ago, WeeBud said: I travel a fair bit for work, all over the UK........I try when possible to use the train and very often my journey's are after office hours. Why should I not be able to have a beer or a glass of wine during my sometimes 4 or 5 hour journey? Because you, all of a sudden, have less respect for other passengers or turn into a character from Father Ted. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 51 minutes ago, SuperSaints1877 said: That would be excellent. Nine carriages getting bevvied and one solitary sober carriage for boring auld cnuts. No doubt you would still have something to complain about. Not at all . Great suggestion. Now persuade the rail staff to work on those trains. It won’t be easy. Last time I went to Aberdeen there was a group of high spirited young SMFC fans bevying and making a noise. Other passengers were not happy and neither was the attendant who informed me that she was radioing ahead to get railway police onto the train at the next stop. I managed to calm her down by saying that they would soon settle down , which by and large they did, bad PRfor the club and trouble for the young guns avoided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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beyond our ken Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 4 hours ago, WeeBud said: I travel a fair bit for work, all over the UK........I try when possible to use the train and very often my journey's are after office hours. Why should I not be able to have a beer or a glass of wine during my sometimes 4 or 5 hour journey? think you wil find the ban is not on every service and for all of the day. There are problem services that these measures are targeted at and they are mostly in intra-city routes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyond our ken Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 5 hours ago, Eric Arthur Blair said: The Scotrail alcohol ban is farcical when other operators in Scotland such as LNER, Lumo, TPE, Caledonian Sleeper and Avanti have no such restrictions. tell that to the long-suffering staff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALBIONSAINT Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 7 hours ago, SuperSaints1877 said: There has been so much architectural vandalism in Paisley over the decades. Anyone know when the lighthouse pub was demolished and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALBIONSAINT Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 Maybe all you guys can f*#k off and start a drinking on trains thread 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted July 27, 2022 Report Share Posted July 27, 2022 40 minutes ago, ALBIONSAINT said: There has been so much architectural vandalism in Paisley over the decades. Anyone know when the lighthouse pub was demolished and why? Read this bloody thread!!! Posts below that of the esteemed Eric Arthur Blair, suggest 1967. And 1982. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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