sammyopisite:
There were quite a few pubs which also did digs usually B&B The Royal in Stockton, The Crawford Arms Crawford, The Rising Sun Old Kent Road and The Globe in Newport I will have some medication and see what others I can remember.
How many did you get slung out of Johnnie?Dennis.
Bewick:
sammyopisite:
There were quite a few pubs which also did digs usually B&B The Royal in Stockton, The Crawford Arms Crawford, The Rising Sun Old Kent Road and The Globe in Newport I will have some medication and see what others I can remember.How many did you get slung out of Johnnie?Dennis.
Dennis not to sure away from home it was bad enough at home when taking the wife out and trying to remember where I was barred from 
sammyopisite:
There were quite a few pubs which also did digs usually B&B The Royal in Stockton, The Crawford Arms Crawford, The Rising Sun Old Kent Road and The Globe in Newport I will have some medication and see what others I can remember.
Volunteer Arms in Bridgwater was spot on,nice drop of scrumpy tooā¦hic.
Globe in Newport was the one where you wiped yer feet coming out .
Norman Ingram:
Do not take the āPā Dennis, Harry is still not too good on his legs.
Dirty Dicks in London was the pub with all those dead cats on show, full of posh crumpet, nurses and Jap tourists. The Blind Begger was on Whitechapel Road around the corner from Valance Road lorry park and it was also the Kray Twins local pub. For 5p you could get a wash in the Y.M.C.A. doss house on Whitechapel Road.
Bewick:
harry_gill:
hiya,
The Mildmay in the Balls Pond Rd now that was a rough house in there one night in the late 60s when a couple of guys burst in and let a shotgun off we had a unit at the door and we all got in the cab and did a runner back to the digs in the Caledonian Rd where i dug a pellet out of my leg it didānt bleed until i pulled the thing out an elastoplast did the business just the skin broken made a hole in my best jeans though, another good-un was the ā ā ā ā at Highbury was a regular in there and a drinking pal of the late Arthur Mullard a real nice guy and not a bit showbizzy.
thanks harry long retired.By the sound of it āHā you have defo been a āfrustrated theatrical/bit part actorā what with appearing in an episode of the Sweeney (and getting shot) and then rubbing shoulders wiv Arfer Mullard (obviously trying to get a part in a āCarry on Filmā) suggested titleāāCarry on Down the Roadā or āCarry on Trunkingā.Your on about cockney ādrinkersā I remember one night walking round to the Brown Bear and it was all boarded up apparently some Paddyās had had a fall out a day or two before so some of them had come back in a van and backed up on the kerb and slung some fire bombs through the the windows! I gave it a wide berth after that and started going into the Long Bar on Aldgate.Cheers Dennis.
hiya,
Just spotted this imput of yours Dennis, was only able to get TGWU membership tried to get an EQUITY card but was refused and told the transport industry was in need of my services being an experienced wag and drag man, and i bet your old mate Possie would have had the same problems we was just too important, not forgetting the trailer boy before they became surplus to requirements and we did what we did before that and just got on doing two mens work as was the norm,sorry.
thanks harry long retired.
The Earl de Grey had a parrot that someone stabbed to death - it must have said something he didnāt like!!!
I also remember seeing a gorgeous stripper perform in the Juniper Berry and it wasnāt until the ā ā ā ā ā ā ā came off you could see it was in fact a bloke!!
Spent a few nights at the Farm Cafe near Spalding, when pulling for Norfolk Line out of Gt Yarmouth, they had a licensed bar, still going as far as I know.
Another favourite, although not a pub name was the waste ground in Leith where you were surrounded by pubs, more than once I have parked up to be woken next morning by a car driver asking me to move. When I looked out the ground was almost solid with parked cars and hopefully some kind soul would let you get out before it was totally blocked for the day.
In Leith you could get absolutely anything, but there were several clinics around which offered a few tried and tested cures 
Wheel Nut:
Another favourite, although not a pub name was the waste ground in Leith where you were surrounded by pubs, more than once I have parked up to be woken next morning by a car driver asking me to move. When I looked out the ground was almost solid with parked cars and hopefully some kind soul would let you get out before it was totally blocked for the day.In Leith you could get absolutely anything, but there were several clinics around which offered a few tried and tested cures
hiya,
Well remember a Leith lady offering me something iāve never had for a fiver, i asked her if she had leprosy, same location good digs in the that same area too.
thanks harry long retired.
Did anyone ever use the George and Dragon in Luxembourg City, just down the road from the Villeroy and Bosch factory on the Rue Albert Unden??
georgeanddragon.lu/index2.html
Not a bad place to spend a night, there was a place to park your truck just down the road and they did / do a great Sunday roast but for some weird reason they dont or didnt open on Saturday nights!!! 
Stopped over there a couple of times when the Italia 90 football tournament was on. Asked the landlord one sunday afternoon if āthe other ladsā were here yet?
What other ladsā ā ? he said.
The 500 or so English football fans who are meeting up here as a rendevous point we said!!!
He then went into meltdown so I wont repeat what he said after thatā¦its a family forum after all!!
No sense of humour some people!! 
harry_gill:
Wheel Nut:
Another favourite, although not a pub name was the waste ground in Leith where you were surrounded by pubs, more than once I have parked up to be woken next morning by a car driver asking me to move. When I looked out the ground was almost solid with parked cars and hopefully some kind soul would let you get out before it was totally blocked for the day.In Leith you could get absolutely anything, but there were several clinics around which offered a few tried and tested cures
hiya,
Well remember a Leith lady offering me something iāve never had for a fiver, i asked her if she had leprosy, same location good digs in the that same area too.
thanks harry long retired.
What time was it then āHā 9A.M.? That would be no good to me Iād have expected you to have been back in the depot at Milnthorpe by then (and had your breakfast on the way down) and hereās your notes for a trailer for London and theyāre waiting for the load.Give me a ring when your tipped and Iāll tell you whats on for to-morrow!!! Dennis.
Bewick:
harry_gill:
Wheel Nut:
Another favourite, although not a pub name was the waste ground in Leith where you were surrounded by pubs, more than once I have parked up to be woken next morning by a car driver asking me to move. When I looked out the ground was almost solid with parked cars and hopefully some kind soul would let you get out before it was totally blocked for the day.In Leith you could get absolutely anything, but there were several clinics around which offered a few tried and tested cures
hiya,
Well remember a Leith lady offering me something iāve never had for a fiver, i asked her if she had leprosy, same location good digs in the that same area too.
thanks harry long retired.What time was it then āHā 9A.M.? That would be no good to me Iād have expected you to have been back in the depot at Milnthorpe by then (and had your breakfast on the way down) and hereās your notes for a trailer for London and theyāre waiting for the load.Give me a ring when your tipped and Iāll tell you whats on for to-morrow!!! Dennis.
hiya,
Expect iāve got a nice Scania to work with Dennis because the impossible i do immediately miracles take a tad longer, but if iāve got a decent motor nowts impossible and i have had a good brekkie at London House Kirkpatrick Fleming be with you at 5 to 9 AM.
thanks harry long retired.
Donāt forget the County on Immingham docks, can anyone remember the mother and seven daughters plying their trade in there?
Apparently the husband and father left them - canāt think why!!
harry_gill:
Bewick:
harry_gill:
Wheel Nut:
Another favourite, although not a pub name was the waste ground in Leith where you were surrounded by pubs, more than once I have parked up to be woken next morning by a car driver asking me to move. When I looked out the ground was almost solid with parked cars and hopefully some kind soul would let you get out before it was totally blocked for the day.In Leith you could get absolutely anything, but there were several clinics around which offered a few tried and tested cures
hiya,
Well remember a Leith lady offering me something iāve never had for a fiver, i asked her if she had leprosy, same location good digs in the that same area too.
thanks harry long retired.What time was it then āHā 9A.M.? That would be no good to me Iād have expected you to have been back in the depot at Milnthorpe by then (and had your breakfast on the way down) and hereās your notes for a trailer for London and theyāre waiting for the load.Give me a ring when your tipped and Iāll tell you whats on for to-morrow!!! Dennis.
hiya,
Expect iāve got a nice Scania to work with Dennis because the impossible i do immediately miracles take a tad longer, but if iāve got a decent motor nowts impossible and i have had a good brekkie at London House Kirkpatrick Fleming be with you at 5 to 9 AM.
thanks harry long retired.
Nice one āHā just the response I would have expected from a āStarā!! We always found that when we were under pressure and run off our feet(which was fairly regular) If you explained what the problem was to a driver and were able to eliminate the alternatives the usual response was āleave it with me boss Iāll be stood outside waiting for them to open up in the morningā!! Whereas some firms would more-or less throw the notes at the driver and order him to there āor elseā!That was never the Bewick way of managing the drivers and we never let a customer down despite some of the tight spots the customers placed us in at times.Cheers dennis.
hi all,used to use The Long Bar in Plymouth in the mid 60s great night so long as the Ark Royal wasnt in dock.The Ashton Arms in Taunton was great 7 nights a week turns on every night,lorry park just around the corner ,very handy still thereT.he GoldenLion in London Colney was one that did good digs,stood opposite the old Farm cafe i remember that from the late fifties,closed in early 60s i think.cheers Ted
stevecook:
Donāt forget the County on Immingham docks, can anyone remember the mother and seven daughters plying their trade in there?
Apparantly the husband and father left them - canāt think why!!
I was much braver than that. I once had a kebab in Immingham
stevecook:
The Earl de Grey had a parrot that someone stabbed to death - it must have said something he didnāt like!!!
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Are you sure that the parrot was dead or was it just pining for the fiords 
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mushroomman:
stevecook:
The Earl de Grey had a parrot that someone stabbed to death - it must have said something he didnāt like!!!
.Are you sure that the parrot was dead or was it just pining for the fiords
That must have been a bit rough in there, if even a parrots not safe.
altitude:
mushroomman:
stevecook:
The Earl de Grey had a parrot that someone stabbed to death - it must have said something he didnāt like!!!
.Are you sure that the parrot was dead or was it just pining for the fiords
That must have been a bit rough in there, if even a parrots not safe.
The parrot said something about his missus
There were also a few other rough old birds who were quite regular coming and going
mushroomman:
stevecook:
The Earl de Grey had a parrot that someone stabbed to death - it must have said something he didnāt like!!!
.Are you sure that the parrot was dead or was it just pining for the fiords
Excellent video clip, just thinking - maybe the parrot was a grass!!
Another pub was the āHonky Tonkā in Workington (real name The Ancient Mariner), there were some really rough old birds in there!
Wheel Nut:
altitude:
mushroomman:
stevecook:
The Earl de Grey had a parrot that someone stabbed to death - it must have said something he didnāt like!!!
.Are you sure that the parrot was dead or was it just pining for the fiords
That must have been a bit rough in there, if even a parrots not safe.
The parrot said something about his missus
There were also a few other rough old birds who were quite regular coming and going
