trooper 940 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 I was just turned 17 working in a food warehouse in Felling earning £15 a week after about the 3rd week of working there we decided we'd go out for our dinner that was me and my mate John Anderson (not that one). We were working now & most of the lads went for a pie & pint on Friday (pay day) so we thought we'd try our luck. We tried The Beeswing first only to get laughed at and chased out the pub the landlord was an ex copper. So we tried across the road at The Plough the place was empty. We set the balls up on the pool table & we were both amazed as the guy behind the bar said "what are you having lads" I replied "erm 2 pints of erm lager & 2 pies" we'd cracked it we went back that night and ended up going 2 or 3 times a week until I was 18 and got my club cards for Felling Social Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill 0 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Huxter's in Newcastle which was later something Irish-themed I think and then LYH, not sure about now. I was 15 and we'd been for a meal at Chiquitos by the Warner Brothers for my friend's 16th birthday. We were determined to get in somewhere so walked all the way up town and Northumberland Street trying to work up the courage before eventually realising we should really try somewhere otherwise we might as well just get the metro home. Straight in, no bother. I think I had a taboo and lemonade as I remembered my sister talking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4411 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Linked to the first match thread my second away game in march 1980 and when we got back to the town I went with a few lads from shield including the legendary Cliffy Ahmed to the Geordie Pride. Didn't have the balls to get a pint myself so asked one of the older lads to get a pint of scotch for me. It was 3 weeks before my 16th birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35571 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Think it might have been when I was about 15 on a Saturday afternoon in 'Le Cafe Noir', which was a hilarious-named wine bar type place situated next to where the escalators were in the then newly completed Eldon Gardens. That whole area was later Scruffy Murphy's then The Goose in the Garden. Thought I was holding it together quite well when I got home until my Mam took one look at me, smelt me breath and said, with barely contained disdain "You smell like your Dad. Where have you been?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15716 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 The Brandling Arms in Gosforth on the weekend of my 17th birthday, mainly because it was the first one of the High Street pubs to serve all of us without suspicion. Even once we started ruining their jukebox by playing all the worst songs. #kerrazee Of course we started drinking at a younger age thanks to the marvellously lax ID policies of Bells Wines by the bus stop. Often Special Brew, based on a careful analysis of the percentage/pence ratio. The fact that booze could actually taste nice took a while to sink in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46023 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Central Park in Newcastle. I was either 14 or 15, probably the latter. I remember being on the escalator at Monument and a bunch of 40-odd year old women pointing over, commenting how young we all looked and pissing themselves laughing. Little did they know though, that I had a fake ID (that I'd made myself) in my pocket. Got in and drank whatever I hit on the happy hour spin a wheel, which happened to be a bottle of Holsten Pils for a pound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 In the 80s the best pint in town for me was served at The Haymarket the beer was always spot on. The worst for me was The Red House at the Quayside they served "real ale" for weeks my mates tried to convince me it was great. It was disgusting and flat as a witches tits horrible stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Was 16-17 when I started going to town. Central Park, Dobsons, Bar 42 (hard to get in sometimes) with mates. Thats when I was on £40 a week and gave my Dad £10. Later on started added on Madisons (shit). Didnt take long though before I was going to the Mayfair & Broken Doll on some nights and Walkers on others (total polar opposites). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Was Madisons the one with phones on the tables ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46023 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Was Madisons the one with phones on the tables ? Ugh awful flashback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15716 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 In town I reckon Trillians must have been our first haunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Central Park in Newcastle. I was either 14 or 15, probably the latter. I remember being on the escalator at Monument and a bunch of 40-odd year old women pointing over, commenting how young we all looked and pissing themselves laughing. Little did they know though, that I had a fake ID (that I'd made myself) in my pocket. Got in and drank whatever I hit on the happy hour spin a wheel, which happened to be a bottle of Holsten Pils for a pound. I had a fake ID but i'd gotten it online, me Dad took it off 'es when he found it though. John Swanson I was called, and I basically became part of the supply chain during attempts to stop every cunt from school getting pissed on a Friday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46023 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 I had a fake ID but i'd gotten it online, me Dad took it off 'es when he found it though. John Swanson I was called, and I basically became part of the supply chain during attempts to stop every cunt from school getting pissed on a Friday night. I made mine with a proof of age card application form and some letraset trace on letters. I even took it to a shop to get it laminated. The bloke laminating it didn't bat an eyelid. My proudest moment was standing in the queue at Central Park one night and as I stepped forward the bouncer said "I've been tearing these up all night son, do you really want to do this?", I handed it to him and he turned it over in his hands, gave it back and ushered me inside. I felt like Di Caprio in Catch Me If You Can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46023 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 In fact I've just worked out that I was 15, cos when I was getting it laminated i remember thinking what a twat the bloke was who was getting a t-shirt printed up with ROD, JOE AND THE QUO on it, for the upcoming gig at Gateshead Stadium. Just checked and that was the summer of 91. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) The one I got was pro like, proper plastic card job no laminating. I used it for well over a year and it never failed me once. Reminds me of this. Edited August 14, 2015 by TheGingerQuiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Used to put about a fiver in the video jukebox at Trillians never stayed long enough to see one play. Every Friday it was one pint then move on we must have walked for miles on a Friday night and always ended up at the bottom end of town round the Quayside and have to make a dash for the Haymarket for the last bus home. I remember we finished early one night in the mid 80s at the "Monkey Bar" (Market Lane) we had plenty of time for the bus so we called in to a place called "Bunters" were I was introduced to my first kebab it was marvellous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6783 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Scotts (I think it was called) in Whitley Bay. It was the only place they'd serve a 16 year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7169 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 We used to go to Planet Earth in Newcastle at 15 as it was the only place we could get in. At 16/17 it was Ikon, Baja and the boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43063 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Barley Mow, for town bars. First local pub pint would've been in a The George Stephenson in Westmoor, aged 15-16. Theakstons Best Bitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35571 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 In fact I've just worked out that I was 15, cos when I was getting it laminated i remember thinking what a twat the bloke was who was getting a t-shirt printed up with ROD, JOE AND THE QUO on it, for the upcoming gig at Gateshead Stadium. Just checked and that was the summer of 91. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 I almost had my first pint at 16 & half got invited to someone out the 6th forms party at The Black Bull at Wardley. Went upstairs and it seemed like half the school were there my mate went to the bar and got the beers in it was something like Double Diamond or Watney's Red Barrel I just picked the glass up and in walks 2 coppers. They seemed shocked at how many under age kids were there they just said "if we left our drinks nobody would be arrested" they were clearly outnumbered that was my first pint in a pub scuppered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35571 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Bet they got pissed after you left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 £10 in/all drinks free job on my proper first night out at 15. We couldn't get in where we wanted to go 'cos me pal had trainers on so ended up at this other place which was basically dead. Anyway I got chucked out for trying to sit down where the bar stool wasn't and hit the deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14047 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 We used to get in The Mechanics in Dunston () when we were about 15. They knew we were that age but we got a "Are you lot 18?" anyway. They needed our business, mind. It was like a peadophile's funeral in there most nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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