Old pub name

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The pub that is now the' Tut and Shive' used to be the 'Rat and Parrot.' What ws it before that? It will help a long suffering black and white at work get to sleep at night. And if you know waht the 'Olive grove' was called before it become the 'Olive Grove' it would help also.

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001

Answers

Was the TUT not the Durham Ox. Bl**dy rough if I recall.

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001

I hate pubs changing names. The worst is what happened to the pub on the corner of the City Road by the Quayside. Bloody anonymous, soul-less Firkin kit pub. The Barley Mow was a class pub, 2 bars, character, dangerous-when-wet steps outside.

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001

Bobby,

Interested to hear what that "dangerous when wet" character did when he stepped outside.

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001


i hate pubs. they all smell of chips.

since i left the uk about 8 years ago every pub has turned into a fast food cafeteria selling stale beer, 2 day old lasagnge served with those super annoying shriveled lettuce garnishes with a piece of mealy tomatoe and a 3 day old sliver of red onion. whats more they all smell of chips (did i say that already). chips, chips urgh.

they might be open all day on sunday but who cares, they smell of chips.

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001


Got to agree with you, George. I'm dragged back to UK by family obligations once or twice each year. For weeks ahead of each visit I savour the prospect of some real English beer - to be taken after a brisk walk or long bike ride.

The reality? Pubs smelling of feckin chips and the gastonomic delights which you outline above. The smell obviously influences the taste of the beer and I'm invariably disappointed.

But I'll keep trying..... despite the exorbitant prices charged for English beer.

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001



Expat - he projectile vomited over a girl friend (i.e. a friend who was of the female persuassion) who was wearing a string cardigan. Spag bol is a bugger to wash out.

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001

toon, i with you, the worst part is when my sister says, "lets go out for a pub meal, Fat Willy's (used to be the Crown) does excellent bar meals"

naturally there's no escape, i've found that the best way to protect my delicate sensibilities is to down 3 pints of 1664 in double quick time and spend the rest of the evening staring at the fruit machine.

bloody chips!

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001


Ok, there are several pubs near me which do quality food. The Battlesteads in Wark is brilliant for a Sunday lunch, as is the Rat down towards Stamfordham way. I always reckon the Euro-skeptic Weatherspoons pubs do reasonable nosebag for £5-6.

The Tap & Spile on Shields Road, Byker used to smell of warm beer (is it still there?), while the Butchers Arms across the road used to smell of blood...yes, there is an associated and suitably grim tale to tell (no, I was not personally involved).

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001


quality food? i assume you were implying good quality.

liar!! the pubs smell of chips & vinegar don't they. what's more, a pub that does "good sunday lunches" undoubtedly smells of gravy.

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001


The worse things that happen to pubs is when they get taken over by some chain or other, have all local character removed, get redesigned as "Irish Theme Pubs" and get called things like "The Knee Capper and Balaclave" or some such name. This has happened all over the country. Pubs that were called something that mattered and had local significance get renamed as some obscure name that has nothing to do with the locality.

Not only that, you can't sit down in them, they play the music too loud (do they really call that music) and they are full of young people.

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001



pop to the magnesia bank in north shields and taste the smooth pure taste of MORDUE, officially best beer in britain. Or if you want a drink futher into to town, why not step inside the BODEGA on Westgate road and enjoy a pint of MORDUE NUMBER 9, its the one with the black and white striped pump clip. DOESN'T AGREE WITH CHIPS. OR ASSOCIATED SMELLS.

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001

Ah ha the Bodega, a quality pub. I don't go along with the Chip smell. You'll get it in the chain pubs but even the Firkin's do an OK pint.

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001

George - nah, the food is of a high standard, and there's a reasonable selection from home made pies (actually made on premises, not reheated), curries, fish dishes (unlikely to be fresh caught from the North Tyne, but you never know) and vegetarian fare (if you're that way inclined). I would stand the meal for anyone who failed to enjoy a Sunday lunch in Battlesteads...well, maybe buy a pint...ok, half a shandy

-- Anonymous, November 22, 2001

My personal favourites are them new-fangled pubs that smell of chips - even better if there's a faint whiff of vinegar to go with it.

Bloody helll, I thought Pit Bill and me where supposed to be the "Auld Gits" on here?

;o{[

-- Anonymous, November 22, 2001


Nowt to do with the original post, but the one I liked pre match was the Grape Vaults, which is now a bank or building society office on the Grey St end of Shakespeare St, I think. It's been gone a long time. It was a 'men-only' bar at the time - that's for identification purposes not as a reason for using it, in case there are any bra burners listening.

-- Anonymous, November 22, 2001


"It was a 'men-only' bar at the time" - named after the popular 'coffee-table' magazine?

-- Anonymous, November 22, 2001

The auld Barley Mow is having another facelift, been bought by two DJ fellas for 1/2M and they are spending tjhe same amount transforming it into something that students don't like.

-- Anonymous, November 22, 2001

Not another Chase I hope. What's wrong with buttoned seats, frosted glass on the windows, warm beer and a bloke in the corner with the flat cap finishing pint no.7?

-- Anonymous, November 22, 2001

They were reporting from the Trade Wind the other night. The proposed 12 storey sprawl along the waterfront has been shelved in favour of a much narrower 22 storey structure which will apparently obscure less of the view. Not as little as building nothing, of course, but nobody seemed to have thought of that.

-- Anonymous, November 22, 2001

Toon expat, if you want beer and nowt else, Tap and Spile in Hexham was my fave, The land lord swayed to public opinion and put a telly in....great beer though. You are essentially right about the food, although i have to say the that the UK is not alone in Europe let alone elsewhere.

-- Anonymous, November 25, 2001

The Tap & Spile on Shields Road is no more - demolished to make way for a supermarket :/

But head down the road and into the Ouseburn, as there is an excellent trail of pubs down there. The Cumberland, The Ship, The Cluny, The Tyne and the Free Trade. Take advantage of it now before it gets 'Qauysided'.

-- Anonymous, November 25, 2001


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