Where is the roughest pub in the country?

Probably Glasgow.  or Merthyr Tydfill.

A job to tell but The Jack O'Boots in Reading and The Castle in High Wycombe were always great for cabaret.

Strippers?

Hen & Chickens Sheffield.

I went to a pub in Glasgow back in the 70s and they searched you for weapons at the door.......If you didn't have one they gave you one.

It's like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some of my local pubs where I'm from were very rough with a guaranteed fight inside the pub, outside the pub and spilling over into the chippy. My mate went to boot somebody wearing a pair of slip ons one time and missed and his shoe came off and flew over the chippy counter into the fryer. The thing is it's normal for the people there and they wouldn't think anything of it. People from out of the area were frightened to come into the area because of it though. But that's the story all over the country. Other places always seem rougher.

Guns bring a whole new dimension.On that basis Salford must surely  take "The Crown".

Twice had a knife pulled on me at the castle   
Eventually they were thrown out of the pool league!!

Salford does have some nicer parts but there's a lot of hell going on there. I remember when we used to play Broughton Rugby Club. Most places you'd get an occasional brawl break out. It was pretty much guaranteed playing them. To be fair that would hve been the case with quite a few of the inner city teams.

I remember when I was a kid we were playing down Collyhurst way at football and their keeper pulled out a huge Bowie type knife and chased my mate all over the place with it. I don't think he wanted to cut his hair.

There used to be one in York (I know, I know, but it's not all Roman Ruins and Ye Olde Skinny Latte, it has it's mean streets) called The Imperial, on a Friday and Saturday night there would be an ambulance parked outside from 6pm, to save time driving there!
I'm spending a weekend in South Wales in a couple of weeks time, there's a rugby game I'm watching. I went on trip adviser to see if there was any decent boozers nearby, nearly every review ended with 'and then I got punched in the face'. So if you never hear from me again........

My mate went to boot somebody wearing a pair of slip ons one time and missed and his shoe came off and flew over the chippy counter into the fryer.

Laughed out loud at that.

Slip-offs....surely !

bigmo
     09 Feb 16 15:56   
My mate went to boot somebody wearing a pair of slip ons one time and missed and his shoe came off and flew over the chippy counter into the fryer.LaughLaugh

Laughed out loud at that. 


Me too

Thought the punchline might be '.....and the chippy covered it in batter and sold it as North Sea Cod n' chips'

Battered sole shirley?

Got to be in Scotland. The difference between the trendy bars in oil-rich Aberdeen city centre to those by the docks was (is) phenomenal.

I was in the pub having a few pints of cider and a guy got shot with a crossbow for cheating at dominoes. Bolt flew by by left ear.

The famous Hen and Chickens is frequented by drug dealers, yardies, gypsies, thieves, prostitutes, locals, shoplifters and idiots. It really cant go more than 5 minutes without a fight. But we love it and its no more than £2.50 a pint

Is there a really bad one in Brighton?

I know loads and loads of really sh1t pubs.  I find them slightly endearing - and of course you feel like a big fish in a small pond.  But not many proper rough ones.

is the gaiety in leeds still open ? if ever a pub was misnamed. never been in though just looked evil when went past( this was in late 70s early 80s when traveliing around watching sunderland going through leeds was a short cut to north west) .

Hard to beat this place in Aberdeen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_guDN7IZ0U

The Green Man pub was always good for a laugh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6I8-0eDxaY

..... the name alone leaves me open for an Aka riposte

That pub in Aberdeen seems more grimy and run down than a place where Angels fear to tread aka and the publican seemed a bit of a bully picking on the little fella with glasses.

A couple of lads I work with who also work offshore have had a few drinks down at the docks in Aberdeen and they're not fighting men and have never had any trouble that I'm aware of.

The Admiral Duncan in Leeds was always interesting.

Don`t know hoe old you are blackest, but do you remember the Elm Tree (Manor) 80`s

Yes, I used to live on City road. All three clubs were open too, good days.

The Ferry Boat in Edinburgh has a bit of a reputation.

is the ferry boat in leith ? think been in on lunchtime had a canny jukebox if one im thinking of

woolpack
taking yer life in hands going in car park

No this one is in Drylaw mm.

www.pubsgalore.co.uk › Scotland › Lothian › Edinburgh › Drylaw

thinking of' port of leith' akabula, my mistake

If you thought The Gaiety was rough morpeth then you haven't seen The Hayfield about half a mile away in Chapeltown, a well known story of the cops chasing some villains who ran into The Hayfield and the chase aborted pronto.Both The Gaiety and The Hayfield were pulled down years ago much to the cops delight.The Duncan is still going strong as is The General Elliott but The Scotsman has gone and The Middleton Arms thankfully is now an Aldi Supermarket.

defo not rlkp ( fortunately )

So, where is the best pub for strippers these days?

La Sorbourne (sp?) & Sneaky Pete's used to be rough biker pubs in Edinburgh circa 1984.

Preservation Hall saw action on occasion too.

Feb 13, 2016 -- 4:30PM, polo minx wrote:

So, where is the best pub for strippers these days?

Bito's

I was in The Hayfield in Leeds ..early 80"s..it was packed ...a load of Leeds fans came in ..just been t0 a game looking for trouble ...i was stood with my mate and a black bouncer came over to my mate (he know him) and told us to leave as they were about to lay into all the whites ....yep we left ...heard later it was a nasty evening