| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs 16:16 - Aug 27 with 28237 views | bonymine |
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/ten-most-notorious-s
I’ve been to six of them over the years, colourful places with colourful chatacters, great experiences and an eye opener for me throughout my younger days !! Happy times ðŸ‘😂ðŸ»
Great to see John the Bank yesterday outside the Riverside had some cracking days/nights at the Gari with him & Sian over the years ðŸ‘ðŸ»
Look forward to any anecdotes lads ? Got to be quite a few surely ?
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 21:02 - Aug 27 with 6945 views | jacabertawe |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 20:31 - Aug 27 by exiledclaseboy |
It was the Cadle Mill, not the Cadle Inn. Wasn’t it? |
Indeed it was. And it was a tidy pub when first opened (near where we lived), but went downhill in the 80s and 90s when a couple of notorious brothers took it over. Not nicknamed "The Flying Chair" for no reason. |  |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 21:09 - Aug 27 with 6920 views | pencoedjack |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 20:40 - Aug 27 by jack2jack |
Don't mind at all PCJ, let's just say I'm the wrong side of 50.
I'm talking about Shades back in the early 80's, great place back then, it was near the old Roundabout, Martha's was on the other side, now demolished.Shame really.
Mrs J2J was down in Wind Street on Saturday,she said Town is not the same anymore.The only club as such is Fiction AFAIK. |
Talking about the same place then
Martha’s
Shades
Top memories for someone the right side of 50 ( just)  |  | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 21:14 - Aug 27 with 6904 views | jack2jack |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 20:49 - Aug 27 by jacktar |
You're right J2J, Martha's Vineyard was swallowed up into what is now Gwalia Housing building. Had some good nights there, though those stairs were a bit of a bugger when you'd had a few.  |
Cracking places them, JT, Harpers and Valbonne/Studio 25 after,lovely stuff.
Check out some of Speilburgs videos on Vimeo of Martha's!👠|  | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 21:33 - Aug 27 with 6859 views | jacktar |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 21:14 - Aug 27 by jack2jack |
Cracking places them, JT, Harpers and Valbonne/Studio 25 after,lovely stuff.
Check out some of Speilburgs videos on Vimeo of Martha's!👠|
Will do.
Takes you back just thinking about those days.
Don't really do clubbing these days so it's usually the pub for a quiet night of social drinking, which is still enjoyable, despite not being quite the same. |  |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 21:54 - Aug 27 with 6803 views | AnotherJohn |
Interesting thread. I've only been to five on the list and feel I missed out on a few of the ones in outlying areas. I spent a lot of time in the Tenby years ago, and also remember the back bar of the Uplands and Westbourne from a time when they were very different from today. I was unjustly banned from the Coach House at one time (quickly rescinded) and had my mate's MGB (which I had swapped with my saloon for the weekend) vandalised outside Dora's. Two defunct venues not on the list are the Mermaid in Mumbles, which had its moments back in the day, and the old Swansea Students Association (SSA) Bar in Union Street, which was another place on the circuit (even for people like me who weren't current students). A pub that struck me as being a bit on the rough side years ago was the Raven. |  | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 22:06 - Aug 27 with 6771 views | controversial_jack |
Where are the rough pubs thesedays? | | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 22:14 - Aug 27 with 6754 views | angryjack |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 21:02 - Aug 27 by jacabertawe |
Indeed it was. And it was a tidy pub when first opened (near where we lived), but went downhill in the 80s and 90s when a couple of notorious brothers took it over. Not nicknamed "The Flying Chair" for no reason. |
Drank there then and them notorious brothers your talking about are friends of mine | | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 22:21 - Aug 27 with 6730 views | angryjack |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 21:54 - Aug 27 by AnotherJohn |
Interesting thread. I've only been to five on the list and feel I missed out on a few of the ones in outlying areas. I spent a lot of time in the Tenby years ago, and also remember the back bar of the Uplands and Westbourne from a time when they were very different from today. I was unjustly banned from the Coach House at one time (quickly rescinded) and had my mate's MGB (which I had swapped with my saloon for the weekend) vandalised outside Dora's. Two defunct venues not on the list are the Mermaid in Mumbles, which had its moments back in the day, and the old Swansea Students Association (SSA) Bar in Union Street, which was another place on the circuit (even for people like me who weren't current students). A pub that struck me as being a bit on the rough side years ago was the Raven. |
Also drank in the Raven great pub back in the day | | | |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 23:21 - Aug 27 with 6645 views | Thrasher6 |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 20:44 - Aug 27 by cmajack |
No jimmy wildes? Very savoury place. |
Even the arms of the chairs had tattoos.... |  |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 23:24 - Aug 27 with 6641 views | Loyal |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 19:15 - Aug 27 by pencoedjack |
I had the same Risca
Shame I didn’t know you were in there I’d of bought you a pint |
There's some right worrying folk in there these days.
Its creeping back I tell thee. |  |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 00:04 - Aug 28 with 6609 views | jacktar |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 22:06 - Aug 27 by controversial_jack |
Where are the rough pubs thesedays? |
Russia? | |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 00:09 - Aug 28 with 6605 views | jacktar |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 23:21 - Aug 27 by Thrasher6 |
Even the arms of the chairs had tattoos.... |
Jeez ........................ you found chairs with arms? | |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 00:30 - Aug 28 with 6592 views | theloneranger |
Bonymaen Inn, Gors Inn,
But Jimmy Wilde's was the best ... If you were looking for trouble ... Then it was waiting for you in Jimmy's!!   |  |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 06:56 - Aug 28 with 6493 views | angryjack |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 00:09 - Aug 28 by jacktar |
Jeez ........................ you found chairs with arms? |
Think that's why they are called armchairs | | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 09:45 - Aug 28 with 6395 views | canhecatchit |
The Rising Sun, long gone now, but ue remember the Pikeys turning up en mass in six volvo estates and all hell let loose, thy were fighting hundreds of yards up the road with locals coming out of the houses to join in LOL If I remember rightly a Pikey managed to get a Breezeblock dropped on his head whilst on the floor |  |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 09:49 - Aug 28 with 6388 views | angryjack |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 09:45 - Aug 28 by canhecatchit |
The Rising Sun, long gone now, but ue remember the Pikeys turning up en mass in six volvo estates and all hell let loose, thy were fighting hundreds of yards up the road with locals coming out of the houses to join in LOL If I remember rightly a Pikey managed to get a Breezeblock dropped on his head whilst on the floor |
Died as well... | | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 09:50 - Aug 28 with 6382 views | WarwickHunt |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 09:49 - Aug 28 by angryjack |
Died as well... |
Was the breezeblock ok? |  | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 09:52 - Aug 28 with 6373 views | angryjack |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 09:50 - Aug 28 by WarwickHunt |
Was the breezeblock ok? |
Covered in tarmac | | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 10:22 - Aug 28 with 6349 views | lifelong |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 09:49 - Aug 28 by angryjack |
Died as well... |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 20:23 - Aug 28 with 6140 views | FieryJack |
The last time I was in the Coach House, just before it closed for good, one of the C***** family lost an eye to a pool ball in a sock.
Got my nose bloodied by a bouncer in Pandora's. The bouncers there - unlike those in other Swansea clubs at the time - never wore black suits, white shirts and ties, and it was hard to tell who was who. I think half of them were on the dance floor provoking mass brawls.
Always felt uneasy in the Rum Punch and Gors. My elderly neighbour managed to get banned from the Punch after becoming incontinent and regularly wetting the velvet banquettes.
But why no mention of the Borough Arms at the bottom end of Wind Street?
Definitely the roughest pub I remember from my early 20s. It's now that Spansih Bodega place, I think.
First time I went in there were sailors caps on the optics and a working girl sitting on a bar stool wearing flip flops, jeans and a black bra - and nowt else. She sidled over and asked if I'd like to come outside for the "half rate". I had to ask for an explanation. She wanted to do it in the now-filled-in underpass outside which went through to where the Evening Post building is.
I declined, of course.
Once saw 7 fights in there in one night, during one of which the dart board fell down along with its whitewall tyre on to someone's head.
A noted Swansea "character" (name with-held) offered me some dodgy gear in there. Declined, again.
Mostly a dead beat alcoholics' hang-out.
Entering one night I was immediately threatened by one of the ****** brothers, three of whom ended up jailed for separate murders in different parts of the UK.
The most dislikeable fekkers were in the Tenby. Used to drink there for years - convenient for where I used to live.
Despised most of them. Worms, dealers, druggies, low-lifes, and "alternative", trendy type poseurs.
Paranoid to**ers too - 3 times over the years I was accused of being an undercover cop in there.
Mostly stick to quiet traditonal pubs these days - three pints of Doombar and a packet of pork scratchings by the fire, and I'm done.
Oh yes, and that sh*t-tip called the 4 Js on Northampton Lane was full of right nasty trash thugs and all. |  | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 20:39 - Aug 28 with 6117 views | Thrasher6 |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 20:23 - Aug 28 by FieryJack |
The last time I was in the Coach House, just before it closed for good, one of the C***** family lost an eye to a pool ball in a sock.
Got my nose bloodied by a bouncer in Pandora's. The bouncers there - unlike those in other Swansea clubs at the time - never wore black suits, white shirts and ties, and it was hard to tell who was who. I think half of them were on the dance floor provoking mass brawls.
Always felt uneasy in the Rum Punch and Gors. My elderly neighbour managed to get banned from the Punch after becoming incontinent and regularly wetting the velvet banquettes.
But why no mention of the Borough Arms at the bottom end of Wind Street?
Definitely the roughest pub I remember from my early 20s. It's now that Spansih Bodega place, I think.
First time I went in there were sailors caps on the optics and a working girl sitting on a bar stool wearing flip flops, jeans and a black bra - and nowt else. She sidled over and asked if I'd like to come outside for the "half rate". I had to ask for an explanation. She wanted to do it in the now-filled-in underpass outside which went through to where the Evening Post building is.
I declined, of course.
Once saw 7 fights in there in one night, during one of which the dart board fell down along with its whitewall tyre on to someone's head.
A noted Swansea "character" (name with-held) offered me some dodgy gear in there. Declined, again.
Mostly a dead beat alcoholics' hang-out.
Entering one night I was immediately threatened by one of the ****** brothers, three of whom ended up jailed for separate murders in different parts of the UK.
The most dislikeable fekkers were in the Tenby. Used to drink there for years - convenient for where I used to live.
Despised most of them. Worms, dealers, druggies, low-lifes, and "alternative", trendy type poseurs.
Paranoid to**ers too - 3 times over the years I was accused of being an undercover cop in there.
Mostly stick to quiet traditonal pubs these days - three pints of Doombar and a packet of pork scratchings by the fire, and I'm done.
Oh yes, and that sh*t-tip called the 4 Js on Northampton Lane was full of right nasty trash thugs and all. |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 21:24 - Aug 28 with 6068 views | FieryJack |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 20:39 - Aug 28 by Thrasher6 |
Shameless...... |
I was a bit like Shameless sometimes  | | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 22:06 - Aug 28 with 6009 views | Bloodyhills |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 16:29 - Aug 27 by Dr_Winston |
No Wildfowler?
List fail. |
Used to play for the Fowler a long time ago. It was known as the 'flying chair' for some reason! | |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 22:13 - Aug 28 with 5997 views | Bloodyhills |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 20:35 - Aug 27 by jacktar |
Visited most on the list over many years.
The Tenby was my local for years, firstly when Edgar Guy was landlord (in my under age days) and then for years when Phil Davies ran the place. Good watering hole despite the association with drugs and scrumpy. Never had any trouble there and very rarely saw any. I still see many of the old faces from those days in the Brunswick and other pubs in the area.
Good memories. |
The first time I went to the Tenby this old guy at the bar was pointed out to me as a bit of a charcter and I was told he was called Bell. I asked why he was called that and they said wait until last orders.
When the bell went for last orders he started swinging punches. Nobody seemed to be too bothered and just ducked out the way while carrying on drinking. Apparently he had been a boxer in boothes at fairs in his younger days and was a bit punch drunk and got confused when he heard a bell. As for the drugs there, guys were snorting some white powder off the window ledge in the toilet. Interesting days. | |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 22:38 - Aug 28 with 5945 views | JackUlation |
Any survivors from Jimmy Wildes club ? | | | |
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