| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs 16:16 - Aug 27 with 28012 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 22:40 - Aug 28 with 5282 views | Fireboy2 |
Used to regularly meet a few mates in the tenby when i came home
Always had a great laugh with the locals,very entertaining i must say
Miss going in tbh |  | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 23:11 - Nov 21 with 4977 views | bonymine |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 10:22 - Aug 28 by lifelong |
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‘There is a pub in Bonymaen....they call the Rising Sun....
The rest as they say is legendary .........
STID .......You Greedy B@stsrds Get Out Of OUR Club. ....
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 23:52 - Nov 21 with 4944 views | the_oracle |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 22:13 - Aug 28 by Bloodyhills |
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. |
I was in the Tenby one Christmas Eve in the early 80's. The door towards the rear had a leaded type window in the middle of it. Some nutter, coming from the outside shoved his face through the glass. Then, looking like Jack Nicholson in the Shining, with shards of glass dotted in his face with blood running from the wounds, he peered through what remained of the window and yelled "merry Christmas"! |  | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs (n/t) on 23:58 - Nov 21 with 4932 views | theloneranger |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 23:11 - Nov 21 by bonymine |
‘There is a pub in Bonymaen....they call the Rising Sun....
The rest as they say is legendary .........
STID .......You Greedy B@stsrds Get Out Of OUR Club. ....
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 01:07 - Nov 22 with 4907 views | Jack59 |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 19:44 - Aug 27 by jack2jack |
Shades was my first port of call on the weekends Friday Saturday and Sunday,Sunday evening used to be packed out,loved the place,happy days.ðŸ‘
Not notorious for dust ups and the like, just good clean fun. |
Yes, I never saw much trouble in Shades. It was a bit disconcerting at first with all the broken glass on the dance floor, but after a few weeks you'd realise it was the result of drink's glasses slipping or being knocked out of peoples hands while they were dancing.
You couldn't really tell where the dancefloor was, you'd sort of stumble upon it by accident, The only bouncers I remember seeing were at the bottom of the stairs, making sure you paid your pound to get passed them. I wonder where all those pound coins ended up. | | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 01:41 - Nov 22 with 4888 views | osj |
| 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 |
I was there that night, and the whole thing had been planned, the gypos had been giving a few locals a bit of grief for a couple of weeks, and it was decided to sort them out that night, lads came from all over the east side but mainly from boymaen, it started inside the pub by us, we went outside but the gypos just started throwing bottles and glasses one of the bonymaen boys got horrifically glassed in the face and that's when it turned evil and they got a right pasting at least half a dozen gypos unconscious on the ground and getting a serious amount of shoe pie, the gypos just wanted to get in their cars and go then unsurprisingly, which is when they were stoned as they sped away, it was all over in 15 mins, they took a right hiding that night and they deserved it. |  | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 01:50 - Nov 22 with 4882 views | osj |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs (n/t) on 23:58 - Nov 21 by theloneranger |
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He was there but the man that did all the damage to the gypos was a bonymaen boy don't want to name him on here, suffice to say he was a twin. | | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 02:09 - Nov 22 with 4866 views | bonymine |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 01:41 - Nov 22 by osj |
I was there that night, and the whole thing had been planned, the gypos had been giving a few locals a bit of grief for a couple of weeks, and it was decided to sort them out that night, lads came from all over the east side but mainly from boymaen, it started inside the pub by us, we went outside but the gypos just started throwing bottles and glasses one of the bonymaen boys got horrifically glassed in the face and that's when it turned evil and they got a right pasting at least half a dozen gypos unconscious on the ground and getting a serious amount of shoe pie, the gypos just wanted to get in their cars and go then unsurprisingly, which is when they were stoned as they sped away, it was all over in 15 mins, they took a right hiding that night and they deserved it. |
Wow 😮😳
Incredible accounts of what happened.
Legend v Hysteria ??
Some specific accounts of what happened that night !!
We live and learn eh ........... | |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 05:25 - Nov 22 with 4821 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 02:09 - Nov 22 by bonymine |
Wow 😮😳
Incredible accounts of what happened.
Legend v Hysteria ??
Some specific accounts of what happened that night !!
We live and learn eh ........... |
Definitely no fairy tale. Annis Abraham take note........ |  |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 07:57 - Nov 22 with 4764 views | 34dfgdf54 |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 01:41 - Nov 22 by osj |
I was there that night, and the whole thing had been planned, the gypos had been giving a few locals a bit of grief for a couple of weeks, and it was decided to sort them out that night, lads came from all over the east side but mainly from boymaen, it started inside the pub by us, we went outside but the gypos just started throwing bottles and glasses one of the bonymaen boys got horrifically glassed in the face and that's when it turned evil and they got a right pasting at least half a dozen gypos unconscious on the ground and getting a serious amount of shoe pie, the gypos just wanted to get in their cars and go then unsurprisingly, which is when they were stoned as they sped away, it was all over in 15 mins, they took a right hiding that night and they deserved it. |
Takes some b0llocks to start a war with Gyppos. |  | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 11:05 - Nov 22 with 4644 views | Catullus |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 01:07 - Nov 22 by Jack59 |
Yes, I never saw much trouble in Shades. It was a bit disconcerting at first with all the broken glass on the dance floor, but after a few weeks you'd realise it was the result of drink's glasses slipping or being knocked out of peoples hands while they were dancing.
You couldn't really tell where the dancefloor was, you'd sort of stumble upon it by accident, The only bouncers I remember seeing were at the bottom of the stairs, making sure you paid your pound to get passed them. I wonder where all those pound coins ended up. |
I saw a fair bit of trouble inside and outside Shades and outside the chick king or whatever that place was.
I used to go in there every Sunday, not always for food, had more luck in there than I ever did in Shades....which still wasn't much  | |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 12:14 - Nov 22 with 4613 views | GreatBritton |
I survived Dirty Dora's, The Rum Puncheon, Arthur's Scrapyard, The Borough, The Tenby and quite a few other tasty drinking holes. Never had the wit or courage to try The Wildfowler or The Raven though. As others have mentioned, a sit down pint with some old codger is excitement enow these days. |  | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 21:49 - Nov 22 with 4414 views | stevethejack |
9 out of 10 for me - I missed out on The Cuba, too young for that I think. |  | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 22:42 - Nov 22 with 4371 views | Muteswan |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 21:49 - Nov 22 by stevethejack |
9 out of 10 for me - I missed out on The Cuba, too young for that I think. |
The Cuba is pictured here with some really nostalgic old photos of the dock entrance area. I remember quite a lot of this time as I lived in St. Thomas from 1953 till 1977 and used to go past the Cuba on my way to school at St. David’s.
http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Old%20Dock%20images%203.htm |  | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 00:01 - Nov 23 with 4319 views | theloneranger |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 22:42 - Nov 22 by Muteswan |
The Cuba is pictured here with some really nostalgic old photos of the dock entrance area. I remember quite a lot of this time as I lived in St. Thomas from 1953 till 1977 and used to go past the Cuba on my way to school at St. David’s.
http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Old%20Dock%20images%203.htm |
Another great pub in those pics, the old "Ship" | |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 06:31 - Nov 23 with 4272 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 22:42 - Nov 22 by Muteswan |
The Cuba is pictured here with some really nostalgic old photos of the dock entrance area. I remember quite a lot of this time as I lived in St. Thomas from 1953 till 1977 and used to go past the Cuba on my way to school at St. David’s.
http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Old%20Dock%20images%203.htm |
What an amazing link, the change Swansea has been through is quite mind blowing. My grandparents used to run the Arches cafe and my great aunt the cafes on stilts on Swansea beach. I'm trying to find photos of those too.
Many thanks for posting that. | |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 07:34 - Nov 23 with 4237 views | Muteswan |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 06:31 - Nov 23 by Brynmill_Jack |
What an amazing link, the change Swansea has been through is quite mind blowing. My grandparents used to run the Arches cafe and my great aunt the cafes on stilts on Swansea beach. I'm trying to find photos of those too.
Many thanks for posting that. |
There are lots of old photos of Swansea online, some great memories there.
More here, just click on the different headings.
https://ididitthisway.wordpress.com/tag/pubs/ | | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 07:35 - Nov 23 with 4235 views | Dr_Winston |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 06:31 - Nov 23 by Brynmill_Jack |
What an amazing link, the change Swansea has been through is quite mind blowing. My grandparents used to run the Arches cafe and my great aunt the cafes on stilts on Swansea beach. I'm trying to find photos of those too.
Many thanks for posting that. |
If you want to see changes in Swansea it's worth using the time slider in Google Earth. Look at the difference just in the Llansamlet area between 1945 and now. |  |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 14:02 - Nov 23 with 4080 views | byron |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 07:57 - Nov 22 by 34dfgdf54 |
Takes some b0llocks to start a war with Gyppos. |
Too right, no one messes with gypsies. Just wondering how they managed to escape driving off if they were all knocked unconcious? |  |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 16:43 - Nov 23 with 3993 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 14:02 - Nov 23 by byron |
Too right, no one messes with gypsies. Just wondering how they managed to escape driving off if they were all knocked unconcious? |
I think what he's saying was that the ones who made it to their cars escaped.
the others suffered the wrath of the east side. | |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 16:45 - Nov 23 with 3988 views | osj |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 14:02 - Nov 23 by byron |
Too right, no one messes with gypsies. Just wondering how they managed to escape driving off if they were all knocked unconcious? |
I didn't say they were all knocked unconscious, I said about half a dozen, there were about 30 odd of them in total, the ones that drove off were pelted with stones and others stayed to help their injured friends. | | | |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 16:54 - Nov 23 with 3978 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 16:45 - Nov 23 by osj |
I didn't say they were all knocked unconscious, I said about half a dozen, there were about 30 odd of them in total, the ones that drove off were pelted with stones and others stayed to help their injured friends. |
He's struggling with the concept of a true story. He's a Cardiff fan after all. | |
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 17:01 - Nov 23 with 3970 views | byron |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 16:54 - Nov 23 by Brynmill_Jack |
He's struggling with the concept of a true story. He's a Cardiff fan after all. |
Lol shame you lot weren’t so brave when we took over your city on multiple occasions. 30 gypsies, doing my Swansea maths equasions there must have been about 200 of the feared east side there.
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| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 17:12 - Nov 23 with 3955 views | osj |
| Ten ‘Notorius’ Swansea Pubs on 17:01 - Nov 23 by byron |
Lol shame you lot weren’t so brave when we took over your city on multiple occasions. 30 gypsies, doing my Swansea maths equasions there must have been about 200 of the feared east side there.
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The numbers were pretty even that night the only real difference was that the gypos were in their 30s and 40s and we were mainly teenagers, I myself was 16 at the time, men against boys you could say and the boys came out on top. | | | |
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