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I met my ex wife in there, she was a barmaid around 1980.
I was asked by the doorman one night to stop anyone else coming in as time had been called. 3 lads turned up, I told them "its shut lads its time", "are you going to stop us coming in?" "Go straight up the stairs lads"

It was also the pub a lot of the lads would meet in before the match, and it used to open at 10:30 on a saturday, which was a big deal in those days.

I got f***ing smashed in there one boxing day before a game at Newcastle, on Double Maxim, then Southern Comfort, got the last train through, battered the fuckers outside the station before the match, I got a good kicking afterwards, and we got beat
 


Why does everyone think its going to be a "shite plasticky soulless" experience when it reopens. Surely prospective new bar owners are beyond that now. Wasn't that that 90's
Its all about how much £££ goes into it.Josephs etc was done on Changing rooms budget

I met my ex wife in there, she was a barmaid around 1980.
I was asked by the doorman one night to stop anyone else coming in as time had been called. 3 lads turned up, I told them "its shut lads its time", "are you going to stop us coming in?" "Go straight up the stairs lads"

It was also the pub a lot of the lads would meet in before the match, and it used to open at 10:30 on a saturday, which was a big deal in those days.

I got f***ing smashed in there one boxing day before a game at Newcastle, on Double Maxim, then Southern Comfort, got the last train through, battered the fuckers outside the station before the match, I got a good kicking afterwards, and we got beat
Remember a random lad with a mag top on,not even derby day,8pm sat night.Lasted about 20 minutes and someone poured a pint over his head
 
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Used to like popping in there after I’d been in to see Andy and the boys at Aphrodite .
Used to put the Floyd on the jukebox and sit in the big window watching the fanny go by
 
Bars always been where it was, just the front bit though, the old front door was on the corner facing the beehive, the back door & stairs didn't used to be there, the original stairs went up behind the bar , the backroom had a fireplace of sorts, never saw it lit & a pool table, had a bay window at the back, changed to the present layout when Vaux did it out in 85, then barred all the punks who drank in there when it reopened. I helped put gigs on upstairs on a Thursday nights for 3 months before it shut down, first bands to play the Borough iirc.
weren't it a spiral staircase in early 80's, to the side of the toilets which haven't changed in 40 years! Upstairs was always an acquired taste sometimes the revamp was too light, sometimes music too loud, and sometimes they got the goldilocks moment and got it just f***ing right!
 
Sinatra was a chip shop
Hardly traditional British boozer inside
And Masons amusements before that I think.

Had many a good time in The Borough, including my first ever pint.

When Grant had it I was a regular. On many occasion I'd be there till kick out time on a Friday and then be one of the first in again pre-match on a Saturday.

Many a good gig upstairs, and down for that matter.

Sad day.
What year was that ?
 
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weren't it a spiral staircase in early 80's, to the side of the toilets which haven't changed in 40 years! Upstairs was always an acquired taste sometimes the revamp was too light, sometimes music too loud, and sometimes they got the goldilocks moment and got it just f***ing right!
Not ringing any bells
 
I seem to have vague memories of it being a printers in the 70s but I also think I have seen a photo of it with a huge pair of spectacles as a shop sign from the 50s.
The building looks like a garage aswell tbh
 
I wandered into the borough upstairs one weekend summer night in the early 80s to a bit of a commotion. I was told that someone had just left via an upstairs window. Later on that night I was told it was someone I know.
I’ll not mention his name but a few on here know him and most will know his work. Twas the lad who does the signs on the Tyne bridge and shearers emporium etc........don’t know if it really was him leaving via the window but I wouldn’t put it past him!
 

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