I have to ask, are there any hard pubs in Liverpool now.
Back in the 70,s I used to go away to sea for 4 months at a time, one time I was on leave for 2 months, I was down in my dads pub on the dock road, and my dads boss came in, and we where talking and asked me how I was doing, I said I was bored, only been home for 2 weeks. So he asked me If I would like a little job for 4 weeks as a head barman, I said great where do you want me to go, he said the Eagle & Child in Page Moss. I new nothing about the pub, so he said can you start tomorrow, and I said yes, and off went my dads boss, saying goodbye to my dad.
About 10Min's later my dad asked what we where talking about, so I told him about the job for 4 weeks. Well to say my dad went a bit mad, he was jumping up and down saying no son of mine is working in that pub, and he tryed the rest of the day to get hold of his boss, but could not, so I said to my dad I will try it, I have given my word to be there at 10 the next morning.
By this time lots of people had told me lots of stories about the Eagle and Child. So the next morning I left my flat on edge lane to start work in the pub, lets just say I was shiting myself, after all the stories I had been told about it.
For those who don't know it, it was a big pub in Page Moss, it used to be one big pub, but they found out one manger could not run the pub, so they put a bricked wall down the middle, so you could not get from one half to the other with out going outside, and it was run by two mangers.
The half I was in, was the lounge, it would sit about 4 to 500, god it was big. After a few days when they got to know me, and a good few dockers went in there who I new from my dads pub, I was OK. But I have to say it was one hard pub, if a fight broke out the police would not come into the pub, they used to wait out side for the ones who where trown out.
I have to say, after the 1st few days I had a great time there, you could buy anything in there. I remember saying to one of them that my mam and dad are thinking about buying a caravan in a few years so they can go on a few holls, f**k me a few days later the man came to me and said come outside and look at this, and there where two caravans there, he said what one would your dad like, I said they where only talking about it, and not for a few years, they have nowhere to put a caravan on the dock road.
Dam he says, I go back into the pub and 5Min's later there where two fire engines there, he had sent both of them on fire.
I will say it again, I had a great time there and was sorry when my time was up, and I went back for a lot of years just to say hello.
The Eagle & Child nick name was the Bird and the B***ard.
I could tell you lots of stories about this pub, but maybe later.
Do you know of any hard pubs, and do you have any stories to tell.
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