Liverpool's Hard Pubs.

Completely forgot... another pub no longer there.

The Quiet Man in Huyton.  Possibly the most ironic name for a pub in Britain.

Think robbyr mentioned that one JD 

Think robbyr mentioned that one JD 

Should have known.

coughs.........think I mentioned it first.......coughs

Although robby did help me remember the fusilier, or the fusi to give it's proper title!

The QM - jesus I think that only went quiet when Barney stopped drinking in there!

Is the Fusilier really a hard pub though?

I believe it's JD's favourite isn't it? 

Don't know about now.

Used to have a rep years ago, guaranteed though any trouble in prescot and it usually start in there!!!

Re the Eagle and Child,if my memory is correct the last manager to run it single handed was a man named Bradley.He was the manager in the 1950s/60s.It was when he retired the brewery decided it was too big for one manager and brought in two managers.I do not know how this worked as in those days it was still one big pub and there was no dividing wall.I had many a pint there on a Sunday dinner time discussing saturdays match

Is the Fusilier really a hard pub though?

I believe it's JD's favourite isn't it? 

I don't think the Fusi has ever been a hard pub.  Even going back about 10/15 years it was always the pub to go to if you were about 15.

Don't think it deserves a place in this thread - the Tommy Halls in Prescot.  If it could seat more than 12 people I reckon that would be a hard pub - possibly the least pleasant drinking establishment I've ever been in.

ha ha ha remember Clicks!

ha ha ha remember Clicks!

Shocking...

What's the Weighing Machine like over there. Is it in Kenny?

Completely forgot... another pub no longer there.

The Quiet Man in Huyton.  Possibly the most ironic name for a pub in Britain.

That was the worst named alehouse ever, used to have a mate lived opposite. The Quiety was a rough house and it went right down the nick, it got torched and was closed for a while then it was completely refurbed and reopened then torched again. I believe it was demolished.

What's the Weighing Machine like over there. Is it in Kenny?

It's the top of Wavertree Rd, had a number of stabbings and shootings there over the years, the last shooting was last year.

What's the Weighing Machine like over there. Is it in Kenny?

Just thought on, think the bizzies closed it and there was a dispute about re-opening it again on account of all the kick offs in there. Haven't been past lately, well I have but never noticed if it was opened, think I was only in there once and we got that 'get the F**k out of here' feeling which we did.

One of the worst boozers we lived in (Mam was a Bass Relief) was the Cattlemarket in the swan (also my Aunties boozer for a while) , a fella got his head kicked in there by the bar and every time it got kicked you could hear the brass foot rest bong. Eventually it got stopped and he picked himself up and had a flap of skin hanging off his head, he put a soaking bar towel off the bar on it and finished his pint and left. We heard after that he went straight to the Eagle and finished his night there. My Arl fella also got an eye like an ostrich after being hit by a pool ball in one particular kick off.

I had my first pint in the Eagle as we used to call it back in 1955 at the tender age of 16,I sat in the corner shitting myself in case my Dad came in and saw me,luckily he didnt.Now the Eagle was a big pub by anyones standards and up to the 1960s it was managed by 1man,a man by the name of Bradley.When Bradley retired Bents made it to be run by 2 managers and the Eagle was split in half.It had a chequered career the old Eagle and just after the 2nd world war the local lads got fed up with the American military who were based in Burtonwood and took to them and had a sort out.The local lads did not like the idea of the Yanks pulling the local girls.I must say I never felt threatened  in the Eagle and often took my girl friend(now my Wife in there many times. I recall the lads playing pitch and toss outside the Eagle when the Eagle was closed and the coppers would walk past on the other side of the road as though they had not seen them.So many memories and so much to tell if only the Eagle and Child could talk.

I must sorry to you all,I did not realise I had posted in this thread,Mods you can delete my last post if you wish.

That was the worst named alehouse ever, used to have a mate lived opposite. The Quiety was a rough house and it went right down the nick, it got torched and was closed for a while then it was completely refurbed and reopened then torched again. I believe it was demolished.


It's the top of Wavertree Rd, had a number of stabbings and shootings there over the years, the last shooting was last year.

Sounds nice, must pop in the next time I'm passing.

That was the worst named alehouse ever, used to have a mate lived opposite. The Quiety was a rough house and it went right down the nick, it got torched and was closed for a while then it was completely refurbed and reopened then torched again. I believe it was demolished.

It's an old folks home now!!!