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http://www.newcastlegateshead.com/things-to-do/dat-bar-newcastle-p738061

http://www.thebacchusnewcastle.co.uk

That should get you started.

The Bacchus
High Bridge

After Bacchus over the road to Dabbawal for Indian Street food.

PTMY taps. This’ll do me. Thanks all.

ALLENDALE DOUBLE IPA. FIND IT AND GET ON IT.

Edit: This beer is not helping last nights Rogan Josh. Absolutely NO Indian street food.

Is the Head of Steam still around?

Yup scruff as hell though AA.

Try to find Anarchy beers cfinninmore best local brewer by far.

Durham is the best local brewery!
But then Alchemy. It’s ok though, Edinburgh has those.

Very happy. Newcastle hipsters already coked up the rattle firing into the gin cocktails at 1.15pm.

Durham is good too to be fair were spoilt a bit now in the NE some great craft breweries now.

spoilt a bit now in the NE

Something had to change. “Back in the day” the NE beer was terrible.

I like scruffy! Or I did 10 years ago!

Something had to change. “Back in the day” the NE beer was terrible.

Yup Dog is shite.

Yeah AA it may not appeal now. Still supposed to be good beer though.

Yup scruff as hell though AA.

Is it, though? It’s really just a bit tatty in the scheme of things, but it’s usually pretty clean in my experience. Did you ever go into the old Broken Doll? I remember everyone at a particular gig having to jump 4ft across the carpeted corridor outside the toilet because the urinals were overflowing. You’d sink past the soles of your shoes if you stepped on it because, as we were told, “it happens all the time, so never…quite…dries”.

Is it, though? It’s really just a bit tatty in the scheme of things,

Perhaps.

Don’t think I ever went in the Broken Doll.

The forth, then across the street to the wall
Head of steam
The bridge hotel then across the bridge to the central
Union rooms

Union rooms

It’s a Whetherspoons.

Ok though.

I was in the Broken Doll to meet someone once, who was late, so I was standing at the bar with my pint, trying to avoid eye contact with anyone and this heavy duty looking chap next to me drops a fiver (worth having in 1984)on the floor.

Being the decent sort that I am I pointed it out to him whereupon he flicks his wrist and the fiver jumps back up to his hand – to which it was attached by very fine fishing line. He advised me that I was ‘too honest’ and wanders off, presumably to find a different victim. I’ve often wondered what that was all about.

there’s the old first class lounge, centurion bar, probably too late

I’m back in Edinburgh now.

Does anyone need any good pubs recommended up here?

Town Wall?

Just because it fits – Heres a nostalgic pic for the locals that a mate sent me a while ago

go on, where?

^^ is that now Edinburgh Bicycle Coop?

Head to your nearest co-op

😉

Three fish, Yup, but to some of us it will always be:

Hardisty cycles, home of the mountain bikeeeee…

Oh man, that ad tune is unnervingly clear in my head :]

I used to work at Hardisty’s…. Many moons ago. Great shop, great fun

Never mind that Dr Death. I think me and Donna are going to try that new place just down from the station in the next coupe of weeks. Two Fifths or something? You know it?

Wouldn’t trust a bar owned by someone with access to pharmaceuticals 😉

Heres a nostalgic pic for the locals that a mate sent me a while ago

Shields Road was THE place to buy a bike for most of my childhood. All those bike shops further down.
My dad was a policeman in that area for much of the late 60s and early 70s. It was fairly rough at times!