That was the last pub in Leeds where women were'nt allowed.In about 1969 when the law's came in a group of liberated ladies came in and they must have thought ugh they can keep it .Yes it was a great pint of Tetley's construction worker's used get in a lot especially after their saturday morning shift

Problem with the Carlsberg boycott with us being rugby league fans is that Carlsberg/Tetley is the only beer served at grounds.

Wouldn't it be good if no-one bought any though, because lets be honest, its p1ss-poor.

And expensive.

and we would'nt any drunken incidents that are creeping into our game

My Grandad used to work there for over 20 years till retiring around 1987.He told me that it was the best place in Leeds to work for and they even told him after offering the job .."the only way you'll leave is if you sack yourself..keep your nose clean and you've got a job life.."
The stories that came out of that place were fantastic and when he retired they put on a weekly Friday afternoon session for all the old workers in the bar on site.Free beers for all!!! Regularly he came out after a skinful with his mate ran for the bus,sat down huffing and puffing, only to realise they'd got on the wrong one and ended up in east Leeds rather than Moortown!!
One great story is when a mate of his went for a job there, in the stables looking after the shire horses..Mild & Bitter
" Right you've got the job,starting time is 7.When you first get in sweep the yard and clean up..but make sure you do it quietly till 8"
Mate replied " Quietly?? why must i do that?"
"Because the horses dont get up till then"
You couldnt make it up

Ive heard story's like that too ,brilliant,and sad now

My friend who has taken forced retirement from Tetleys on Friday used to ride his bike to work most days as part of his job was tasting the beer, yes its true you can take him into any Tetleys pub and he'd tell you when the beer was brewed.

They used to get a weekly allowance of cans and he'd save them up until he had a case of 24 then stick them in his backpack and ride his bike home.

Coming up to the traffic lights outside the Merrion Centre one evening with a back load of cans he stopped in front of the bus stops outside the College of Technology, forgot about the backpack, leaned back and toppled over backwards with the weight, he said he laid on the road like a tortoise unable to get up and not one person stood waiting for a bus helped him up, lots of them nearly wet themselves laughing though.

I always thought the Export was pretty good. The regular stuff is though.

That sums up my experience. It didn't travel well North of the river, most of the pubs serving a decent pint would also be places you'd get a kicking in (The Whip served good beer but also GBH on tap), etc...etc.... But a good pint was pretty good. At it's best it was as smooth as full fat milk from Jersey cows. The 80's and 90's were pretty dire for beer drinking as I remember. There were a lot of really crap lagers becoming popular (I don't need to list them, we can all name them if we try), and the proliferation of electric pumps and wine bar/wine lodges ruined the existing bitters.
I got a crate of Black Sheep Bitter for Fathers Day today, absolutely superb stuff.

Wonder if there'll be another 'Tetleys Pub Hunt' ?
They were fun....trying to do 20 pubs in a couple of days

sam smiths is just the same now, pleasure to go to work. the retirements in the cellar bar is free ale. long days

That's just a vicious rumour, no truth in it at all.