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| only in my late 40's now but remember my Parents going to town with friends used to go to Theatre Club, or Mecca/Lacarno, Heppys and on some odd occasions Dolly Greys
also went to a place in Alverthorpe where my Dads mate was a bouncer, but i cant remember the name of that place seemed odd place to have a nightclub to me at that time.
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| Quote: Eastern Wildcat "Thanks for that Jinjer.
I had forgotten about Roundabout.
Where is The Hop?'"
Behind Unity hall, in effect the courtyard looks towards Printworks etc.
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| Quote: JINJER "Our route goes something like this, first, The Priory, formerly Roundabout, Black horse, Elephant and castle, Printworks, Harry's bar, Unity works bar, The Hop, up to the Beer exchange, Black rock, then down to Fernandes for a few before either a taxi or the last train back to Normy, and not a bit of trouble to be seen.
That's pretty much the perfect algorithm for a real ale night in Wakey; almost exactly what we do on the rare occasions that a group of 40 something blokes with loads of kids and (ex) wives to contend with can actually get a pass all on the same night.
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| Quote: bren2k "That's pretty much the perfect algorithm for a real ale night in Wakey; almost exactly what we do on the rare occasions that a group of 40 something blokes with loads of kids and (ex) wives to contend with can actually get a pass all on the same night.'"
I always sleep tight after that pub crawl, sometimes fit in the Treehouse (ex Moodies) as an inbetweenie, not as good as the rest but not a bad pub now.
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| If we're doing a full crawl on a Friday night we'd have a quick one in The Priory then make our official start at Wakefield Beer Exchange then onto Black Rock, Red Shed, Fernandes, Elliotts, Inns of Court, Unity Works, Harry's Bar until closing time then the night would either end in the Pie Shop or descend into trying to find 'one last beer', usually Elephant & Castle, Fanny & Bacardi then the inevitable Graziers. Very few of us have off switches and don't know when to call it a night.
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| Quote: JINJER "Our route goes something like this, first, The Priory, formerly Roundabout, Black horse, Elephant and castle, Printworks, Harry's bar, Unity works bar, The Hop, up to the Beer exchange, Black rock, then down to Fernandes for a few before either a taxi or the last train back to Normy, and not a bit of trouble to be seen.
Agree with what your saying especially now I've turned 40 and generally don't need the chaos of Westgate of the 90's but it's still a shame especially for the young ones they don't get to witness said chaos and when it was in it's prime. As I said It's mainly when mates coming back to Wakey drinking for the first time in 10/15 years want to hit some of the old spots, some of which don't exist anymore, expecting town to be just as busy & they leave thinking what the hell happened.
Tbh when I do go into town drinking nowadays, most of the pubs you mentioned are the ones we hit, with the exception of Elephant and Castle and Black Rock. But we usually start at Boons then work our way up to the The Priory, then across to Black Horse, Unity works bar, The Hop, The Printworks Harry's Bar, Beer Exchange and then down to Graziers then sometimes next door , then down to Fernandes before the crawl home.
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