Beers of yesterday

A half of mild and a bottle of brown ale, what was that called? I don't think is was a black velvet.

Brown and mild.   

That's what I thought, someone just mentioned it on the radio and said his dad used to drink this years ago  

I think a black velvet was guiness and champagne or guiness and cider

Guiness and blackcurrant juice I think, Mrs A.

Dont remember that being called a black velvet,    but I supped enough of guiness and black in my younger days.   

Thinking about it, it was probably just called Guinness and black.   

And what happened to cherry B?

I dunno never been in Harrys bar, its a bit to far away to stagger home. Do pubs still sell Babychame? that was all the rage in the 70s along with a cherry on a stick

In the 1960's I would go to Wigan Tech on Parsons Walk 7-00 till 9-00 at night.
Coming home I would call in The Crofters (I think) on Market St for an pint of
Watneys Red Barrel, 2 shillings if memory serves, fabulous to a young sophisticate
from Ince. Then home and my Mum would have a beef dinner waiting, happy days.

♪♫♪♫ A Double Diamond works wonders so drink one today♪♫♪♫  

It's a fuel tank for a sex machine.    

Mr Mache, what's soddin' 'hemmeling'   ^^^^^^^^^

60s and 70s


http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_britain/keg_bitter/60s_and_70s_beer.html

The pint that thinks its a quart  

Gold Label Barley Wine......Blow your bleedin' head off that stuff!

my departed MILaws fav tipple. she was anybodys after 2   

you used to get drunk on 2 cherry b but it was a cheap drink but tasted horrible.Also what happened to Hock

If I remember rightly hock was sold in Yates's Wine Lodge in Blackpool.  I'm sure that was the tipple of my choice when I knew no better      

In earlier times, it invented its own range of drinks which it called Blobs, which consisted of sweet Australian wine and brandy, (a fortified wine), sugar, lemon and hot water. The interior of the pubs had a Victoriana feel and look


From here. Im' begnning to type like Corky   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yates's

When I worked in The Royal Oak for Timmy Dickens (happy days) all the semi scousers used to drink Twighlight when they came to Central Park (split pint, bitter and lager)
Tommy reckoned it was because they were used to Greenall Whitley pubs and their bitter was so bad.

It's 40 odd years since I got told to leave the White Swan for telling the landlord his Greenhalls bitter tasted like cat pee.

Ah the memories.   

ullage sir bob