Leeds Best bloke. Not tried the Pale Ale as yet, but there's a chance that could change.

My favourites back in the day were ....

The Hyde Park for a game of bar billiards

The Pack Horse and the Eldon for a pint or two of Tetleys "Light" Mild

Then up to the Headingley Bowling Club for a pint of Henry`s Dark Mild with top ups from the bar jug

Wrong - The Woodman is its correct name, or as it was also called, "The Busmans Pub" in the days when even LCT bus drivers enjoyed a tipple whilst working.

That would be a hell of a walk from The Lawnswood though

I'll give you an insight into what lager is ...

Anyone who knows me knows that I have a problem with beer, there's something in it that gives me humongous hangovers, usually half an hour after starting to drink it, which is a shame because I love a pint of "proper" beer, but the more "proper" it is the worse it makes me.

Lager does not have that effect at all, ever.

I can drink bottled lager like pop, especially the contents of that Aladdin Sane's fridge.

I even think they had their own little "tap`ole"

In general yes, but you can't say that a pint of fizzy pi$$ like Carling is comparable to something like Grolsch or Peroni. Taste wise they are far nicer, and with a premium stregth lager you probably get more drunk for you money.

They did, on the right hand side as you walked in the door was the busmans "snug", it oculd be quite disconcerting to be sat on the bus outside the depot and then see a driver and conductor come out of The Woodman and get on your bus



And another thing - the conductors never had any change after the Woodman stop, but the Woodman always had loads of pennies and tuppences

Being from Leeds and goint to Leeds University I got the best of many worlds. Little Park was our favourite pub -we lived just around the corner anyway.
The Faversham was interesting because a theology student called Ursula always got her baps out after 9pm. She was one of those fast an loose young ladies that I never had a chance with, mainly because those types were all being "graded" by their lecturers (as was Ursula).

Miners was my local from the age of 14 to 21 as I was born and raised on the croft houses down the back. used to play for the miners saturday team now and again under many a name. Agreed though it is cr4p now. we have thought of walking down the road to the Rock but its not much better.

It is a good day but it needs pace and good timing. certain pubs are classed as rattle pubs as between trains you have all of 20 minutes to rattle down your pint

but us gritty northerners can hack a walk unline the southern poncy students

This is like all our yesterdays, as when we first moved to Morley I was on New Bank Street, near the steps down onto Station Road.

The Rock was good until a couple of years ago, when they changed landlord. It's always been that way in my experience, varying from good to bad every couple of years. At the minute, I'm of the view there's no decent pubs in Morley.

dangerous on a bike was New Bank Street. I was on Croft House Rise. knew a few folk on NBS. Yeah the rock has gone down hill, ashamed to say i know too many of them that make it that way. The Royal used to be good but thats now Last orders and its rubbish. Only bar in recent times ive thought is any cop is the bar at the hotal gym thing up the top end of town towards tingley. not expensive and a decent pint. apart from that i avoid morley like the plague. Needless isnt too bad, but thats on the morley/batley divide

A bit cliquey in there (golf club set) though it did shut down and re-open and I haven't been in since it did. Food used to be good value.

Food is still good. although the prices have gone up. The decking out the back is nice on a summer's night though.

The pubs I like serve beer.
The pubs I don't like serve ersatz lager.

Most of the recommendations so far have been of the latter variety.

Hence, I'm not going to encourage lager drinkers into the pubs I like, creating spurious demand for shoite and thereby spoiling them.

Thank you.

the fav circa late 80's early 90's was a really nice eclectic mix.

I agree. I might have changed my mind about my Birthday booze up.

I grew up on the estate behind it (Well, got bigger. I've never really grown up).

For a while in the late 80's early 90's my sister was a barmaid there. It was a cracking little boozer. New Years 1989/90 in there was one of the funnest times I've ever spent.

Sadly, in the mid 90's the Queens rugby team started frequenting it. It became dangerous for anyone but locals (and dodgy locals at that) to venture past it's doors. Within a few years, the police had had enough and refused to give them a licence. It's now been converted into student flats.

Anywhere with bitter will do me. Although I wouldn’t have a drink of bitter from inside Headingley Stadium ever again on matchday!

I might be wrong (again) but your time scales seem a bit out ????

I thought the Little Park went years before that. ??????

Any reason you quoted GCH and added nothing?

another senior moment...

I was trying to work out if you'd edited his post or something

No. It was definitely still there during the riot of 95, as the first fear when it kicked off was that the mob from the 'Trotters' were coming for revenge on the Queens mob.