Agree with that Flipper - great boozer full of fantastic student totty. What level does the cricket team you mention play at ? Are you looking for players for the coming season ?

That was the Newlands (later re-named The Jolly Brewer). It was fire-bombed and burned to the ground in the afor-mentioned riots of '95, as it was rumoured that the landlord was an ex-copper who had provided the police with information on estate drug dealers. The raids on said drug-dealers is what kicked off the whole riot.

All you need to know about the decline of Headingley boozers! Like so many, I first encountered the wonderful world of drinking in the Woodman (as it was). New Inn was alright but the Three Shoes always felt like drinking with your Dad and his mates (full of Rah Rahs as well).
The students never really bothered me when they were still duffel coat wearers planning 'sit ins' etc.
Slightly OT, but the East Street Crawl was always a laugh (hardly any of it left). We ended up including the Trotters and the White Horse at one stage.
We once tried a pint/half in every pub in town ( we managed 25-26ish - memory not so clear for obvious reasons) with The Pack Horse, The Market Tavern and the General Elliot being 'stand outs'


I've mentioned it before but can anyone remember the name of the pub that very briefly occupied what, I think became Casa Loco (just down from the Chinese Supermarket)? It was on the said town run and was truly odd.

Arcadia is that strange place in the Arndale Centre isn't it ?

Just doesn't feel right having a pub in a shop unit, especially in a soul-less concrete shopping development - a bit like the pub that used to be inside The Merrion Centre, its not right, should be illegal.

SAG?

Chaplins?

Chaplins was the one, opposite the shop on the corner with arguably the strangest stock combination, gas fires and swimming trunks!
Seem to remember going to plalce called 'Baccus' round the back by the bowling alley. Bertie Wooster's at the other end with the wonderfully named 'Sin Bin Crew' scrawled on the side (was there for years).

They usually did as most of them had burnt theirs

It doesnt feel right

When it opened it prided itself on being a non smoking bar with quality lagers


now its a bar with very expensive lagers

Hi Mate, we have just joined the Leeds West Riding Cricket League division two - and yes we are interested in hearing from any players looking to join a new club.

PM me or get in touch via the clubs [url=http://www.yorkshirepostcc.co.ukwebsite[/url if you are interested.

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I remember that shop now, I actually bought some swimming trunks from there

Did they try and sell you a gas fire to go with it?

No, but it was the late 80's, around the time of my 18th, so my figure was somewhat different to now. Suffice to say, the trunks were a slightly different style to what I'd wear to swim in these days.

Black Dog, Fisherman's Hut, Prospect etc?

Some quality rugby teams used to play out of those pubs as well.

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had my first curry in Headingley, probably circa 84ish, Kaghan Valley, the onion bhajis were a meal in themselves.

Errrrrrm. Whatsupwiffdat!?

I consider 1.90 to be cheap for a pint.

Yellow Card prices.

Gotta love the Yellow Card. Is the Dock a Scream bar?

Yeeeeeeeeeees mate. Can't get Yellow Card prices on Fruli though. Proper nice dead nice is Fruli man. Tastes like a smoothi does Fruli. Truely.

Ah yeah I know. Standard rule of the Scream bar here is, Sunday night = lack of beer. So I end up on the Fruli don't I.

No Carlsberg or Strongbow in the Dock on Weds. Gets a massive caining on Tues doesn't it. Didn't bother me though. I was on the Fruli. But I just needed to know y'know. It'd drive me insane if I didn't know which beer was off. Bit cerayzay like that me.

Quids night?

Tuesday - Quids.
Wednesday - Shipshaped.

Shipshaped is just 2quid dbl vdka rdbll though. Says so on all the tellys. I like the spelling of it. Do you?

Proper Headingley Old School that place, the bhajis were massive. Trying to remember what was there before. Seem to remember there was a judo place in the upstairs of that building?
Lazeez takeaway was where I bought my first bhaji.

Indeed, new pubs that shouldn't really have been on the route were added as others shut (or were, allegedly, burnt down by certain 'well-known' members of the East Leeds community).