Tea total pub crawl of Worksop town centre pubs past and present.
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2023
- Its quite incredible the number of public houses that have gone by the way side in Worksop. I decided to do this after I found out the Queens head in Worksop town centre was converting to a foreign food restaurant.
The Ship Inn was built with reclaimed timber beams from dismantled ships from Lord Nelson’s fleet from the Battle of Trafalgar , it was a quaint old pub in the 80’s and had a disastrous reno in the early 90’s when it was renamed “the Tut & Shive” that was the beginning of its end !
Definitely interesting! Have lived in Worksop all my life. They killed Ship Inn when somebody bought it and turned half into Tut and shive looked like inside a bus. My great grandmother was landlady of White Swan, her second husband was Mr Ward who was land lord. Anybody local will always tell you it's Ward Lane not Castle Hill. My great uncle also ran Cartlton Tavern which was on other side of railway to Station Hotel, it is now a Bathroom showroom. His name was Albert Booth. Family have worked for local breweries for many years. My grandad worked at the maltings on Gateford Rd for Stones, that is where Aldi is now.
Quite a shame that all the community in Worksop has been removed Linda. Looking back to the 50s through to the 70s, so many other pubs I didn't know about have gone. I had been going to Worksop from 1966 when my parents moved out of Sheffield to North Anston.
The owners of the Golden Ball, Reg and Nancy Battersby sold it around 1981/2 and bought the Station hotel renaming it The Regency (RegNancy) but I don’t know how long they had it for, as it’s reverted back to it’s original name.
The Golden Ball was raided in the 60’s as Nancy Battersby was Ronnie Biggs cousin, and the old bill were scouring the country for him.
The Golden Ball used to be the snooker player Bill Warbernicks local, where he used to sink 20 pints at a sitting.
Quite some history in what is now a church.
I am about to move to Worksop. These videos are very useful. Thank you.
Hi I m glad it was of some help. All the best Tim
The white lion used to be known as "the top house" when I was a youngster presumably because it was the last pub at the top of the town
Sorry forgot, the building you were looking at on Victoria square was a Yates pub at one time but it was originally Gas showrooms. If you walked further down church st you have found original gas offices near river trent where gasometer used to be. There is also another lovely tiled building which used to be The Fishermans arms which backs onto what used to be the cattle market many moons ago.
I forgot to do the Fisherman;s arms on this video Linda, but it is on one of my town centre videos. I love this street with the old gas offices.
Wasn't Dandy's,you were thinkin of the carousel... Dandy's was up bridge Street. Half way up on the right hand side.. Brilliant vid buddy,loved it all...Thank for posting.👍
There was definitely a Dandy's, not sure exactly where it was, but I always went to Rockfords or the Frog and Nightgown.
@@timawells The carousel was opposite Jenny's cafe Tim, That was up some stairs too, my wife worked behind the bar 🍻 back in the early 1970s.👍
I have never heard of it, but we all have our own memories of our past. I do lots of videos on Sheffield and people tell me things I never knew Sam. @@samandjennysambrook
@@timawells That's how we learn Tim,and it's interesting too.. Looking forward to you're future walks and visits.👌
I think the Vine used to sell Holme Ales which came from Nottingham
Home Ales, was the brewer.
Mum and Dad ran what was the Gateford Hotel on Gateford Road in the late 70s. I was pretty much brought up there.
When did it close? I am told Worksop has lost 42 public houses.
I don't know. I was living out of Worksop at the time; but I know the pub has been demolished now@@timawells
I thought it had. Some one has told me Worksop has lost 40 pubs. @@stevenelder7497
Been in most of the pubs mentioned. Above the Halifax on the corner, in the 70's, there was a nightclub called the Carousel. I loved it, apart from the fighting, It was like the Wild West. Dandies,, was across the road, I seem to remember, somewhere near the Queen's head so sad the QH has now closed. My ex-girlfriend had a cellar bar, near the Lion, called Langtons. She was the. First lone Landlady, to get a licence in the UK.. There used to be another cellar bar, across the road, near where, Middleton pet shop was.
Isabellas when I was younger, but Frog and Nightgown was my favourite. Tended to only go to Worksop for Isabellas when I was 16 and Thursday nights for pubs.
Yes, I loved the Frog, upstairs and downstairs, the curious name, also reminded me of, the Pig and Whistle, in Sheffield. Isabella's, I remember going there. Once, with the steel dance floor?. Songs they played at. The time., Born to be alive. Patrick Fananzes and Sparks Beat the clock with Hitler on the keyboards.@@timawells
Sounds like you was around the same times as me, but we all see different things.@@moogdome2562
Hi.Yes probably in the same place at the same time. Memories can often trick us, and be vague. I'm looking forward to the Washington pub, with the all-seeing eye.@@timawells
One I missed off my pub crawl. @@moogdome2562
Living in between Dinnington and Worksop, I rarely go to either. I only ever went to Dinnington to go to the comp - there’s just no appeal, it’s a shame especially with Worksop - lovely buildings.
Worksop was thriving until the bypass in 1986 and out of town started its demise. Dinnington got hit in 1992 when the colliery closed down, started to recover then hammered by the banks closing and then lockdown. Every where has been asset stripped, look at the beautiful village of Laughton en le Morthern, nothing there. We are looking to like the USA.
@@timawellsI tell you if we were down south, places like Worksop would get the funding and become somewhat of a tourist town. Plenty of history there, just absolutely wrecked by past governments.
I agree, but do find towns around here surviving. Retford because of the London rail link@@will3258
Really great video. Can I make a suggestion, take me round with you next time? lol 😀😀 Just a couple of mistakes I believe. Fuggels used to be the Friar Tuck pub/restaurant, I never knew it as the Blue Bell (I'm 49). Dandy's was more or less across from the Unicorn pub, Halifax bank was Mr Moles pub and before that it was a nightclub. You missed the best venue in Worksop - The Dukeries live music venue, used to be the Q club on Newcastle Avenue, that place is the friendliest place on a Saturday night. Mac and Co was the British Gas showrooms for many years until it was sold to Yatees, it shut down at Christmas last year but I am informed that it has been sold. Really good video
Hi Owen I was born in 64, I forgot Yates was the British gas showroom. Guy who I thought was running a pub up there told me Fuggles was the Old Blue Bell, but moved. I hadn't a clue where Dandy's was but I know others used it. Stopped pubbing about 2000, so changes will have escaped me. I wouldn't even know where to start a pub crawl in Sheffield, where I spent most of my time. I feel sorry for the youth of today. Best Tim
@@timawells Cheers Tim. Definitely a lot of changes over the years, barely a pub to drink in compared to the early days.
I forgot the Fisherman's arms down Church st at the side of the Gas showrooms, it still looks like a pub, but is an house and the Tigers den on the car park where the Precint is.@@owensmith4651
The Fishermans has that lovely tiling on the outside, just like The Swan has. Tigers Den was totally demolished a few years ago, both were good pubs. There were a few more down Bridge Street but you'd never know that now when you look, there was the Wine Cellar, TP Woods, Kiplings, and possibly a few more, Tim. Plus the Norfolk Arms and the Westgate Pub on Westgate
Yes the town centre public houses were culled to remove peoples identity.@@owensmith4651
You mention that you had been told that the White Lion was referred to as the "Top Hat"
Nearly right- it was "The Top House" ie the last public House at the top of the town as one left to go up Sparken Hill but a memory now shrouded by advancing years
I know this because I lived at the Lion Gates Lodge between Jan 1963 and June 1966. My Landlady at the Lodge used to get her supply of Mackeson there and I used to take back the empties when sufficient had accumulated. She drank just the one per day and I used to wait until a big basketful had accumulated, take them back and receive a pint and 10 ciggies. in return
By the way Tim Worksop over the years Worksop has lost 42 pubs.
I know it had lost a few pubs Ken. When you say Lion gate Lodge do you mean that Gatehouse to Welbec Hall, if so I bet that was great. Best Tim
Yes Tim. The Lion Gates Lodge, main entrance to Welbeck Abbey Estate. I was lucky enough to have the run of the whole estate apart from His Nibs''s house up in the woods and round the actual Abbey itself which in those days was an Army College. It was the only lodging I ever had which boasted enormous electrically operated gates.Didn't half impress the girlfriends!!!@@timawells
Did you explore the tunnels Ken?@@kenwilliams2916
@@timawells
Hi Tim
No not poss as in those days they were used by Birds Eye for cold storage (or so we were told!)
but 15,000 acres allowed one a lot of alternative choice!!!
Next to the Lion used to be a pub called T P Woods
Can't remember that. Was it a more modern Pub?
The golden ball used to a a hotel.
mac and co, used to be the cornerhouse then the glasshouse then closed as mac and co