expatowner Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Tartan special or Belhaven 80/- would have been my first pint (around 20p) if I remember right. I quickly moved onto half of beer and a bottle of stout. I think we called them half-and-halfs, but maybe I'm miss-remembering. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, expatowner said: Tartan special or Belhaven 80/- would have been my first pint (around 20p) if I remember right. I quickly moved onto half of beer and a bottle of stout. I think we called them half-and-halfs, but maybe I'm miss-remembering. Black and Tan? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expatowner Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Just now, welshbairn said: Black and Tan? thank you sir. Memory fade for a minute there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Tennents. Boars Rock. £2.50. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 3 hours ago, welshbairn said: Black and Tan? I was a bit wary of ordering that when I first arrived on these shores... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Belhaven 80/. Would probably have been about 16 and cost about 1.40. Moved onto Hoffmeister at Uni. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglum25 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Happy days - started in the early 70's when it was between 15p and 25p a pint as far as I can recall. Tartan Special, Guardsman?, Breaker lager, Skol, Black and Tans, Kestral, McEwans lager, bottles of Whitbread and bottles of Newcastle brown, Pink Panthers ( Bottle of cider, bottle of Carlsberg Special and blackburrent juice in a pint tumbler - what a colourful chunder that gave you) mad keen to experiment then and some monstous hangovers as well. Well into my 20's before settling down with decent brandy and a bootle of lager. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 13 minutes ago, Moonglum25 said: Happy days - started in the early 70's when it was between 15p and 25p a pint as far as I can recall. Tartan Special, Guardsman?, Breaker lager, Skol, Black and Tans, Kestral, McEwans lager, bottles of Whitbread and bottles of Newcastle brown, Pink Panthers ( Bottle of cider, bottle of Carlsberg Special and blackburrent juice in a pint tumbler - what a colourful chunder that gave you) mad keen to experiment then and some monstous hangovers as well. Well into my 20's before settling down with decent brandy and a bootle of lager. Is that a scouse measure? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 First legal pint I can mind buying was Carling (pub didn’t have T) and £2.45 a go. Can mind drinking in the streets when a “tottle of bonic” (used to care what number - 1 was the holy grail - as well) was a straight fiver and a half bottle of glens wasn’t much more. I liked a 13-15 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 First pint in a pub was in 1982, sneaked out of the Riverside Church youth club in Dumbarton, along to the Lennox Bar in the High St for 1 pint, before sneaking back in. It's still there (the bar, not the pint). The Cladhan Hotel in Dumbarton (now the Abbotsford since being de-twinned with The Cladhan in Falkirk) became my 'local', and pints were about 52p, served in those proper dimpled pint glasses, with the handle on the side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 1999 I was served my first pint. Went for Tennents as it was the first thing I seen when the barmaid asked. Was around £1.70 a pint in The Douglas. Later graduated to Whisky Joes where they charged about 20p more. The Douglas is still reassuringly cheap compared to most other pubs in Clydebank, despite its modern day fame. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) Pints of Diesel - half cider, half lager and a dash of blackcurrant. Absolute rocket fuel. Some pubs refused to serve it - pretty sure it was/is illegal - and gave the half pint of lager and half pint of cider in separate glasses along with an empty pint tumbler for you to pour yourself. Definitely not a drink for a quiet night. Edited December 8, 2019 by Dee Man 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 8 minutes ago, Dee Man said: Pints of Diesel - half cider, half blackcurrant and a dash of blackcurrant. Did you ever get extra blackcurrant? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 28 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: First pint in a pub was in 1982, sneaked out of the Riverside Church youth club in Dumbarton, along to the Lennox Bar in the High St for 1 pint, before sneaking back in. It's still there (the bar, not the pint). The Cladhan Hotel in Dumbarton (now the Abbotsford since being de-twinned with The Cladhan in Falkirk) became my 'local', and pints were about 52p, served in those proper dimpled pint glasses, with the handle on the side. So much handier than the ones with the handle on the top. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 9 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Did you ever get extra blackcurrant? I fucked that up a wee bit - I meant half blackcurrant, half blackcurrant and a dash of blackcurrant. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 1 minute ago, Dee Man said: I fucked that up a wee bit - I meant half blackcurrant, half blackcurrant and a dash of blackcurrant. Racist 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 6 minutes ago, Dee Man said: I fucked that up a wee bit - I meant half blackcurrant, half blackcurrant and a dash of blackcurrant. 5 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Racist It would probably have you racing to the toilet... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Pats Bar, Paisley. 1990. Attending Paisley College (now UWS). At lunchtime a pint of T was 90p or a pint of T and a pie beans n chips was £1.20. Lost count of the number of times I had two of them for lunch. Probably goes a long way to explaining my evolving big-bonedness and my flunking the afternoon Town Planning classes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 30p for a pie beans n chips. Just stop for a second and think on that. Happy days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, alta-pete said: 30p for a pie beans n chips. Just stop for a second and think on that. Happy days. The Griffin at Charing Cross and Station Bar in Cowcaddens had similar deals. You could even get a turkey burger and chips in The Griffin for about £2.00. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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