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Sorry Billy, Barry Venisons dad, I tried to include your post saying you went to school with Barry.

 

I did & his brother Davy who sadly done away with himself.
His mam & dad had a bungalow on Church Bank, Stanley next to St. Andrews church, the one with the blue clock.

 

They lived at East Stanley when I knew them, I was married in St Andrews church.

 

That's where the lads grew up, we had my dad's funeral at St. Andrews.

 

I have been away 30 odd year but thats my old stomping ground, The Kings Head was my local and I had my Wedding Reception at the Huntingdon

 

**** me the Hunt on Sunday nights, now there's some memories.

Saw the best pub fight in the world up there with about 20 odd people involved going form one end to the other and there was a woman bouncer who was kicking **** out of everyone. We were squashed in one of the alcoves along the bar, still ordering beer as the bar never shut. Lol

The DJ was a sarky but funny ****er too.


Must have been 20 or 25 years ago that.

 

Where you live now mate?
The Hunt burned down years ago, the dog track has gone as well, posh flats on there now & the Kings is now a swingers place called the Love Shack.
The Royal is still there & the Blue Boar, both **** holes like.

 

Mind that lassie bouncer was a scarey ****er Cest eh?

 

Been up Parkers a few times in my youth as well but that was about 25 years ado as well. The only night club with a chip counter in the middle of it.

 

She was hard as **** and scared the ****e out of me kidda but she was canny crack as well. Laced up dealers and everything. Lol

 

See, Stanley is a unique place. First Durham small town to have a public pool as well, lol.

Brings back so many memories this, lol.

 

When I was a teenager, I used to occasionally drink in a pub on Stanley Main Street, there was always bother but the police kept it open because they knew where the troublemakers where I think it was called the Commercial.
I have seen horse and traps tied up outside and people winning the meat draw would fry it up on a coal shovel over the open fire, all absolutely true but I will stop now for fear of being labelled a liar or even worse..........................................OLD

 

I seem to remember a boozer opening up called Hollywood and Sam Fox opening it? Was I just dreaming that? Or fantasising it anyway.

Pub was down where the original Conroy's shop was I think.

 

Blly, I'm just up in Northumberland, I was down Stanley at Christmas and seen the flats on the dog track, I read in the local paper about the Love Shack

 

Aye, absolutely true that. Missed it like cos I was in ****ing Norn Iron, Station Road. It's flats now Cest.

Aye, the swingers go there, dinnet cause nee bother mind. If I was home, I'd go to the dogs on Thursday night's & the bar would be open at 10 on a Sunday morning cos they did the puppy trials then.

 

Billy, I am old, I remember going to Consett baths before Stanley baths were built (I met my wife at Stanley baths) and before Consett baths we used to walk over to Rolands Gill, through Dipton woods and swim in the river.

 

Do you mean the Imperial, otherwise known as The Clock?

 

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I can remember getting a tip for a dog from the kennels at Stanley, my mate used to walk dogs for a dodgy bloke and we got the tip that it was trying, the bloody thing came out the traps backwards and we lost a couple of bob on it.

 

Lol, we used to take lasses up to the Yellow Waters & have a swim or sometimes, Stanhope quarry.
Happy days mate.

 

No the Clock was at the top of the street, this was in the middle, I am sure it was the Commercial.