0ff Topic - Old pubs and clubs in Sunderland

Just reading the opening post is slightly depressing. It's like losing a part of your youth hearing about all those great old pubs disappearing.

 

I grew up round there, Suffolk St and Athol Road but I never felt it might be a good idea to venture into the place.

As youngsters we used to hang around outside on Saturday nights to watch the fights.
Some of those ladies were vicious.

 

Is the Sunderland Catholic Club still there, I did a gig with my band there in the 70's

 

Yes and NO.
As I understand it the Catholic Club folded no so very long ago.
It was bought and renamed and reopened.
THEN for some reason the old name and signage reappeared and it seems to be open again and is once more called The Sunderland Catholic Club.

AT the time you are talking about they used to queue up for the Saturday Night Dance.
The place was jumping.
Even downstairs where I used to go was packed.

 

You can add
The Metro ( downstairs opposite The Boulevarde )
The Londonderry - just closed but plans to re open as a restaurant
Sams Bar ( underneath the Continental)
Gillespies ( I think - bottom of Holmside opposite Joseph's )
The Ship Inn - top of high st west
The White House ( Villette Road )
The Jacobean Club
Annabel's
Fusion

Black Bull is now called Vesta Tilleys

Local estate pubs that have gone:
The Jovial Friar - Ford
The Oaks - Silksworth
The Sportsmans Arms - Silksworth
The Eagle - Pennywell
Ford and Hylton WMC
Earl Percy - Millfield

I think The Salem is now a house as is Earl Percy.

Many happy ( and some vague ) memories of most of them.

 

Oh and 5th Avenue / Heroes on Fawcett Street and Fosters on Frederick Street - immortalised by The Toy Dolls in Fisticuffs on Frederick Street

 

Blue house has gone as well

 

Was knocking about with a lass who's brother was in the Angels. Went in with a really raggedy shirt and jeans and I was still the best dressed f*cker in there, Had some great nights in their kip in (think ) Harrogate street tho. Beer on tap, baseball bats on the wall for decoration.and a never ending supply of bob hope. Boy I enjoyed my youth.

 

Was in there once for a 70s fancy dress do but it coincided with a match, England v Egypt. Cannot remember if it was a qualifier, WC game or what but sitting in the bar downstairs in our garb and remember a bloke saying to the committee man " I wouldnt try selling any tickets to them two they look like right divi's" The cheeky c*nt.

 

The Fort on Roker Avenue closed as well.

 

and the Round Robin I think.
Anything you wanted for your house, bricks, fascias, roof trusses windows, garage doors etc you could get from somebody in there very very cheaply.

 

Round Robin still going.

What was that pub over the road to the Mountain Daisy? Is that still there or is it metro lines now.

 

Palatine, Grand, Argo, Continental, Rose and Crown, Annabels, Rosedene, Saltgrass, Red Lions, yes a few, Roker H, Cliff, Blue Bell, Eagle, Wolsey, Duncans, Jamaica V, Clarendon, Bee Hive, Park Inn, Donkins, Top House, Ship Isis, Queens Arms, and of course The Bay Hotel, to name just a few of the top of my head, almost lived in some of these at one time or another,

 

The Willow Pond is oppo but a few yards further up the road. Yup its still going.

 

Not that one, the one the other side of the bridge.

Might be a doctors surgery now.

 

Cannot remember that one at all. Theres the Railway Tavern further down the road.

 

Over the road to the Railway Tavern

 

No idea at all. Bit research required methinks.

 

Possibly the Rising Sun Inn. Well before my time.
There was a Bee Hive pub as well but once again before my time.

 

The pub up the road from the Railway. Dun Cow? think that`s finished.

Grindon Mill, that`s gone