Might have been in that pub at the same time as you sometime in 1968. My wife and I lived in Darlington at the time and on the weekends if were was not poping back to Hull for the weekend would go there. What were you doing in Darlington.
Same year as me Rover: HB Mild was 9p a pint, Bitter was 10p a pint - easily get pissed for a quid, 18 months later I could go round town, get into Malcolms, or Baileys and finish the night with a carpet burger from Bus Station , the whole night for 2 quid! Never enough for a taxi home mind so was always a yomp home to Bransholme.
In the 80's I always had money for a taxi home from Spiders, problem was I could never get one so had to walk home to Bransholme hoping to flag a taxi down on it's way back into town. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
Went to a bike show at Earls Court in 1978 was shocked to find that a pint (probably lager) was 50p. Can't remember the price up here, 20p ish maybe.
