Secret Watering Holes

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Wed 28 Mar, 2007 10:13 pm

The pubs off Briggate do disappear.Does anyone remember the Ostlers?

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 30 Mar, 2007 8:50 am

The one "at the side of the back entrance of M&S" is actually Whitelocks!

LeeRatbag · Post by **LeeRatbag** » Sun 22 Apr, 2007 4:42 pm

Michael wrote: The pubs off Briggate do disappear.Does anyone remember the Ostlers? Heh. Only ever went in there once, on a work's night out. Terrible place, like a big underground warehouse...

LeeRatbag · Post by **LeeRatbag** » Sun 22 Apr, 2007 4:43 pm

drapesy wrote: The one "at the side of the back entrance of M&S" is actually Whitelocks! Yep. The Packhorse is a bit further up, but not quite as far up as the Ship.

russ · Post by **russ** » Tue 24 Jun, 2008 11:06 pm

Michael wrote: The pubs off Briggate do disappear.Does anyone remember the Ostlers? I do remember the Ostlers VERY well it was a small rough & ready pub it always was full of big gangs of lads.I knew the landlord and land lady very well,Steve Marrow and his wife Michelle.Not sure if anyone knows this but they lived above the pub,well when i say above you had to come back up the stairs out into the precinct area then the is an alleyway just in between the 2 buildings (as if you are stood in front of the Ostlers lookin at it its on the left hand side) there is a metal staircase that leads up the side of the building that lead up to the flat above.I knew the doormen there as well there was Leroy (think that was his name) and there was Benny (i know Benny very well and his brothers JOE,MICK AND PETER.Here's another little snippet as well.On BOAR LANE there is an underground entrance that cars can be drove (if i can remember rightly its the one virtually next door to McDonalds on the same side) its like a delivery entrance to various shops on BOAR LANE and this underground road leads right up to the back (trade) entrance to the Ostlers

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Wed 25 Jun, 2008 11:16 am

munki wrote: It took me ages to pin down where the Angel is! The entrance to Angel Inn Yard seemed to move - like something out of Narnia. Sometimes it was there & sometimes it wasn't... I had to make a mental note that the Link cashpoint was the entrance to the Yard. It does move!!! Ha ha ha. I've walked past it every time I've tried to go there. I think the Ship sign draws you past it.Very cheap too. Sam Smith is a bit rough but at £2.80 for 2 pints who's complaining.

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Wed 25 Jun, 2008 11:19 am

russ wrote: Michael wrote: The pubs off Briggate do disappear.Does anyone remember the Ostlers? I do remember the Ostlers VERY well it was a small rough & ready pub it always was full of big gangs of lads.I knew the landlord and land lady very well,Steve Marrow and his wife Michelle.Not sure if anyone knows this but they lived above the pub,well when i say above you had to come back up the stairs out into the precinct area then the is an alleyway just in between the 2 buildings (as if you are stood in front of the Ostlers lookin at it its on the left hand side) there is a metal staircase that leads up the side of the building that lead up to the flat above.I knew the doormen there as well there was Leroy (think that was his name) and there was Benny (i know Benny very well and his brothers JOE,MICK AND PETER.Here's another little snippet as well.On BOAR LANE there is an underground entrance that cars can be drove (if i can remember rightly its the one virtually next door to McDonalds on the same side) its like a delivery entrance to various shops on BOAR LANE and this underground road leads right up to the back (trade) entrance to the Ostlers Ostlers yeah, popular with the young footie rascals in the 80's. It was like an old air raid shelter inside.Litchfields downstairs on the Headrow opposite Stumps. Greatest jukebox in town for years.

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Wed 25 Jun, 2008 11:23 am

tasha wrote: I love those little pubs (with the possible exception of the ship), but was only introduced to them over the summer through people from work who are local to Leeds - they do seem to be a well kept secret with regard to students.The Angel is very nice, but i'm also a big fan of a pint of cider in the yard of Whitelocks on a summer's evening! Has a bit more of an authentic old man's pub feel to it. I don't mind the Ship, it's the Pack Horse I can't really get on with. It's kept none of it's charm and I remember the 80's too well when it was a neon lit hell hole full of little twerps like me and my mates.

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 25 Jun, 2008 2:39 pm

Reginal Perrin wrote: munki wrote: It took me ages to pin down where the Angel is! The entrance to Angel Inn Yard seemed to move - like something out of Narnia. Sometimes it was there & sometimes it wasn't... I had to make a mental note that the Link cashpoint was the entrance to the Yard. It does move!!! Ha ha ha. I've walked past it every time I've tried to go there. I think the Ship sign draws you past it.Very cheap too. Sam Smith is a bit rough but at £2.80 for 2 pints who's complaining. Reginal,may i reccomend the Sam Smiths Old Brewery Pale ale.Bottled it may be,and not the cheapest tipple but its refreshing,tasty and hits the soft spot pretty quickly.

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 25 Jun, 2008 2:41 pm

Every time ive been to the Pack Horse recently the real ale has been off,the pumps and the recpective clips are there but they seem to be always off.Also the Whitelocks is none too welcoming theese days.since the smoking ban the smell of the old place permeates the atmoshphere from either the toilets or the cellar.