Memory lane

Subject: Memory lane 5/3/2011, 13:23

Well guys a smile on your face or a tear in your eye! why oh why did they ever have to close down the N.A.A.F.I.?
i never realised they had closed until one day when i saw a SPAR shop where there once was a N.A.A.F.I well I almost crashed the car gob smacked or what.
HAPPY DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and fond memories
BRING BACK DOUBLE DIAMOND!!!!!!!!!!! cheap and cheerful lol!

Guest

Double Diamond??????????? A cross between dishwater and piss if my memory serves me well.

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 07:48

Don't recall the taste of dishwater, Gordon! Smile

Guest

You must have had good mess`s Shelldrake..I take it by your post that you do recall the taste of piss Laughing

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 11:04

Yes, urine was a contributing essence! Very Happy

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 12:21

I remember the NAAFI tipple of my choice being Carling Black Lable at 89 pence a pint....

Oh, what lovely times.

Guest

I`m paying £2.15 a pint at the moment.Was £2.00 up untill a few weeks ago drunken

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 13:49

Can't remember the last time I was in a Pub, I do most of my drinking at home - I've got a behaviour problem. Laughing

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 14:23

I think when I was in it was about 50p a pint and £1.00 for spirits use to get ratted for a fiver
How cheap can you guys go? lol!

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 15:53

When stationed in Devizes in '69 I was allowed £1:00 a week Pocket Money. That would buy me 8 Pints of Wadworths. drunken

Guest

Quote :: How cheap can you guys go?

Pre decimalisation..pint of lager 1 shilling and four pence about 8p..Bring it back please drunken

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 16:08

Gordon. wrote:

Quote :: How cheap can you guys go?

Pre decimalisation..pint of lager 1 shilling and four pence about 8p..Bring it back please drunken

yeah but how much were you earning back then? lol!

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 17:15

Red Barrel. I enjoyed that, still have a key fob from Red Barrel some where. And Double Diamond I enjoyed, but being Canadian maybe that help me enjoy it. Black Lable??? That's yank, how can one enjoy that... What a Face

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 17:29

how about the whatneys party 7&4 pint cans

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 18:14

"john boy" wrote:

Gordon. wrote:

Quote :: How cheap can you guys go?

Pre decimalisation..pint of lager 1 shilling and four pence about 8p..Bring it back please drunken

yeah but how much were you earning back then? lol!

It would have worked out at 2s 6d a pint, roughly 12.5p, Scrumpy was about 6d a pint - 8 pints and the Polis gave you a lift!

I was on about £12:00 per week plus 7s 6d Family Allowance, but the I WAS a Lbdr - sniff! Cool

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 18:25

well 4pints today=£12.00 bang goes your wages then!!!
how times have changed lol!

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 21:15

Don't know if I could manage 4 pints now!! Smile

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 21:39

Hardrations wrote:: Red Barrel. I enjoyed that, still have a key fob from Red Barrel some where. And Double Diamond I enjoyed, but being Canadian maybe that help me enjoy it. Black Lable??? That's yank, how can one enjoy that...

Double Diamond was a young mans drink and then you grew up and realised it was crap. Black Label i.e. Carling is not a Yank drink. You must be confusing it with something else.

First time I drank it was 1/10d. Less than 10p. Amazing really but I was only on about 11 quid a week.

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 21:43

the bid now stands @10p a pint any advance on that? lol!

Subject: Re: Memory lane 6/3/2011, 21:48

Does that include the Legover, Fish Supper and a Taxi back to Camp? Very Happy

Guest

FFS Shelldrake!!! What were you paying for a leg over? Laughing

Or what was she paying you? drunken

Subject: Re: Memory lane 7/3/2011, 04:39

Teabag wrote:

Hardrations wrote:: Red Barrel. I enjoyed that, still have a key fob from Red Barrel some where. And Double Diamond I enjoyed, but being Canadian maybe that help me enjoy it. Black Label??? That's yank, how can one enjoy that...

Double Diamond was a young mans drink and then you grew up and realised it was crap. Black Label i.e. Carling is not a Yank drink. You must be confusing it with something else.

First time I drank it was 1/10d. Less than 10p. Amazing really but I was only on about 11 quid a week.

Your right Teabag. It originated in Canada. But it's most often thought of as Yank beer here.

http://www.heymabelblacklabel.com/id23.htm

Subject: Re: Memory lane 7/3/2011, 10:05

He got the legover for free after she saw him swallow 17 pints of DD or Black lable and dance with the fish supper!

Subject: Re: Memory lane 7/3/2011, 10:42

"john boy" wrote:: the bid now stands @10p a pint any advance on that?

When I first started going into pubs a pint of mild was one and a penny.

That works out around six "p" methinks.

Subject: Re: Memory lane 7/3/2011, 10:50

Hardrations wrote:: Red Barrel. I enjoyed that, still have a key fob from Red Barrel some where. And Double Diamond I enjoyed, but being Canadian maybe that help me enjoy it. Black Lable??? That's yank, how can one enjoy that...

Y'know, I remember Double Diamond being a nice drink, (I certainly remember it being preferable to Heineken and Amstel). Trouble was it used to give me ferocious hangovers, there could be a warning there !

Watneys Red Barrel though, was so outrageously crappy that it sparked off the beginnings of the Campaign for Real Ale.

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