My step brother had a gf with a pub nr Salford station, I preferred thE Marble Arch a better class of alcoholic.
Sad to see Boddies gone, never my favourite ale , must admit a Cheshire /Saffordshire bent for Joules /Marstoons or Robinson's
However like London the smokey city pubs of the 70s-90s have fond memories there was a pace full of pissed bogtrotters where some Liverpool piss (Holt's? ) was till a pound a pint 25 years ago.There were of course awful 'drinking clubs' the only modern equivalent being Spooners , imagine a smokey tattier spooners full of the pissed stained dregs of humanity, rather like TD in the rain.
Not a nancy as the Cockney Chavs as chirpy as the tiresome Tylkes or just plain crimi as Scousers I enjoyed my times amongst the hard men (without boring us my daily rounds incuded courts bailiffs social workers, cops and robbers) and hard drinking men and women.Good crack, while obviously not a local my smoth bog brogue seem more tolerable to some of the Ancoats and Ardwck Green tougies than the "soft southern bastards" as the mulleted Paul Calf lookalikes called anyone from S of Didsbury
All joking aside like Liverpool it is amazing that both cities have world class sides , while Everton's glory may be behind them as a Chelsea fan from their Second Divison era I think the Kloppheads are the team to beat, it's a long way to go but Lukaku and Havertz injured last night don't help.
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Utd at 33-1 on Paddy looks good value