Aberdeen Pubs And Clubs Of The 80S

[ZeroTolerance]

Old article that popped up on FB feed today.

 

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/name-it/401970/15-aberdeen-pubs-clubs-went-80s-arent-anymore/

 

Some cracking times spent in almost all of these

 

Also this lot from the 90s

 

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/name-it/421202/11-aberdeen-pubs-clubs-definitely-went-90s/

[Bluto10]

Christ min; lot of my old stomping grounds there like.

 

Oscars on a Sat early evening (happy hour?)after a opening time start at Triple Kirks back in late 90s.

 

[Localfitbafan]

Started many a night out in the 90's in Oscar's with either Oscars cocktail (£1-50) and/or a pint (£1) during happy hour(s). Think it was from 18-00 to 20-00 and then it was off to Berlins from 20-00 to 22-00 for spin the wheel 80's prices and then generally ended up in either Franklins, the Cotton Club or Barney Rubbles

[sooth_stander]

Blues Jam at Caesers Palace on a wednesday nicht till 2am, few hours kip then off to work.

 

Wahey. Happy days

 

Civil Service Club on Crown Terrace, open to non civil servants! Vodka Spokes, 8 of us around the table. Got bleezin' in there before heading off to Mr Gs.

[Quagmire]

Started many a night out in the 90's in Oscar's with either Oscars cocktail (£1-50) and/or a pint (£1) during happy hour(s). Think it was from 18-00 to 20-00 and then it was off to Berlins from 20-00 to 22-00 for spin the wheel 80's prices and then generally ended up in either Franklins, the Cotton Club or Barney Rubbles

 

Used to go to Oscars straight after work on a Friday when we were 17, 5-6 pints then the bus back to BoD to get changed and back into toon for a night out. The good old days when you used to manage the whole night out for 30-40 quid. Also used to go to Bex Bar looking to grab yourself a 'MILF', which was basically anything over the age of 25. Women over 28 being real granny territory. All that line of bars Bex, Franklyns, O'Donoghue's used to be absolutely hoaching at the weekends.

[King Street Loon]

 

Used to go to Oscars straight after work on a Friday when we were 17, 5-6 pints then the bus back to BoD to get changed and back into toon for a night out. The good old days when you used to manage the whole night out for 30-40 quid. Also used to go to Bex Bar looking to grab yourself a 'MILF', which was basically anything over the age of 25. Women over 28 being real granny territory. All that line of bars Bex, Franklyns, O'Donoghue's used to be absolutely hoaching at the weekends.

Ah the memories.

I mind when I was 18 pulling an older quine on the top floor of Franklyn's.

Home to her hoose in Kincorth for some fun on her waterbed and enhanced funbags.

Them were the days indeed.

[Scrumpy]

Henry J Beans straight after work for happy hour - sure they did 10 minute promotions like 3 bottles of Becks for the price of one. Their rack of BBQ sticky ribs for tea then on to the next happy hour somewhere else. Those were the days.

[Scrumpy]

Cotton Club was a regular haunt of mine but for pullin birds Franklyn’s was the place, all ages, shapes and sizes. You could take your pick or just get pished and go with whatever was left over at the end of the night. HaHa.

[ZeroTolerance]

Henry J Beans straight after work for happy hour - sure they did 10 minute promotions like 3 bottles of Becks for the price of one. Their rack of BBQ sticky ribs for tea then on to the next happy hour somewhere else. Those were the days.

 

IIRC Henry J Beans was £1.25 a cocktail in happy hour in the late 80s. 8 B-52s for a tenner, great way to start the night

[Scrumpy]

Many a happy night was spent in Sweepers, the Hayloft, Wilsons, the Belmont, the Schooner, Cafe ICI, Star and Garter, The Bells, Prince of Wales, Franklins, Tammels, The Old Still, Platform 9 (guaranteed a fight) The Howf, Gabriells, the Whitehorse (trap central), Tappit Hen, Ma Camerons, Ye old Frigate, Hawthorne. Cental Bar (woodside) ... etc etc etc

[jamiesd]

Whats everyones favourite Aberdeen Pub of all time?  I used to love Cupids, Oscars, Chambers and Betty Burkes and Bex.  I worked in Ici's so id have to go with Ici/ZigZags

[Henry]

On 1/15/2016 at 4:05 PM, Bluto10 said:

Oscars on a Sat early evening (happy hour?)

And then home to bed with shitted breeks. 

[Bluto10]

^^^ MDB

[NEM]

12 minutes ago, jamiesd said:

Whats everyones favourite Aberdeen Pub of all time?  I used to love Cupids, Oscars, Chambers and Betty Burkes and Bex.  I worked in Ici's so id have to go with Ici/ZigZags

The Nile probably mine

[NEM]

13 minutes ago, Roberto said:

Peep Peeps

Harbour pub crawl used to be brilliant - about a dozen pubs.  Lucky if there's 3 or 4 left.

Crows Nest, Fittie Bar, Peep Peeps, St Clements bar, Cutters Wharf, Crown & Anchor, Moorings, Regent Bar, Schooner, Criterion.  I've no doubt missed a few

[NEM]

Swan bar one I missed. Joy upstairs was an absolute delight on a Friday evening ?

[dazzy_deff]

7 minutes ago, NEM said:

Harbour pub crawl used to be brilliant - about a dozen pubs.  Lucky if there's 3 or 4 left.

Crows Nest, Fittie Bar, Peep Peeps, St Clements bar, Cutters Wharf, Crown & Anchor, Moorings, Regent Bar, Schooner, Criterion.  I've no doubt missed a few

Neptune Bar was good too. Is that still on the go?

Glenlivet - my first pint in the toon aged 15.

[NEM]

Just now, dazzy_deff said:

Neptune Bar was good too. Is that still on the go?

Glenlivet - my first pint in the toon aged 15.

It’s still there, unsure if it’s open though?! 

[Misers Hill]

14 minutes ago, NEM said:

Harbour pub crawl used to be brilliant - about a dozen pubs.  Lucky if there's 3 or 4 left.

Crows Nest, Fittie Bar, Peep Peeps, St Clements bar, Cutters Wharf, Crown & Anchor, Moorings, Regent Bar, Schooner, Criterion.  I've no doubt missed a few

Waterloo...run by deef Stevie..?

[jamiesd]

12 minutes ago, Bad_Mobby said:

The Bells, Vic and Masada for me (all my old locals)

The Bells pips the other 2 (just)  

Nae go to the Rosemount?

[cheesepipes]

55 minutes ago, NEM said:

It’s still there, unsure if it’s open though?! 

Still has the Pegasus nightclub sign up next door, canna be far off 20 years since that was on the go. 

 

Id imagine the Neptune is preserved exactly as it was but covered in dust and dead blue bottles. 

Went to a blue comedian and stripper night as an underager still at school at the Neptune, absolute cheap thrill seeing the lassies fannys. The comedian picked on us though. 

[ericblack4boss]

Radars was owned by a guy who had the ground nieghbouring our place ,still owns a great skelp of it though it's all in trees now, 

Last I heard of him he was in South Africa and had a hotel.

Radar was the name of one of his dogs,

The other was called sonar.

As a boy used to have the odd trip to the Argo bar, on a Friday lunchtime after going to mart  or getting feed at North Eastern farmers,

Used to enjoy a plate of stovied whilst perusing the performers at the the Argo

[Poodler]

Last time I was in the Neptune the owner had a big stinking pitbull thing that would jump up on the seat and try lick your face. Horrible thing. 
 

also had a stuffed cat on top of the bandit, till I nicked it 

[ericblack4boss]

52 minutes ago, Bad_Mobby said:

Boy with the Ponytail? (Canna mind his name) had it when Glow/Kef also 

his daughter was a year below me at school (worth a poke) 

Aye , IH , that's the guy, do you mind when the lake he built at his place burst, it's banks 

[Bluto10]

6 minutes ago, Captain Caveman said:

Paging @Arabian Knight

he’ll read it min. dinna worry about that LOL

 

whats so funny about it anyway?

[Hoofball]

To young for any input but always wondered was Amadeus as good as everyone says it was back in the day or is that just people remembering the good parts and it was actually shit

[jamiesd]

Amadeus was absolute mince, visited once that was all that was needed

[cheesepipes]

15 minutes ago, Hoofball said:

To young for any input but always wondered was Amadeus as good as everyone says it was back in the day or is that just people remembering the good parts and it was actually shit

Whoever said it was good deserves a beating with life changing injuries. 

[Guest Matt Armstrong's Dog]

15 minutes ago, Hoofball said:

To young for any input but always wondered was Amadeus as good as everyone says it was back in the day or is that just people remembering the good parts and it was actually shit

Amadeus was pish, definitely nae as good as the song it was named after.

[Hoofball]

6 minutes ago, cheesepipes said:

Whoever said it was good deserves a beating with life changing injuries. 

?

 

So it was fucking atrocious then, that’s all I needed to know