Roughest pub in aberdeen?

[Poodler]

The star bar has a tenement block above it...

Oops.

[The Boofon]

The star bar has a tenement block above it...

That pisses all over the Clutha IMO.

[BrianFaePerth]

Thon pub AK got spiked in must be awfy rough.

 

#Liar

[DD1903]

To be fair to poodley,apart from the decorative dome ,the tensments are unusually flat roofed I think .

Covering all bases there, hanzanino

[DD1903]

He's talking shite DD son.

Without a doubt

 

@cans

[The Boofon]

 i got it. 

 

[The Boofon]

In an urn on the shelf?

 

 

Doubt that'll take off for Christmas TBH.

[Redforever86]

Ive been on top of that roof cunto, so there.

Why did you decide not to jump after all?

[Wester Hailes Skins]

Rough areas? I grew up in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh.

 

I got jumped after school. Kids covered me in chocolate and cream. Stuck a cherry on ma head.

 

Life was tough in the gateau.

[Cowie]

Rough areas? I grew up in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh.

I got jumped after school. Kids covered me in chocolate and cream. Stuck a cherry on ma head.

Life was tough in the gateau.

Sounds like you caked it when you were younger.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

It’s lost all its charm. Full or arsehole hipsters now.

 

You not feel at home?  lol

 

Totally agree with you about it losing its charm: pubs like that (the way it was) evolve over decades, you cant build or design them.

 

I really miss the old clutha

[Guest findlay_1903]

Jumped to end of thread. Might of been said already but the regent bar is pretty wild. Sink running into urinal is economic plumbing. Aberdeen AND Celtic shirts on wall.

[Poodler]

^lol

[Guest findlay_1903]

I can’t remeber leaving the regent. My sister in laws boyfriend used to stay in student next to the tunnel. Scarred him supposedly.

[BWG]

Cheerz can be pretty rough if you're nae careful.

 

Ken cause of the gay sex.

[Studebaker-90]

A great review of the broadsword after a google search. Anyone know when/why it was shut down? 
 

[Studebaker-90]

Upset at losing his favourite watering hole I’d wager 

[BrisDon]

On 11/13/2018 at 11:22 PM, Wester Hailes Skins said:

Rough areas? I grew up in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh.

 

I got jumped after school. Kids covered me in chocolate and cream. Stuck a cherry on ma head.

 

Life was tough in the gateau.

Used to do the leasing and management work for the shopping centre in the mid 00s. Absolute shithole. 

[Wester Hailes Skins]

1 hour ago, BrisDon said:

Used to do the leasing and management work for the shopping centre in the mid 00s. Absolute shithole. 

I used to hang about outside it on ma bike when I was wee. And the shops in it. What there was.

 

[Studebaker-90]

1 minute ago, Wester Hailes Skins said:

I used to hang about outside it on ma bike when I was wee. And the shops in it. What there was.

 

Roughest part of Edinburgh? Been watching that guilt series on iplayer and they make references to pilton and lochend being particularly bad. 

[BrisDon]

Niddrie Mains estate was absolutely horrendous but was redeveloped in the late 00s. Made Tillydrone look like Beverley Hills.

[BrisDon]

14 minutes ago, Studebaker-90 said:

Roughest part of Edinburgh? Been watching that guilt series on iplayer and they make references to pilton and lochend being particularly bad. 

Used to play at Silverknowles public golf course. The last few holes border Muirhouse. Council had virtually reconstructed the Berlin Wall on one side of the course to keep the locals out. Fair enough, you hardly want a needle stick and dose of HIV when you’re looking for your lost ball. 
 

 

[manboobs109]

6 hours ago, Studebaker-90 said:

Roughest part of Edinburgh? Been watching that guilt series on iplayer and they make references to pilton and lochend being particularly bad. 

I lived in Lochend for years. Not that bad and handy as fuck for Leith, City Centre and Porty beach. Made a few notes on my flat as well. My local, The Bunch of Roses was one of the worst pubs on the planet though. I used to walk down to Paul Kane's pub, The Tor.

Niddrie is the roughest bit of Edinburgh, no question. 

[Wester Hailes Skins]

I'm maybe thinking more of my memories growing up, a lot of schemes and high rises are gone now. Wester Hailes as a sprawl including Calders, Sighthill, etc used to have something ridiculous like 30-40!high rise blocks. Mostly gone now. And new houses built in their place.

And a lot of different areas really border and merge into one sprawl. But from my years in Edinburgh:

1. Niddrie / Craigmillar

2. Muirhouse / Pilton / Granton

3. Wester Hailes / Sighthill / Calders / Broomhouse

4. Leith

[BrisDon]

In the 00s prior to the redevelopment Niddrie estate was half derelict and vacant although I think there were folk still living there until the end. Looked like a war zone you’d see on the 9 o’clock news.

Think it has somewhat gentrified now. Looks as though the old White House pub is now some kind of gastropub/bistro /so there’s obviously been some ‘gentrification’. 

Dumbiedykes is the one obvious omission from @Wester Hailes Skins’s list.

And Dalry/Gorgie is a depressing shithole too right enough 😆. A mate of mine (Dons fan from Longside) used to live in a flat above Dersim kebab house and I used to think fuck me it would be depressing living here.

 

[manboobs109]

1 minute ago, BrisDon said:

In the 00s prior to the redevelopment Niddrie estate was half derelict and vacant although I think there were folk still living there until the end. Looked like a war zone you’d see on the 9 o’clock news.

Think it has somewhat gentrified now. Looks as though the old White House pub is now some kind of gastropub/bistro /so there’s obviously been some gentrification. 

Dumbiedykes is the one obvious omission from @Wester Hailes Skins’s list.

And Dalry/Gorgie is a depressing shithole too right enough 😆. A mate of mine (Dons fan from Longside) used to live in a flat above Dersim kebab house and I used fuck me it would be depressing living here.

 

Niddrie hasn't been gentrified man. They've built new houses that's all. 

One of the pubs got busted for having dog fights in the lounge. Name escapes me but it's a farmfoods now.

[Beachend Bootboy]

Edinburgh. FFS???🙄

[BrisDon]

6 minutes ago, Beachend Bootboy said:

Edinburgh. FFS???🙄

I feel it’s incumbent upon me as a former resident of 9 years to point out that contrary to its reputation as a ‘The Athens of the North’, vast expanses of the city are a cultural wasteland. 
 

Chesser’s another area I forgot about. Used to go to the Asda there. Like a shit version of Seaton.

 

[milne_afc]

Gorgie is a fucking tip

[Wester Hailes Skins]

Gorgie / Dalry not a scheme but agree the deprivation of the area over the years is shameful. All that has been upgraded is new student flats.

There are I agree areas such as Dumbiedykes, Oxgangs, Inch, Tollcross etc but I was more referencing the big scheme sprawls.