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"Quiz: Edinburgh pubs - what are they now?"

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  1. chdot
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    an infamous pub which locals referred to as the "Vietnam" on account of its rough reputation.

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    http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/entertainment/quiz-edinburgh-pubs-what-are-they-now-1-4313742

    Posted 7 years ago #
  2. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    15/20.

    I used to work beside a lady who worked the door at the Dundee Arms at weekends. Cheerful, friendly, huge.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  3. crowriver
    Member

    Ah, that was fun. A few wrong which I should have remembered, but didn't. Possibly I was the worse for wear when I last visited some of these establishments...

    Posted 7 years ago #
  4. gembo
    Member

    Also 15/20 shame the following question was not asked

    Which world famous and Gembo favourite singer is banned from The Doric Tavern?

    A. Aretha Franklin
    B. Joni Mitchell
    C. Rickie Lee Jones

    Posted 7 years ago #
  5. chdot
    Admin

    We 'all' know it was B.

    Some of us know which publication's staff she was in the company of.

    Though I bet if she ever went back (unlikely) she would no longer be barred.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  6. Frenchy
    Member

    We 'all' know it was B.

    Some of us aren't really sure who Joni Mitchell is...

    Posted 7 years ago #
  7. gembo
    Member

    @frenchy, the staff in the Doric don't know who she is, so she could get back in now but she bears a grudge., hope a, b and c make it out of 2016 the year of the cull.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  8. Throughout my childhood the bar formerly known as Robertons was called the green tree.

    At the end of its days as 'the tree' it had become a bolt hole for the neo nazi groups who had been purged from The Spiders Web at Haymarket.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  9. Rosie
    Member

    15/20. Spider's Web was a jolly dive full of Beatles memorabilia. Dundee Arms was spoken of in awed tones as it still had sawdust on the floor.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  10. Nelly
    Member

    16/20 including a few unforgivable errors in Leith pubs.

    Surprised that the Southpour question referenced Reverie, maybe shows the author's youth. Used to be The Wine Glass and was where we used for semi illicit drinking when in 6th year of Liberton.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  11. gembo
    Member

    The grey horse in Balerno has just had a great makeover, lots of original features such as doors and fireplaces revealed. Will be public bar as separate same as now, with log fire then lounge with. Am guessing bar food then restaurant proper which will be gastro food and also Chinese menu.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  12. Cyclingmollie
    Member

    I remember The Reverie as the Wine Glass. The worst pub I ever went into was the Telford Arms: the rumor was that you had to have ten scars to stand at the bar. Bloke threatened to feed my mixed race colleague to his dog.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  13. kaputnik
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    19/20 but I think I have relative youth on my side; I wasn't being misdirected by knowing what pubs used to be called. I'd have faired poorly if it was a "what did they used to be called" quiz.

    Got the Beaten Docket wrong.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  14. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Well the worst pub I ever went into was the Malleny Arms. Old geezer came over to shout at me about outside toilets at random and fell in the fireplace he was so wrecked. I picked him out of the fire and dusted him down, but some hoodlum claiming to be his son turned up during this process and pointedly asked why I'd set fire to his dad (in a tone of voice that suggested this might not be the first time someone had done this), with his eyeballs stotting out of his head and doing some kind of kung-fu dance. I took the hint and retreated with my companion.

    Not an ideal first date I can tell you.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  15. gembo
    Member

    Malleny arms sitting derelict now

    At the Balerno farmers market On Saturday I was talking to the chap trying to sell wood pellet burning stoves (hard sell as everyone has wood burning stoves and that book Norwegian wood (chapters include how to stack wood etc).

    The other son of the man IWRATS set on fire comes up and asks if there is any smoke to which stove pellet man says a little, the stove is connected to a flue on his lorry you can see the smoke trickling out. IWRATS immolation son starts ranting that the second he puts a fire on his neighbour's complain. He then laments the loss of the Malleny arms which was his place.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  16. chdot
    Admin

    "Malleny arms sitting derelict now"

    Someone run out of money?

    "

    Address Malleny Arms Hotel 15 Main Street Balerno EH14 7EQ
    Proposal Refurbishment and extension to ground floor bar of licensed premises plus associated alterations.
    Status Application Granted
    Decision Issued Date Fri 27 Nov 2015

    "

    Posted 7 years ago #
  17. Colonies_Chris
    Member

    @gembo: I'm aghast. Care to share the story of how Joni got banned from the Doric? Or is it still too painful a memory?

    Posted 7 years ago #
  18. cb
    Member

    Surprisingly well implemented quiz for the Evening News website, with the after/before pictures being a nice touch.

    I reckon someone with no knowledge at all of Edinburgh pubs could get a reasonably good score given the way the multiple choices were presented. I'm pretty clueless on this topic but managed 16; possibly too much knowledge would be a distraction.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  19. cb
    Member

    (Think that might have been a Humblebrag there)

    Posted 7 years ago #
  20. slowcoach
    Member

    Why is there the bike above the door at the Blackbird?

    14/20, (I guessed wrong for 7,11, and 16-19)

    Posted 7 years ago #
  21. wangi
    Member

    "Got the Beaten Docket wrong" - it's most famous incarnation was as the ass blower.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  22. Murun Buchstansangur
    Member

  23. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Old Malleny Arms open but gentrified

    I once had to leave that pub sharpish after an old guy fell in the open fire while lecturing me and a young lady. First ever visit to Balerno. Coloured my view for life.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  24. Murun Buchstansangur
    Member

    Were you being... immoral?

    Posted 4 years ago #
  25. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    No, just young. Guy started on the 'I was a miner with an outdoor lavvie' thing and fell in the fire. I pulled him out and his son started on the 'How come you pushed my dad in the fire' thing so we bolted.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  26. gembo
    Member

    Honky was grim
    The Balerno populace has gone nuts for this new pub
    I cannot fathom why
    I am sure it will be good
    20 years back the village had four pubs. One was great but with an owner who hated the general public. One was a sort of dampo house made of harling (Kestrel was its name - some people might remember it fondly as they did their underage drinking in it)
    Malleny /Honky was grim
    Grey Horse snug had open fire - IWRATS could have pushed the punters into it then too. It is now a stove that is too hot for the room despite being the tiniest of stoves. An inefficient open fire better.
    THer grey horse had a makeover and I get on well with the staff but this is not universal
    The people who run the letterbox restaurant in the Post Office are lovely
    Come to Balerno, book a room in the hotel, walk up to The Kips, go to the other pub, visit the covenanter's grave, go to the post office?

    Posted 4 years ago #
  27. unhurt
    Member

    One was great but with an owner who hated the general public. One was a sort of dampo house made of harling (Kestrel was its name - some people might remember it fondly as they did their underage drinking in it)

    Me and my pals did our underage drinking in the former. General misanthropy aside it was indeed a very very very nice pub. Still miss it on Xmas Eve if I'm home.

    Posted 4 years ago #

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