When Did You Start Pubbing - How Much for a Pint?

[Neeranam]

Although I started drinking very young, I didn't start drinking regularly in a pub until I was 15, every Thursday after rugby training and Friday Sat. Being 6'4" helped.

This was in 1980 and it was 45p for a pint of heavy.

 

Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps was exactly £1.

 

 

 

[poohy]

late 70s Guinness 73 p a pint if i recall correctly (that was in a posh pub i went in cause i fancied the landlords Mrs !) so yes stickin my mind

Banks my local brew would have been 40p ish a pint then

Edited May 7, 2020 by poohy

[stouricks]

The Church Inn behind the Fire Station in Ashton-under-Lyne, summer 1963 I was 16 and a half. Watneys Red Barrel @ 1/6d a pint. <deleted> on half a crown.

[Neeranam]

4 minutes ago, stouricks said:

The Church Inn behind the Fire Station in Ashton-under-Lyne, summer 1963 I was 16 and a half. Watneys Red Barrel @ 1/6d a pint. <deleted> on half a crown.

What is 1/6d in pence? I was only a young kid when they had that money.

[Neeranam]

Mine was the Short Mile in Aberdeen.

 

Used to always sit at the table top Space Invaders.

[stouricks]

Just now, Neeranam said:

What is 1/6d in pence? I was only a young kid when they had that money.

7.5 pence. Half a crown was 12.5 pence.

[BobbyL]

Around 2003. It was about 2 pound but many places during the week had student nights where they were 1 pound. You could have a great night on 20 quid. 

[dabhand]

Did my early years drinking at the Avonbridge in Hamilton and another close-by establishment whose name escapes me. Would be around 1970, but no memory of the cost of a pint of heavy. I do recall, though, when eventually reaching home and staggering up the stairs to my  bedroom, having to hang onto my bed for dear life as the room was spinning around like a dervish. Those were the days.

[bignbad]

Early 70,s, John Peels brewery beers, 10p dark mild, 12p Bitter, 13p Lager.

I remember so well as I worked on the bar at 16 Years old in one of the local social clubs

[Phil McCaverty]

First time I got drunk was in a bar in Spain drinking bottled San Miguel and watching the World Cup Final in 1966. I was 12. I have no recollection of extra time. I'm not sure how much it  cost, 12 pesetas/bottle?

 

The first time I bought a pint of beer (cider) was at the end of a hot day spent swimming in my local river with my mates. 1969 I was 15. Pint of cider 2 shillings.

[Kwasaki]

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

Although I started drinking very young,

So did I, innocently of course at about 10 years old, I liked fizzy Cider and quart bottles of Bummers Cider forget how much.

 

Was in pubs and clubs when I was a baby with my parents.

 

The first time into a pub with 2 mates I was 14 and I was sure the Landlord knew we were under age we use to drink 1/2 pint of keg bitter and played darts it was 9 old pennies nowadays nearly 4 pence.  

[Neeranam]

4 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

So did I, innocently of course at about 10 years old, I liked fizzy Cider and quart bottles of Bummers Cider forget how much.

 

Was in pubs and clubs when I was a baby with my parents.

 

The first time into a pub with 2 mates I was 14 and I was sure the Landlord knew we were under age we use to drink 1/2 pint of keg bitter and played darts it was 9 old pennies nowadays nearly 4 pence.  

You should have seen the faces of the bar staff at my local when my photo appeared on the front page of the local rag, in my school uniform. I had been a regular for 2 years! 

[lee b]

I cant remember what I paid for a pint when I first started drinking. The cheapest pint I remember was in a bar in Rochdale, And it was £1.01 for a pint of lager. I think I must have been 16 at the time

[Neeranam]

44 minutes ago, bignbad said:

Early 70,s, John Peels brewery beers, 10p dark mild, 12p Bitter, 13p Lager.

I remember so well as I worked on the bar at 16 Years old in one of the local social clubs

I played snooker at local clubs. I was always the anchor man and was <deleted> by the time I played -  the booze was so cheap.

[OneeyedJohn]

My mum used to run a betting office in Wales, and the landlord of the pub next door used to use her shop, so when I went into his pub underage, he refused to sell me a pint, so I order two half pints instead and that was ok.

I used to drink cider then, moved onto Guinness later and real ale when I grew up.

 

Decimalisation in February 1971 doubled the cost of drinking, a <deleted> nightmare.

Edited May 7, 2020 by OneeyedJohn

[Kwasaki]

17 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

You should have seen the faces of the bar staff at my local when my photo appeared on the front page of the local rag, in my school uniform. I had been a regular for 2 years! 

Yeah I don't know how strict age in pubs were in your time.

I remember much later on that the pub we used in Harroweald was land-lorded by an ex-copper. ????

[steve187]

1972 hinds head at chadwell heath, essex, or the robin hood, larger 19p a pint guiness about the same, a watneys party 7, for parties