tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618089051639368879.post1754275629401887380..comments2024-03-20T12:25:01.670+00:00Comments on Pubs: Then & Now: #211 Bull & Stirrup Hotel, Chester : 1996 to 2016PetesQuizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13620433090438752385noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618089051639368879.post-85387921937312854852017-02-13T21:07:25.823+00:002017-02-13T21:07:25.823+00:00That's a fantastic tale (or two); it's ama...That's a fantastic tale (or two); it's amazing to think of how hotels used to be before en-suite facilities became the norm (not that many years ago, either!). Thanks for sharing your memories here.PetesQuizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13620433090438752385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618089051639368879.post-8115276536808104962017-02-13T18:39:32.022+00:002017-02-13T18:39:32.022+00:00I have had two separate weekends staying in the Bu...I have had two separate weekends staying in the Bull and Stirrup in 1983 with mates and early 1984 with my girlfriend who became my wife.<br />It was an Higsons tied house and i have had loads of pints of Higsons bitter in it.<br />A couple of things that have happened to me while staying in the pub,when with my mates we had a massive session round Chester and went back to the Bull and Stirrup and straight to bed in a shared room,back in those days there was one toilet for all of the rooms,i went to the toilet not too long after going to sleep a d when wandering back up the corridor a saw a couple walking towards me with and both had funny looks on their faces,i then realised that i was naked as i never sleep with anything on,i just walked past them back to our room.<br />When staying with my wife to be on our last day in the pub on a Sunday we were invited for a drink with the landlord which we did,we then went upstairs to pack our bags and one thing lead to another,when we finally came downstairs the pub was closed and the bar had a barrier round it,the front door was firmly locked so we had to go upstairs and go out of the fire escape with our bags,good times those were.Alan Winfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13143831341388857795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618089051639368879.post-23108089574819918892017-02-11T11:35:53.105+00:002017-02-11T11:35:53.105+00:00Thanks for that - you've made me even more dis...Thanks for that - you've made me even more disappointed to have missed out on what sounds like a gem. Hopefully, Wetherspoon's will do a tasteful job on the renovation - yhey're pretty good at that sort of thing these days!PetesQuizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13620433090438752385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5618089051639368879.post-37967613799245144842017-02-11T07:00:22.374+00:002017-02-11T07:00:22.374+00:00Brings back memories of my youth. It used to be an...Brings back memories of my youth. It used to be an outpost of Liverpool brewery Higson's, and had a wonderful unspoilt multi-roomed interior. It was later knocked through and when I last put my head through the door in 2014 only had keg beers :-(<br /><br />It used to have a tiled mural of "Edgar's Eight" (when eight subsidiary princes rowed King Edgar on the Dee in the 10th century) which hopefully has been preserved.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com