Flattened today.... thank God the old man wasn't alive to see it, the shock could have killed him

Very sad, it used to be my local for many years in the 70,s. Roger Smith on the piano, Harp lager served in dimpled glasses with a handle. Tartan ale.

Another great pub bites the dust.

It is very sad; me and my missus also used to go in during the seventies. We loved the place especially at Christmas in the Logger Room. The then gaffer Billy Taylor always sang a carol after much encouragement from all the punters/ regulars; we'd raise the roof when he'd finished!

The Woody 'bit the dust' literally... it was all over the place.
The place was never the same when it was knocked into one big barn.

Yeh! It did lose its appeal then, I did still go there till recently to see bands they put on.

They're all disappearing down here as well. . to be fair i did pull quite a few birds in shitholes. i'll be sorry to see them go.

Another part of my past gone. Used to practically live there in the 80s. Always at Alex's quiz on a Monday night and Rob's quiz on a Sunday afternoon.

appreciate that lads who grew up in hartlepool will have significant memories of the place, but i thought it was a shithole. my ex-wife's uncles used to virtually live in there, but every time i went in i couldn't wait to get out.

something akin to^this^

My first ever pint in a pub was in the woody, I was 14 (1975) happy memories

First pint at 16 ('67) started stag night there ('76) went in on last visit - not good. ....but a real pub in its time for the locals.

First pint at 16 ('67) started stag night there ('76) went in on last visit - not good. ....but a real pub in its time for the locals.

Maybe the locals felt equally happy when you left.
I'm judging the place on its full life span.

Pubs are far more British than souless MacDonald's that happen to sell beer..

This....100%!!!!

The Woodcutter was a great pub, played some of our best gigs in there to great audiences.

I dont like these posh boozers give me the so called dives anytime where everyones on the same level.
Last time i was in the woodcutter for a pool match the game got suspended for ten minutes because there was a load o women knocking fuck out of each other one of them was throwing punches like Mike Tyson.A good bit of entertainment!

Just what a proper Pub should be like, be sadly missed.

Aye, eyes streaming from all the smoke..clothes reeking of nicotine after a night out..sad.

To be fair, "reeking of nicotine" was probably a step up for you.

The only things I look for in a pub are that it sells proper beer, doesn't play shite music and isn't full of chewy twats. Apart from that I'm happy really.

dont go boozing in hartlepool town centre then!!

I've been down the town about three times in the last five years, and I felt quite old. I'll stop in the Causeway all night given the choice.

good choice,cant argue with that

Pub's are all about good company and a decent pint.
The rest is pretty much incidental.

Very succinct and spot on.

i would raise a glass of youngers tartan ale if i could get some

Mckewans 80shilling was not too bad either.

You can get Caledonian 80 Shilling at a pub near me, its lush.

Out of all the pubs that have gone, the closure of The Lion saddened me the most.

I'm confused because of all the different Lions I know. Would that have been in Lancaster Road? There used to be a Santa Claus thing there for dock workers' kids like myself every Christmas.

The regal in Cambridge has strongarm on again happy days. I can only have one though at dinner as driving but took my boss who is from Netherlands for one today and he loved it.

I had some good nights in there, most of my mates lived round Oxford road, Kingsley avenue way. When I was 17 I played cricket for the woodcutter. Won a cup final one weekday night, think it was a Thursday, and ended up getting twatted on Pernod. Had a bloody good laugh in there, something which sadly wouldn't happen in the whitey or tall ships

hilarious.

i can't possibly speak for it's full lifespan, but the few occasions i crossed its threshold, it seemed exactly like the sort of shithole you would love. and your family would rejoice at every hour you spent in there while they could breathe fresh air at home.

Sorry to disappoint you, but you've probably been in the place more times than me, but the times I did, I never looked down on anyone....and your perfect pub is...?... this should be interesting.

Two worst pubs in the town named in one post.

Those establishments have as much in common with a pub as Marc Almond has with a cage fighter "poseurs paradises"

I had my stag night in the woodcutter many years ago if i remember right there was an hawiian group on (no grass skirts mind) a nice pub the woody
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Both pubs have a clientele that's a tribute to the embalmers art, with the atmosphere of a retired perfume counter advisors bragfest.

Haunt for about four years late 80s . Played cricket for them too, won the league. Was decent place, some good regulars .

Sorry to disappoint you, but you've probably been in the place more times than me, but the times I did, I never looked down on anyone....and your perfect pub is...?... this should be interesting.[/quote]

you're a beaut you like. where did i say i looked down on anyone ? just thought the pub was a shithole. and for the record my two favourite pubs in the town are the Smallcrafts club and the Stag and Monkey, both because I've run football teams that those boozers sponsored and spent most of my time in them. NEXT ?

Isn't the stag and monkey a restaurant not a pub?

dunno, just drink the beer.

Yes- Spent many an afternoon between 1 and 250pm listening to tees sport in the car while my dad and uncle had their pre match pints. A bag of nuts or crisps usually arrived around 1.45pm. Then one day in 1980 at the age of 15 they asked me if I would like to come in with them, and have a Shandy. Gerrin!! The rest is history!!