Is The Ambrose still open
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Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
Pretty certain the Ambrose and St Chrissies clubs both closed a few years ago. The only social clubs I know are still open are The Metal Box, and Dunnies, which is the Old Dunlops Sports and Social which now operates out of the old Fox building.
Edit. Just googled the Ambrose and now i'm not sure if it's still open are not mate. It may be. Don't have any links there now. On the rare occasion I do frequent Speke it's to see the old lads from the footie team I played for and that's at Dunnies club. But my brother still lived there up until about 3 years ago and I'm sure he said the only places to go for a bevvie were The O, Dunnies and The Metal box. He moved to Garston and always drank there or in Woolton.
Spent many a happy Sunday night upstairs at the Ambrose and at one stage for a time in late70- 71 nearly lived in the Noah's
Had my 18th birthday in the peg.
And got married in Crissies
It`s that bad for a drink in Speke, that I know lads that use the bar at the Goals five a side place off the Boulevard - seriously !
Belle Vale and Netherley haven`t had any pubs at all for a couple of years now. ( The Bridge was the last one to go )
I`m led to believe it`s the largest built up area in the UK, per head, without a pub
Harefield road, our house backed onto St Chrissys, I played Footie for the metal box and Speke argyle back in the day, the box was my local growing up, I worked there for a while, didn’t know you were a Speke lad Fred
Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
I've seen that Goals place. Used to be the Metal box football pitches. Didn't even know it had a bar tbh.It`s that bad for a drink in Speke, that I know lads that use the bar at the Goals five a side place off the Boulevard - seriously !
Belle Vale and Netherley haven`t had any pubs at all for a couple of years now. ( The Bridge was the last one to go )
I`m led to believe it`s the largest built up area in the UK, per head, without a pub
Yeah. People don't realise just how big Speke is. It's one of the biggest residential estates in the country with about 35000 inhabitants, and just 1 pub. Amazing really.
Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
Yeah lived there 30 years mate. I used to play for Speke Town and then we changed our name to Speke FC when we merged with Dunlops (Speke Hall Social). Used to drink quite a lot in the Metal Box. I played snooker there, or rather tried to. Did you remember a lad called Barry Wilkinson from when you worked at the Metal Box. I used to live next door to him on Western Avenue. I know he worked there for years.
Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
It's the Christmas Lights switch on in the village this evening. I was going to walk around but it's absolutely chucking it down at the moment. If I was organising it I'd just switch it to tomorrow night instead.
Is Alan Partridge switching them on?
That’s mad that, especially in a city with so many bars.
Had no idea Speke was that populated and I only associate it with the airport to be honest.
Yep I knew Barry well he drank in the Peg, good lad I played snooker with him for the Metal Box as did my dad Wally Beaney,
Roy Lally has the peg for a while and Alan McCrysal family had it,
Small world eh, but it’s big inside
Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
Don't recall Lally's or McCrystals ever having the Peg Dunc. Sure you're not getting mixed up with The Saucer which I know one of the Lally's definitely had, I think it was Roy. The Walls used to run the Peg, certainly for the last 10/15 years of it's existence.
Did you know Alan McCrystal well? He was my elder sisters first beau so I've probably known him since I was about 12. His claim to fame was getting shot in the foot when he was standing at the bar in Jalons restaurant minding his own business. He's rolling around in pain and apparently all the mates he was with were too busy falling about laughing,
Barry was a good mate. Me and my brother and him were always into quizzing and used to always win the Sunday night quiz in the Peg. Everyone used to go nuts. When I tell people my next door neighbour was a granddad at 32 nobody ever believes me, lol
There's so much Zen in those 7 words on so many levels.
Should be in the Oxford Book of Quotes.
Gwladysover
Player Valuation: £35m
Night night Messy and everyone. Did it stop raining for the Christmas lights switch on @Barnfred 55? Hope you have had a good day Messy, we are all thinking of you and sending our best wishes. Wishing you a restful night, sweet dreams all.?
Night @messymascot hope you’re OK and picking a first 11 for Monday. Would love to hear your take.
@Reedy1979 feel free to chip in with views on the manager or life in general.
Bucketing here in Armagh, a night to be glad of the house.
@Reedy1979 feel free to chip in with views on the manager or life in general.
Bucketing here in Armagh, a night to be glad of the house.