Sad to see towd Dev being pulled down.

[Young_Nudger]

Used to be the last boozer I went in before a match.
Especially when it went to a real ale boozer.
There is a real business opportunity for a proper real ale boozer outside of the interchange.
A sort of No. 7 but but with a bigger and better decor.

[SBRed48]

When a saw the heading a thought it wo Cole claiming a penalty.

[Ponte_Steve24]

It was half decent when it was Gatehouse pub.

[animallittle3]

Some characters got in the Dev when I first started going out .

Characters that are no longer with us unfortunately .

Put 10p in the Jukebox and Dancing Doris would strut her stuff .

Ill tell thi wat though , I called in many an evening on my way home from work because it opened at half five and had a pint whilst killing time for my bus .

Tha'd not be short of conversation in the Dev , ivery body would talk to thi .

[Young_Nudger]

Some characters got in the Dev when I first started going out .

Characters that are no longer with us unfortunately .

Put 10p in the Jukebox and Dancing Doris would strut her stuff .

Ill tell thi wat though , I called in many an evening on my way home from work because it opened at half five and had a pint whilst killing time for my bus .

Tha'd not be short of conversation in the Dev , ivery body would talk to thi .

That’s one of the beautiful things about Barnsley - people just strike up a conversation.
Where else does that happen like it does in Barnsley???

I often go in to town Friday dinner time ish and buy a Chronicle and sit in a cafe and read it.
It’s rare if I don’t have a conversation with a complete stranger.
Today wasn’t a complete stranger - a guy who also sits in the lower west stand - didn’t know him - but he’d seen me in there.
Sat int cafe having a cuppa and a chat about last season and this one coming up.

Same happens when I go into Tarn at night.
People just talk in Barnsley.
It’s great.

[SBRed48]

Careful Nudge--there's sum funny buggers abart.

[animallittle3]

For more years than I care to remember after every home game we'd head to that cafe on Kendray Street and have pie , chips n peas .

At 5.30pm we'd head for The Dev and have a pint or two whilst we waited for the Green Un to hit the news-stand outside the bus station .

Back in the Dev for a couple more whilst we caught up with the days football results .

Usual Headlines would be

OWLS OUTCLASSED

BLADES BATTERED

Reds , Millers , Spirites win .

We'd head in to the usual tarn boozers about 8 for our Saturday night .

South Yorkshireman , N0.7 , White Hart , Chennels , Corner Pin , Rose n Thistle and Shakespeare .

Not a care in the world and still change out of £15 , match , snap and beer plus fags .

Sad to see the Dev become rubble but the memories never die .

[Young_Nudger]

Used to be the last boozer I went in before a match.
Especially when it went to a real ale boozer.
There is a real business opportunity for a proper real ale boozer outside of the interchange.
A sort of No. 7 but but with a bigger and better decor.

Just read ont sister site ……. new real ale boozer opening soon - in what used to be MC Mills place up Lower Castlereagh Street.

That’s big big news as far as I’m concerned - at long last it seems wi gunner get a reight boozer.

Outside of building looks like an owd garage - but who cares as long as it’s ok inside and they have some good stuff on tap.
Going to have a walk up theer tomorrow before the game to see how it’s developing.

[Arblasterfromthepast]

When a saw the heading a thought it wo Cole claiming a penalty.

Lol. Once a journalist eh?

[Tarnred]

New pub on Aggy road nudge sells real ale