Old Extinct Pubs in Aberdeen

[Devanha Red]

Staffing issues probably the main problem. Pint wasn't that great either but again that could be down to the afore mentioned staff.

Serves me right for changing things up a bit. Should just of stuck with the Carlton.

[StandfreeFM]

Staffing issues probably the main problem. Pint wasn't that great either but again that could be down to the afore mentioned staff.

Serves me right for changing things up a bit. Should just of stuck with the Carlton.

Interesting. Very interesting.

[57vintage]

Serves me right for changing things up a bit. Should just of stuck with the Carlton.

That just made me realise, that in my near 44 years of exile in toon from God's Ain County, I canna recall ever having had a beer in ony of the Castlegate pubs apart fae Freelands/Blackfriars. Of course, booze-induced memory loss back in the drinking days may mean that I was a regular in Portals without realising it.

[The_Moog]

That just made me realise, that in my near 44 years of exile in toon from God's Ain County, I canna recall ever having had a beer in ony of the Castlegate pubs apart fae Freelands/Blackfriars. Of course, booze-induced memory loss back in the drinking days may mean that I was a regular in Portals without realising it.

Having been in Portals a few times myself (usually at the crack of dawn en route to hampden) I can imagine that maist of the regulars in there dinna realise they are regulars...

[Pacman1903]

Having been in Portals a few times myself (usually at the crack of dawn en route to hampden) I can imagine that maist of the regulars in there dinna realise they are regulars...

The last time i was in Portals was before a friendly v Arbroath in 2012. We had a bus going down for a day oot

Got in, got pints, got a table, then got slapped in the face by a belt but nae by just anyone. A guy who had came out the toilet in just his scuds belt in hand and decided i was a good target. He was dealt with by a swift elbow to the chops from my pal who had just returned from the bog and had already been subjected to this state of a [email protected] was ejected soon after still in just his scuds

[The_Moog]

The last time i was in Portals was before a friendly v Arbroath in 2012. We had a bus going down for a day oot

Got in, got pints, got a table, then got slapped in the face by a belt but nae by just anyone. A guy who had came out the toilet in just his scuds belt in hand and decided i was a good target. He was dealt with by a swift elbow to the chops from my pal who had just returned from the bog and had already been subjected to this state of a [email protected] was ejected soon after still in just his scuds

Yeah sorry about that, I think I rather overdid it the night before. Never did get my What Everyone Wants shell suit back either...

[mondo_notion]

Yeah sorry about that, I think I rather overdid it the night before. Never did get my What Everyone Wants shell suit back either...

I'll gie it a quick wash and get it right back to you, soz.

[Pacman1903]

Yeah sorry about that, I think I rather overdid it the night before. Never did get my What Everyone Wants shell suit back either...

Must have been some come down later on as you were eed up to the max. Dinna ken fit you did to Jason in the bogs but the elbow in the jaw was most deserved for the belt alone

Why did you have a belt with a shell suit out of interest?

[The_Moog]

Must have been some come down later on as you were eed up to the max. Dinna ken fit you did to Jason in the bogs but the elbow in the jaw was most deserved for the belt alone

Why did you have a belt with a shell suit out of interest?

Just drink in Portals a bit mair often & all will be revealed...

[InversneckieDob]

That just made me realise, that in my near 44 years of exile in toon from God's Ain County, I canna recall ever having had a beer in ony of the Castlegate pubs apart fae Freelands/Blackfriars. Of course, booze-induced memory loss back in the drinking days may mean that I was a regular in Portals without realising it.

You mean The Royal Oak?

I was actually a regular-ish in the Freelands half lifetime ago...... a daytime regular.