tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post4959865894654257831..comments2024-03-28T17:49:01.125+00:00Comments on Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness: Leave Hunters alone! The many incarnations of a Belfast pub.Owen Polleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-81356584578028388592022-11-23T13:53:02.069+00:002022-11-23T13:53:02.069+00:00I remember it as the Ashley arms, bar men were Noe...I remember it as the Ashley arms, bar men were Noel and big Peter with handlebar mustache<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13372398705701290077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-51164011446435771472008-06-25T14:04:00.000+01:002008-06-25T14:04:00.000+01:00Hunters?What's all that about? It'll always be the...Hunters?<BR/>What's all that about? It'll always be the Ashley Arms to me...<BR/><BR/>You young whippersnappers and your belief that there was nothing there before Hunters!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-83422609515914015682008-04-10T16:08:00.000+01:002008-04-10T16:08:00.000+01:00Ryans do have Sky.Ryans do have Sky.Owen Polleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-83464427827532884172008-03-18T11:25:00.000+00:002008-03-18T11:25:00.000+00:00Ryans is a good alternative to Hunters, although I...Ryans is a good alternative to Hunters, although I'm not sure whether they have Sky. The last time I sought out a game there I think they told me they just have Setanta. I'll see on Sunday because Hunters has been an awful hunting ground for watching Liverpool in the Premiership this season. I will not meekly watch another defeat to the Mancs in there and Ryans will be my second choice.Owen Polleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-44716677253734763472008-03-14T12:50:00.000+00:002008-03-14T12:50:00.000+00:00Only been in Hunters a few times myself I was more...Only been in Hunters a few times myself I was more of a Ryans or Empire person myself.<BR/><BR/><BR/>My local a few years ago to my annoyance got rid of its old style jukebox - Dr Hook, The Police, Beatles, Manics etc etc - and got one of those new fangled digital ones. It put me off going back as the old routine was order a pint and put on the tunes- but alas times change and not always for the betterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-21606764876756935792008-03-13T16:03:00.000+00:002008-03-13T16:03:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-16858712758620896052008-03-12T16:38:00.000+00:002008-03-12T16:38:00.000+00:00Beamish is decent stuff. It's got a slightly smok...Beamish is decent stuff. It's got a slightly smokier taste than Guinness to my palate. Although it's a while since I've drunk any. I did some work near Cork a couple of years ago and all the pubs down there had both Beamish and Murphys, actually to the exclusion of Guinness.Owen Polleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-15362608992483844572008-03-12T16:27:00.000+00:002008-03-12T16:27:00.000+00:00A few pubs did have Murphys but again it's got rar...<I>A few pubs did have Murphys but again it's got rarer these days.</I><BR/><BR/>Cool. Ive been converted to Beamish over the last few years. A better taste I think.. plus the fact that its often 50c cheaper helps. Murphys is a little bit too light for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-81599503965239967832008-03-12T16:25:00.000+00:002008-03-12T16:25:00.000+00:00I'm sure you can get it the odd place but it would...I'm sure you can get it the odd place but it wouldn't be widely available Kloot. A few pubs did have Murphys but again it's got rarer these days.Owen Polleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-9811608094838161482008-03-12T16:15:00.000+00:002008-03-12T16:15:00.000+00:00Lol. Kloot you just made me spit out a mouthful of...<I>Lol. Kloot you just made me spit out a mouthful of coffee with that remark.</I><BR/><BR/>:) <BR/><BR/>Tell me this, I dont think ive ever spotted it up that way, but is there any pubs that serve Beamish in NI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-85366691313241832002008-03-12T13:03:00.000+00:002008-03-12T13:03:00.000+00:00"So your anti partitionist when it comes to pubs e..."So your anti partitionist when it comes to pubs eh ;)"<BR/><BR/>Lol. Kloot you just made me spit out a mouthful of coffee with that remark.Owen Polleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-17772929968273379852008-03-12T12:35:00.000+00:002008-03-12T12:35:00.000+00:00I feel your pain though. There is nothing like you...<I>I feel your pain though. There is nothing like you local undergoing a chance to try capture the attention of the "trendies". </I><BR/><BR/>That should read <I>There is nothing like your local undergoing a change to try capture the attention of the "trendies"</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-87910319392455491162008-03-12T12:34:00.000+00:002008-03-12T12:34:00.000+00:00it instead re-opened as Hunters once again and hap...<I>it instead re-opened as Hunters once again and happily reintroduced the stairs. The bar was an indivisible whole once again (that’s whole with a w!).</I><BR/><BR/>So your anti partitionist when it comes to pubs eh ;) <BR/><BR/>I feel your pain though. There is nothing like you local undergoing a chance to try capture the attention of the "trendies". <BR/><BR/>The thing that pub owners forget when trying to target the trendies, is that the trendies are a migratory lot. They stay in a new pub for a short period, until they tire of it or a new trendy pub opens and they they leave en mass. They feel no loyalty to the pub, they are merely after the latest and greatest.. Its similar to these people who win singing or entertainment competitions such as X Factor or what ever. They are popular for about 4 months, and then the crowd have moved on to supporting the next series contender and this years winner is forgotten about.<BR/><BR/>Pubs who chase these trendies sacrifice their regulars for them, for a short term gain. Its a pity, but its also quite common, although that trend has slowed down greatly in Dublin. It used to be manic. Ive seen some great pubs ripped out and replaced with the most cold feeling surroundings all in the attempt to capture this trade. Very few end up successful in keeping them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-47625242196047493732008-03-12T12:23:00.000+00:002008-03-12T12:23:00.000+00:00My first encounter with "Deez" was the tragic yell...My first encounter with "Deez" was the tragic yellow car that sits parked outside it. It wasn't there that I saw it, I think it was near Tesco, but my initial reaction was somewhere between gagging and physically vomiting. It was a small mercy that it didn't seem to be anywhere near me and I could largely ignore it.<BR/><BR/>It was only later I realised that this horrible fluorescent branding belonged to the once-respectable Hunter's. I forgave them for stopping serving cider on draught, but I will not forgive them for this.<BR/><BR/>At least there's still Ryan's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-40556728514306519192008-03-12T12:17:00.000+00:002008-03-12T12:17:00.000+00:00I've been in Hunter's about three times in my life...I've been in Hunter's about three times in my life, but one of them was Monday night. There was a woman on the door and I said "we have to pay to get in?" "There's a disco (yes, she said disco) upstairs, £3" "we're just looking a pint" "that's alright then, in you go"<BR/><BR/>Very odd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com