Gilbert 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2018 does anyone remember the cross keys pub at the west bridge? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gilbert 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2018 This is going back to the 1970s! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slf 2,609 Report post Posted January 9, 2018 Yes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HOODLUM65 2,709 Report post Posted January 9, 2018 Yes, in Commercial Street. The street was a "through road" then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gilbert 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 Thanks hoodlm65 Youv'e cleared somthing up, I thought it was on the other side of the bridge. Thanks SLF--short and to the point Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMac 320 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 I remember it, then it 'done up' and it's name was changed, but I cannot remember to what. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55saint 159 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 Picture from Google - now a beauty salon! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rickardo 398 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 Only New of this boozer as the riverside ,why you ask Gilbert ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slf 2,609 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 the discos doon the back were braw. it was called bubbles doon the wee lane on the right.and it wasn't called that after Michael jacksons boyfriend monkey. 1 fazman1977 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ejksjfc 714 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 The Cross Keys in Peebles is now a Wetherspoons so cheap booze and ok food. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slf 2,609 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 1 minute ago, ejksjfc said: The Cross Keys in Peebles is now a Wetherspoons so cheap booze and ok food. its no in bridgend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slf 2,609 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 22 hours ago, Gilbert said: does anyone remember the cross keys pub at the west bridge? its perth bridge or that auld bridge that looks like its falling doon not west bridge gilbert. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMac 320 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 Changed to the Riverside Inn, just wasn't the same. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ejksjfc 714 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 Is there not something on the roof facing the river indicating the name? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HOODLUM65 2,709 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 1 hour ago, ejksjfc said: Is there not something on the roof facing the river indicating the name? Naw, that's SLF,s unpaid bar bill. (on the slate). 2 fazman1977 and rickardo reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HOODLUM65 2,709 Report post Posted January 11, 2018 On 10/01/2018 at 12:48 PM, 55saint said: Picture from Google - now a beauty salon! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HOODLUM65 2,709 Report post Posted January 11, 2018 If you zoom in on the pic above, you can see the name above the establishment, "Hair and Beauty at Cross Keys". There is also Cross Keys symbols at either end of the name. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dooj 86 Report post Posted January 12, 2018 Was this pub not featured in a Tennents advert - must have been 1985/1986? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slf 2,609 Report post Posted January 12, 2018 20 hours ago, HOODLUM65 said: If you zoom in on the pic above, you can see the name above the establishment, "Hair and Beauty at Cross Keys". There is also Cross Keys symbols at either end of the name. there was nae hair never mind beauty when eddie the wig worked there. that was when it was the riverside. 2 HOODLUM65 and PanamaSaint reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gilbert 0 Report post Posted January 13, 2018 On 10/01/2018 at 1:33 PM, rickardo said: Only New of this boozer as the riverside ,why you ask Gilbert ? I drank in it in the seventies and got to know the daughter of the Landlord and lanlady, don't know their name but her name was Dot Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gilbert 0 Report post Posted January 13, 2018 Hi rickardo, I drank in it in the seventies and got to know the daughter of the landlord and lanlady, don't remember their names but her name was Dot Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
