Riverside pub..walkley lane - bulletholes? 05/08/2015

[Prodjsheff 10]

This was a decent pub shame it didn't last!!

[Guest]

This was a decent pub shame it didn't last!!

 

Are you talking about the Riverside on the bottom of Walkley lane where it meets Holme Lane? I wasn't aware it was shut/shutting!

[jaffa1 10]

This was a decent pub shame it didn't last!!

 

It all boils back down to the landlord, decent landlord, decent clientele.

[bazjea 10]

It all boils back down to the landlord, decent landlord, decent clientele.

 

I would say that if it is closing down. It would be due to the competion

from Weatherspoons directly opposite, plus 3 other pubs within about 50 yards.

Edited August 25, 2016 by bazjea

[TORONTONY 10]

I Wouldn't go out drinking in Hillsboro for a golden pig.

 

Things must have gone downhill I suppose. When I lived on Minto Rd in the late seventies I used to love popping in the Mason's and the Ball, when I went out locally. They were both good pubs and always busy.

[BHRemovals 10]

the riverside is a good pub. Do they still have live music.

[Prodjsheff 10]

the riverside is a good pub. Do they still have live music.

 

The riverside walkley lane not really had much live music on (only djs)

 

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I would say that if it is closing down. It would be due to the competion

from Weatherspoons directly opposite, plus 3 other pubs within about 50 yards.

 

I used to DJ in the riverside 2014/ till September 2015 and we used to be busier than weatherspoons. We had to turn coustomers away because we was full!

 

It was a really enjoyable place too work till the landlord got too big for his boots and changed. I left 5 months later he left and it's not been same.. They are struggling to make end meet now

[ANGELFIRE1 10]

Iv heard on the grapevine that a hammer was involved on the windows.

 

Big holes in the windows then?.

 

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Does look like a airgun , there was a shooting incident not so long ago inside . I not been in pub for yrs to be onest thought it was picking up ?

 

 

A huge difference between hammer holes and a very small airgun pellet hole.

 

Angel.

[Guest makapaka]

Big holes in the windows then?.

 

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A huge difference between hammer holes and a very small airgun pellet hole.

 

Angel.

 

The shooting incident was yonks ago I believe.

[pacifica 10]

the riverside is a good pub. Do they still have live music.

 

You might be thinking of The Riverside on Catchbar Lane.

[Roger123W 10]

Gone upmarket lately then.............................

 

I did think that Hillsborough has gone up market and is now a desirable place to live and go out in ? Does anyone still go in the Blue Ball ? :-)

[mickey finn 12]

I did think that Hillsborough has gone up market and is now a desirable place to live and go out in ? Does anyone still go in the Blue Ball ? :-)

 

There are more cameras around the Blue Ball than at Area 51, its incredible.