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01.04.2022 - 09:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Leary drinkers in a flat roofed pub downing pint after pint while women blast out 'Roll out the barrel' on a karaoke machine, was what treated viewers in a documentary on Britain's toughest pubs in the noughties.
With the boom of satellite channels in the nineties and noughties, in 2004, Sky 3 produced a show called 'The Toughest Pubs in Britain'. Whether you remember it or not, it certainly shned a light on some of the dodgier drinking holes that litter towns and cities across the nation.
Each episode would delve into the seedier side of a couple of pubs that had made a name for themselves as 'tough boozers' as the show's producers would get prime anecdotes from a motley crew of patrons. No doubt they were encouraged to share their most lurid tales as colourfully as possible.
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One pub on the whistle-stop tour that featured in the third series was Manchester's own, Billy Greens. Now demolished, Billy Greens in Collyhurst was once the centre of life on the estate.
Named after renowned local boxer boxer and well-known pub landlord, Billy Green, it's fair to say the pub had a reputation. The pub closed in 2011 and was being abandoned and burned out, eventually falling victim to the bulldozer. Where the pub used to stand there's now just a patch of wasteland left in its place.
The episode featuring Billy Greens starts with the show's narrator introducing the pub. The narrator says: "Here we are again in the traditional British boozer; a local pub for local people. A centre for the community. A place to meet old friends and mix with like minded souls - fat chance!"
The narrator adds: "Let’s continue our journey with a trip to sunny Manchester,
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