Wharton Arms

[Denzel]

I have been in there a few times recently, and slaked my thirst with a few refreshing pints of well-kept Strongbow. I'm becoming quite accustomed to the place now, and the addition of Suicidal Tendencies on the jukebox only adds to the atmosphere.

[HIGH PIT WILMA]

Jukebox?....! Dinna tell me the aad juke is still gaanin strong.......naa....it's gotta be a newer one!

Aav got pics of thi juke that was in there,what was tekkin' in thi mid-sixties![mind,it was accidental,that the juke got itsel' in thi pics!]

Anybody mind o' big Derek that had thi Wharton in the 'sixties?

Am a teetotaller aal me life,but Derek kindly let me and me marra's practice wa repertoire in the big room on neets when it wasn't

being used.[in the days when a was a lang-haired rocker from Bedltn!][noo aam a baldy-aad biker from Bedltn.....some things nivvor change......!]

A remember it being a cosy little place,and in the days when we were a proper mining community,aal thi pubs and clubs were usually full.

A think,the aad juke was a Bel-Ami,but a wud hae ti sort me pics oot ti confirm if aam reet.

So what sort is in there noo?