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.

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?