The Railway Tavern when I was about 16. Trouble was it was a mackem Vaux pub so the first pint I had was Vaux Gold tankard and it tasted awful, it had a sort of 'soapy' flavour. But, 'pints' were what all the blokes drank so I persisted with beer and developed a life long taste for the stuff. Obviously, Blue Star* beers were much, much better than the mackem muck and of course there was always the Federation beers at the clubs - yum, yum! I seem to remember the girls usually drank a porter sort of beer that came in a very small gill bottle (1/4 pint) but its name has slipped the memory for the moment. Drinking and driving was never a concern back then, I remember regularly driving miles to boozers, having a skinful, then driving home. Many stories to tell but I'll hold-off telling until others post theirs ... what's the 'statute of limitations' for out-running the Peelers whilst pissed at the wheel? Obviously, I don't do that sort of thing now ... the Bizzies have guns here! *for our younger viewers Blue Star was the trademark for the Newcastle Brewery.