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PTH2009

Just after watching rise of the foot soldier life story of Carlton Leech

A few things I wonder about

Were bouncers in clubs in those times really that tough no **** taking maniacs ??

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The Backwards Man

Google doesn't know who Charlton Leech is.

I don't know who Charlton Leech is

The dog in the street (Lucky in her bed) doesn't know who Charlton Leech is.

Can't be that hard, who the fcuk is he?

pmasterson95

Hes a Bouncher

Tombi!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_Leach
Typo by the OP I'm guessing?

PTH2009

Tombi! wrote: »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_Leach
Typo by the OP I'm guessing?

Yeah my bad

The Backwards Man

Tombi! wrote: »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_Leach
Typo by the OP I'm guessing?

Ah, now it all makes senshe.:P

JonEBGud

Bring back "Lugs Branigan".

Ruu

Sorry bud, not tonight.

KKkitty

Ruu wrote: »

Sorry bud, not tonight.

But I'm 18 :pac:

jimgoose

Some of them, yes. The ones who weren't really there to inspect your dress-sense.

The Backwards Man

Chucker outing is one of what I call the Catch-22 occupations. In the majority of cases, those who actually want to do the job are the exact people that shouldn't be let anywhere near the job, and the ones who would actually be good at it want fcuk all to do with it.

Gatling

KKkitty wrote: »

But I'm 18 :pac:

Buts it's 24 and a half night

Charlie19

The old "regulars only" really got on my nerves.

How does one become a regular then?

KKkitty

Gatling wrote: »

Buts it's 24 and a half night

Meant to say I'm 25 sorry

KKkitty

Charlie19 wrote: »

The old "regulars only" really got on my nerves.

How does one become a regular then?

Regularly wait outside to be let in?.

Jotunheim

PTH2009 wrote: »

Were bouncers in clubs in those times really that tough no **** taking maniacs ??

No, those particular kinds of bouncers were nasty, violent, ruthless, criminal scum who worked in any situation they felt allowed them license to hurt people and they shouldn't be glorified in films.

Tombi!

KKkitty wrote: »

Meant to say I'm 25 sorry

Sorry, but regulars only.
And no, just because we let that 15 year old in with no ID that's never been here before doesn't mean anything.

Tombi!

Actually, OP, to answer your question: from what I've read the "tough hardman" as in thuggish, more likely to slap you for drinking too much than telling you to stop type was generally in bad clubs. Bad being either very rough or general dodgy. Filled with criminals, etc. That could pretty much afford to have a bad image since their regulars would be regulars because they got to push the line.

KKkitty

Tombi! wrote: »

Sorry, but regulars only.
And no, just because we let that 15 year old in with no ID that's never been here before doesn't mean anything.

But my friend is in there and she has my purse.

Charlie19

KKkitty wrote: »

Regularly wait outside to be let in?.

I'll only be turned away once from a club.

KKkitty

Charlie19 wrote: »

I'll only be turned away once from a club.

Same here. Couldn't stick to just one nightclub though.

jimgoose

Tombi! wrote: »

Actually, OP, to answer your question: from what I've read the "tough hardman" type was generally in bad clubs. Bad being either very rough or general dodgy. Filled with criminals, etc. That could pretty much afford to have a bad image since their regulars would be regulars because they got to push the line.

A few of the nicest, most peaceful, respectably-clienteled clubs I've been in had 1% MC merchants on the doors.

Gatling

KKkitty wrote: »

Meant to say I'm 25 sorry

Sign says 24 and a half

RDM_83 again

Tombi! wrote: »

Actually, OP, to answer your question: from what I've read the "tough hardman" type was generally in bad clubs. Bad being either very rough or general dodgy. Filled with criminals, etc. That could pretty much afford to have a bad image since their regulars would be regulars because they got to push the line.

Depends on the breed of tough hard men though, drank in places up north where the bouncers would be considered very dangerous people (in that they could have you beaten/ran out of town/shot). Different to football hooligan types though in that you actually had to do something pretty serious for them to be anything more than mild mannered middle aged men.

Tombi!

Well, I'll go and edit that. What I mean was "thug" as in "violence first, then maybe talking". Not literally in terms of how tough they are; more so the "beat someone up 5 on 1 and be tough" type.

JonEBGud

Ruu wrote: »

Sorry bud, not tonight.

Poor old Lugs wasn't the worst of them.

jimgoose

Tombi! wrote: »

Well, I'll go and edit that. What I mean was "thug" as in "violence first, then maybe talking". Not literally in terms of how tough they are; more so the "beat someone up 5 on 1 and be tough" type.

I understood the spirit and intent to be real hawrd bawstards, as opposed to half-mad strung-out bullies.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Many of these clubs in London would have been run by gangsters and people connected to crime. They'd put their heavies on the door to make sure rival criminals didn't try and enter to do harm, sell drugs on their turf etc.

RedemptionZ

I've never been given the regulars only line before... Intrigued now, where do I go to get refused for this?

There aren't many dodgy bouncers in Ireland, a few 'hard lads' who'll take the first opportunity to hit you but when you start going further adrift into the 'less developed' parts of the mainland the bouncers are far tougher and far rougher. I was in a relatively rural part of Portugal before and saw a 16 year old guy trying to sneak into the pub, he got caught and 4 of the so called private security took him down a lane and beat the **** out of him. Kicks when he's on the ground that kind of thing. Now maybe people will say he deserved a wallop, but they were all big men and he was a weedy young lad. This was last year and I went back this year and the same bouncers are still there, still taking the law into their own hands. You'd never see that in Ireland.

lizzyman

RedemptionZ wrote: »

I've never been given the regulars only line before... Intrigued now, where do I go to get refused for this?

There aren't many dodgy bouncers in Ireland, a few 'hard lads' who'll take the first opportunity to hit you but when you start going further adrift into the 'less developed' parts of the mainland the bouncers are far tougher and far rougher. I was in a relatively rural part of Portugal before and saw a 16 year old guy trying to sneak into the pub, he got caught and 4 of the so called private security took him down a lane and beat the **** out of him. Kicks when he's on the ground that kind of thing. Now maybe people will say he deserved a wallop, but they were all big men and he was a weedy young lad. This was last year and I went back this year and the same bouncers are still there, still taking the law into their own hands. You'd never see that in Ireland.

Ever seen the military police with the automatic rifles that come out at night in places like Lagos and Faro in the Algarve? Scary looking fúckers.

RedemptionZ

lizzyman wrote: »

Ever seen the military police with the automatic rifles that come out at night in places like Lagos and Faro in the Algarve? Scary looking fúckers.

Yeah I've been there too! Seems to be the norm there, scares the ****e out of me and it's always Irish and British people on the end of any violence from them, probably due to our drinking cultures.