Bouncers

PTH2009 · 16-07-2015 11:37PM #1

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 ??

The Backwards Man · 16-07-2015 11:40PM

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 · 16-07-2015 11:41PM

Hes a Bouncher

Tombi! · 16-07-2015 11:41PM

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

PTH2009 · 16-07-2015 11:42PM

Tombi! wrote: »

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

Yeah my bad

The Backwards Man · 16-07-2015 11:43PM

Tombi! wrote: »

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

Ah, now it all makes senshe.:P

JonEBGud · 16-07-2015 11:43PM

Bring back "Lugs Branigan".

Ruu · 16-07-2015 11:44PM

Sorry bud, not tonight.

KKkitty · 16-07-2015 11:47PM

Ruu wrote: »

Sorry bud, not tonight.

But I'm 18 :pac:

jimgoose · 16-07-2015 11:48PM

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

The Backwards Man · 16-07-2015 11:48PM

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 · 16-07-2015 11:49PM

KKkitty wrote: »

But I'm 18 :pac:

Buts it's 24 and a half night

Charlie19 · 16-07-2015 11:50PM

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

How does one become a regular then?

KKkitty · 16-07-2015 11:50PM

Gatling wrote: »

Buts it's 24 and a half night

Meant to say I'm 25 sorry

KKkitty · 16-07-2015 11:51PM

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 · 16-07-2015 11:51PM

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! · 16-07-2015 11:51PM

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! · 16-07-2015 11:52PM

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 · 16-07-2015 11:53PM

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 · 16-07-2015 11:54PM

KKkitty wrote: »

Regularly wait outside to be let in?.

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

KKkitty · 16-07-2015 11:56PM

Charlie19 wrote: »

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

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

jimgoose · 16-07-2015 11:57PM

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 · 16-07-2015 11:58PM

KKkitty wrote: »

Meant to say I'm 25 sorry

Sign says 24 and a half

RDM_83 again · 17-07-2015 12:04AM

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! · 17-07-2015 12:05AM

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 · 17-07-2015 12:07AM

Ruu wrote: »

Sorry bud, not tonight.

Poor old Lugs wasn't the worst of them.

jimgoose · 17-07-2015 12:07AM

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 · 17-07-2015 01:48AM

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 · 17-07-2015 02:06AM

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 · 17-07-2015 02:42AM

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 · 17-07-2015 03:45AM

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.

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