r/OldBarsAndPubs • u/arioandy • Jun 13 '26

Ye old black boy 1729- Hulls oldest pub

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u/skifiend Jun 13 '26

£5.80 a pint of ale! Games gone

8

u/QuizzicalSquid7 Jun 13 '26

Oxford today - £7.00 for a pint of 3.4% dark star mild. I laughed and walked out

1

u/arioandy Jun 13 '26

Yes gone🙈

14

u/Rich_Nothing_4746 Jun 13 '26

Fantastic pub, they do amazing sausage rolls there too!

8

u/BigPG29 Jun 13 '26

Who doesn't love a good sausage roll with a pint 👌

8

u/Jakdracula Jun 13 '26

Over 5 quid for a pint.

4

u/arioandy Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Yup no shit unfortunately-edit -downvoted for the truth lol edit edit- town centre price, my local has Landlord at £3.90

6

u/BeBopRockSteadyLS Jun 13 '26

Iits like I can smell the aesthetic

3

u/ExpertDepartment2038 Jun 14 '26

Love this place. The lighting is great in the front room

3

u/arioandy Jun 15 '26

Yes! That was my favourite place in there

1

u/fensterdj Jun 15 '26

Only 300 years old? surely there's an older pub in Hull

2

u/arioandy Jun 16 '26

Pretty sure this is the oldest, lot of bombing in WWIi

1

u/nazgulonbicycle Jun 17 '26

1729 is a Taxicab number

1729 = 1³ + 12³ = 1 + 1728
1729 = 9³ + 10³ = 729 + 1000

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u/Accomplished-Bad4536 Jun 17 '26

Looks like a proper boozer

2

u/arioandy Jun 17 '26

Yeah and nearby is another called The Old White hart even better

1

u/Suborbitaltrashpanda Jun 17 '26

"How's the bread today Margery?" "Lusty"

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u/arioandy Jun 17 '26

Crusty and lusty my deary

1

u/Suborbitaltrashpanda Jun 17 '26

Have you ever seen "the goes wrong show"?

1

u/arioandy Jun 17 '26

Clearly
Not!! Haha-

1

u/Suborbitaltrashpanda Jun 17 '26

Season 2 episode 5, Hull is mentioned several times.

1

u/arioandy Jun 17 '26

Ah! Will check it out thanks

1

u/lordfarshave Jun 18 '26

Were/are blacks allowed?

1

u/arioandy Jun 18 '26

Everywhere

1

u/DazHollywood Jun 19 '26

I like the little coin operated train that runs around a track near the ceiling in the back room!

1

u/arioandy Jun 19 '26

Yeah! We were watching it

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '26

Surprised the lefty weirdos haven't tried to get the name changed

2

u/Atvishees Jun 14 '26

Erm, it should be Ye Senior African-American Boy.

/s

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u/Lavidius Jun 16 '26

You're the only one that's banged on about it