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By *abio OP   Man
4 weeks ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

First of all .. let me say…. Not condoning under age drinking in any way!

Right.. I think the limitations on anything illegal has run out for most of us

Saying that…. I assume we all use to drink from 13 ish onwards

I am guessing the drink of choice was different from region to region.. so in your region what were the “to go” drinks?

So for example… east London…never had a cider culture , we were 20/20 and thunderbirds people… (although our group somehow found our way to tequila!)

So .. what was it where you were!

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By *ulieScrumptiousWoman
4 weeks ago

North West

Hooch and 20/20

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By *ools and the brainCouple
4 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

Thunderbird and a large bottle of white lightening with several straw's for sharing,the rumour being drinking it through a straw made you pissed faster.

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By *eliWoman
4 weeks ago

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I didn't start drinking/going out until I was at uni.

And then it was blue WKD. One bottle of that and I'd be tipsy. Or smirnoff ice. Or Moet if Tiger Tiger were running their £25 a bottle offer.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
4 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.


"Thunderbird and a large bottle of white lightening with several straw's for sharing,the rumour being drinking it through a straw made you pissed faster. "

Obviously when I was over 18.

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By *inchestersBitchWoman
4 weeks ago

mid glam

Thunderbird and scrumpy jack. I was 12 when I could get served with smokes and liquids

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By *abio OP   Man
4 weeks ago

Newcastle and Gateshead


"Hooch and 20/20"

Hooch was also an east London thing for a bit, but that was a down from the drinking duo that was “top deck” and “shandy bass”

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By *r Black 85Man
4 weeks ago

nottingham

I was blessed enough to look older when I was younger so I used to bunk off school and go to bars in town and drink vodka😂😂😂😂😂😂

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By *rSircumsizedMan
4 weeks ago

Newport

A flagon of Stonehouse cider and a litre bottle of c. cola with a small bottle of vodka added. Started at 15, I couldn't drink that nowadays 🤣. South Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.

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By *iaisonseekerMan
4 weeks ago

Liverpool

The "power shandy" was a lethal combination of Stella and Smirnoff Ice

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By *heGateKeeperMan
4 weeks ago

Stratford

Hooch and white lightening

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By *cunthorpe123Couple
4 weeks ago

scunthorpe

White lightening, 20/20 or lambrini 😂

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By *hat.coupleCouple
4 weeks ago

Dartford

It was cider for my friends group hanging round the local park near my secondary school in kent. My older brother was more of a 20/20 drinker though with his friends, he hung around in outer London though. Must be a London thing x

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By *eroLondonMan
4 weeks ago

Mayfair

Moscow Mule. Those copper coloured bottles were iconic.

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By *haringisCaring1208Couple
4 weeks ago

Lurgan

Buckfast , and still drinking it

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By *inchestersBitchWoman
4 weeks ago

mid glam


"It was cider for my friends group hanging round the local park near my secondary school in kent. My older brother was more of a 20/20 drinker though with his friends, he hung around in outer London though. Must be a London thing x"

That's me. erith secondary school then down to the sports ground. Then chewing gum and walk home to get grounded lol

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By *ewbootsandpanties99Man
4 weeks ago

Darkest South East Surrey

A light and bitter, I think I was middle aged before my time! If I was feeling adventurous a rum and black or a Pernod.

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By *ansoffateMan
4 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

About 13 yeah sounds about right. North West and then later South West.

Park

Strong cider, MD 20/20. If you had to run and ditch it then it wasn't a big loss.

Parties:

More mixers or straight spirits, but also as above.

Pub and clubs from about 16:

Lager usually Stella or bottles - Bud was probably the most prevalent. I was never big on the lager to be honest.

From about 18:

Wine, straight spirit shots - chasers. Vodka Redbull.

By about 21:

Cash in an empty pint glass, Guinness all day. Drambuie snorters, kamikazes, tequila shots. Calimochos when I lived in Spain. I've seen lads get to the point of drinking anything including aftershave. Some real grim Withnail and I type stuff. Those that are still around still drinking the Guinness and tend towards quality whiskey now but are basically high functioning alcoholics.

I stopped drinking at around 25, my health was suffering.

Now I like the occasional good red wine, port or cocktail. Probably about 4-5 drinks a month.

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By *aizyWoman
4 weeks ago

west midlands

Metz and 20/20

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By *erdyEstLdner 82Man
4 weeks ago

Ilford

Hooch and MD 20/20. I remember one time, the Park Keeper using his dogs to chase us out of the Park.

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By *hat.coupleCouple
4 weeks ago

Dartford


"It was cider for my friends group hanging round the local park near my secondary school in kent. My older brother was more of a 20/20 drinker though with his friends, he hung around in outer London though. Must be a London thing x

That's me. erith secondary school then down to the sports ground. Then chewing gum and walk home to get grounded lol "

I grew up in thamesmead, need I saw more? Lol

I couldn't move out fast enough when I turned 17!

Mrs x

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By *enis ColadaMan
4 weeks ago

Totnes

Frosty jack cider,7.5 percent,how we still alive now,il never no

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS
4 weeks ago

Chichester

Diamond white (girls )

Vodka for some

Castlemaine xxxx

Fosters

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By *inchestersBitchWoman
4 weeks ago

mid glam


"It was cider for my friends group hanging round the local park near my secondary school in kent. My older brother was more of a 20/20 drinker though with his friends, he hung around in outer London though. Must be a London thing x

That's me. erith secondary school then down to the sports ground. Then chewing gum and walk home to get grounded lol

I grew up in thamesmead, need I saw more? Lol

I couldn't move out fast enough when I turned 17!

Mrs x "

A boy I fancied lived in thamesmead, I used to go home with my friend that lived there and the bus ride was her putting me to stop staring lol

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By *luebell888Woman
4 weeks ago

Glasgowish

Buckfast wine. Horrid stuff but cheap to buy back then.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
4 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle

Cherry B and cider when just paid.

Lager when skint.

Brown ale n orange when just wanting to be mellow.

Vodka and Lime when loaded.

Anyone ordering brandy n babycham when we were in a group got the evil eye and then put out to grass!

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By *r.EdibleMan
4 weeks ago

Fraserburgh

We drank "K" cider. You could actually feel yourself getting drun*er with every sip

MD 20/20 was another, but to be honest we'd drink anything we could lay our hands on, so it was varied to say the least!!

Halcyon days indeed.

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By *layfullsamMan
4 weeks ago

Solihull

Whatever homebrew the Rents we’re making or had locked away (or so they thought) if at home while they were away

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By *tormidaysWoman
4 weeks ago

Manchester

Mad dog

Also that awful pink stuff that was like mouthwash

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By *enrietteandSamCouple
4 weeks ago

Brum

Carling black label.

I remember when the nice Indian guy that ran the local outdoor caught me in my school uniform one morning after I’d been buying slabs of Lager from him for around 2 years… I was 15 at the time

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By *ookie46Woman
4 weeks ago

Deepest darkest Peru

Castaway, diamond white/blush, thunderbird, LCL

Clandew was 🤮🤮 though

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By *a LunaWoman
4 weeks ago

o o OO o o

Diamond White, 20/20 and Navy Rum (small bottle)

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By *arkRichMan
4 weeks ago

Manchester City Centre

I had a fake ID when I was 15 - ordered it from the back of FHM magazine - it was basically a laminated business card with a photo and hologram - but in 1998-9, that was all you needed

I would usually grab the booze on the way to my mates house, after a short bus journey… as his parents let us all drink, provided we stayed in the house / garden and kept out of trouble… most of our parents were cool with it, but some people had to tell fibs

Was generally White Lightning Cider, Hooch, Bacardi Breezers, Smifnoff Ice, Orange Reef etc… and we’d usually grab a vodka for mixers…

WKD wasn’t available yet, but the Iron Brew one is still my fave - I’m part Scottish, so that’s my genetics for ya… the blue one is nice but gives me heart burn

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By *VANDYMan
4 weeks ago

Dawlish

I started at 13 in Cornwall. Cider from the end of a farm track before Food Hygiene was invented. You had to chew the last few mouthfuls. Or Dry Blackthorn by the bottle if we were feeling posh.

Special Brew, Snakebite

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By *fffunCouple
4 weeks ago

Somewhere just outside London

Bacardi breezes.. Hate them now

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By (user no longer on site)
4 weeks ago

Buckfast.

Vile stuff 🤮

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
4 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

13! Hell no.

From when I turned 16, my dad would buy me a 6-pack of Castle Lager to take to a class party, or a rugby braai. Everyone drank Castle.

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By (user no longer on site)
4 weeks ago

White lightning.

20/20

Thunderbirds.

Gold label.

Faxe. ( 1 litre can )

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By *uri00620Woman
4 weeks ago

Croydon

Cider, Cider and Black

Smirnoff Ice

Mudslides

VK - this was a uni drink too. Obe bottle of VK & 3 shots of vodka in a pint glass for £1. Club Social.

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By *urves and MischiefWoman
4 weeks ago

North West mainly. Sometimes London/SouthWest

White lightning

Concorde

And did anyone use to do the mixer bottle … buying a bottle of cola, pouring half out then filling it with whatever spirits was owned by the parents of the house you were in?! It tasted vile.

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By (user no longer on site)
4 weeks ago

Cider

Lambrini 🤢

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By *BWLOVER1965Man
4 weeks ago

Ipswich

Pub landlord knew we were underage

Mild or brown bitter

Back in the day was a lot cheaper has to be said

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