By our very nature, us Northerners sometimes take our enjoyment to the extreme, and I think that this was severely misinterpreted by the author, Graham Coster. I've done some research and dug out a lot of the articles that were printed about the time including the original Independent article that resulted in the shit hitting the fan. All the authors are recognised whenever possible. The Original Independent Article by Graham Coster D rinking hours on Hartlepool's Headland are not the same as licensing hours. Sunday opening isn't till 12.
Today begins with a fight, and it'll end in one.
At Tony's everyone is eager for the video of Tyson versus Douglas, taped from the small hours. Sensationally, the invincible champion has been nailed in the tenth round. The bad news is, Geordie who'd set the timer to record it hadn't expected the challenger to last more than two. We sit around the TV working our way through all the cider and watch the tape run out at the end of the seventh. Even if you hadn't been planning to hit the Middlesborough Tavern at lunch time you've got to now, because they'll have the fight on too.