My old local, one of the standard pub names in Britain
My local is shut down now, but I spent many happy days there including the Millenium New Years Eve.
That's probably enough of my 'them were the days' nonsense.

Let me cite a few examples of banter

1. The landlord was a humourless tosser who tried to enforce obscure legislation by leaving laminated notices at the bar stating that "swearing is prohibited" etc.
Now this isn't funny in itself but combined with the (dubious) fact that he lacked any tact or common sense made for some farcial moments.

Some of the locals liked to sniff illegal powder in the toilets as is the norm nowadays. During the day on Sundays there tended not to be many women in so some of the locals had took to using the womens toilet for their habit as it had carpets, mirrors i.e. the works!
Most of the guys made crappy excuses while heading to the womens toilet like "I prefer the wallpaper in here" in full earshot of the landlord who never clicked once. Trust me if he did click they would have been barred.

2. One of the 'geezers' in his 50s who made the excuse about powdering his nose in the toilet in example 1 did something quite similar. My mate was in the pub just after lunch time when Archie (his name) headed out to get some 'fresh air'.
Fifteen seconds later he was counting cash beside an open boot in the carpark.

3. Lock in's involving grown men mimicking the Dirty Dancing scenes where you jump into their arms at shoulder length. Impressive when some of the blokes are 15st plus.
(muzzvsworld, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 4:08, Reply)