Britain's rich heritage of pubs under thread

Spendi, you don't convince anyone with this pretend-Philistine stuff.

I wasn't trying to convince anybody of anything.

It just seemed logical to me that the pre-1666 pub in its authentic pristine state unsullied by commercial bullshit would have within its environs ladies jakes which marty wouldn't sit on.

Yawn...


Marty, I'm looking forward to your good time trip.

Nobody ever yawns in the "enchanted land".

I remember walking past one in The Strand, just about opposite the Royal Courts of Justice, called the "Wig and Pen" I think.

Very Dickensian, very fascinating. I like dodging into old pubs, and so does a certain German fellow of my acquaintance.

Can't remember why I didn't go in that one. Possibly the sun was not yet over the yardarm, and I had my wife in tow at the time.

Kinda like our rich heritage of hunting. Soon they will all be coffee houses where metrosexuals can sit around and talk about the 20" wheels on their SUV's.

I wonder if there's one thread you didn't hijack, cjhsa.

But if such is part of your therapy, well, carry on.

Just warning ya, not hijacking.

I've created this thread, cjhsa.

How shall I understand your warning?

march 4 , 1979 , it's mrs h's birthday ,we had arrived in london the day before for a short stay before taking the ferry from harwich to hamburg .
"the lord raglan" was a pub somewhere in inner london .
when we arrived to have lunch about 11:30 the proprietor told us that the "birds" would soon be arriving and that we might be more comfortable sittting at the back .
we had no idea what he meant and picked up our lunch at the counter .
about a quarter to 12 a band arrived and set up on the stage ,
even more puzzlement !
pretty well at 12 on the dot the "birds" arrived - wearing miniskirts - , the "boys" arrived , the pints were served , the dancefloor was getting crowded ... and here were two colonials colonials in the midst of it :wink:
shortly before one pretty well everyone left , the band packed up and we had been introduced to a part of london life to enjoy for three days !
hbg

In today's Guardian is a report about how big business wrecks traditional pubs:

Last orders

A lot of information there, all bad. The news I mean, not the information.

It has been quite difficult for me and my chums to find a convivial "conversation pub" around here. Common problem.

Lord Raglan, wasn't he at the Charge of the Light Brigade? Or maybe I'm thinking of a Lord Lucan.

I would be sorry, to see the good old pubs go!
The people that need to react are the local ones though...

Well funnily enough, they were both there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FitzRoy_Somerset%2C_1st_Baron_Raglan

Yep, Lord Raglan was one of my ancestors, I'm afraid, but as I have often observed, we must view history in the light of the setting event. There's always at least one snake in the family tree.

Interesting "threat", Walter.

letty wrote :



if i would have told lord raglan that i was an aquaintence of yours , do you think he would have stood me a pint ?
perhaps there be a "next time" :wink:
hbg

Funny, hamburger. Unfortunately, I was that baby in a bubble from 2001, A Space Odyssey.



It says 2010, but they hadn't reckoned on daylight savings time.

letty :
2001 or 2010 , a mere difference of nine years at my age won't make "any difference" :wink: .
hbg

That is definitely a true fact.

Facts are facts, and cannot be true or false. Am I right?