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  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,067
    man_at_milletts said:
    For those who knew it, the Bricks in Shepherdswell is being turned into housing, with two more being built behind it in the car park. The Bell still going, along with the Tipsy Gardener which is run by an Addick.


    The Bell brings back some good memories. A schoolmate's parents had a big place just over the green and a group of us would often go down there for the weekend.  I was a snakebite & black drinker in those days... :smile:    
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,936
    Vincenzo said:
    Went to the Star & Garter in Bromley the other night. Bloody hell, what a pub. A fantastic selection of beer, on cask and keg. £3 a pint of cask from Northern Monk and some real bangers in the taps, from Cloudwater, Verdant and Deya. 
    Is that the one just up from the Greyhound that used to be a gay pub?
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,084
    Off_it said:
    Vincenzo said:
    Went to the Star & Garter in Bromley the other night. Bloody hell, what a pub. A fantastic selection of beer, on cask and keg. £3 a pint of cask from Northern Monk and some real bangers in the taps, from Cloudwater, Verdant and Deya. 
    Is that the one just up from the Greyhound that used to be a gay pub?
    Yes.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Anyone ever drank in the The Oak, or Anglesea up tbat way? (Widmore Green etc)
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    £2.90 for a pint in my local yesterday
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,084
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    Anyone ever drank in the The Oak, or Anglesea up tbat way? (Widmore Green etc)
    The Oak, Widmore Green is decent.
    A little on the posh side, which is deceiving, as it doesn't look it from the outside.
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,679
    Covered End said:
    Off_it said:
    Vincenzo said:
    Went to the Star & Garter in Bromley the other night. Bloody hell, what a pub. A fantastic selection of beer, on cask and keg. £3 a pint of cask from Northern Monk and some real bangers in the taps, from Cloudwater, Verdant and Deya. 
    Is that the one just up from the Greyhound that used to be a gay pub?
    Yes.
    Did it used to be called the cock and whippet inn?
  • 1905
    1905 Posts: 2,755
    Goonerhater said:
    £2.90 for a pint in my local yesterday
    Goonerhater said:
    £2.90 for a pint in my local yesterday

    A pensioners deal?
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,830
    Covered End said:
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    Anyone ever drank in the The Oak, or Anglesea up tbat way? (Widmore Green etc)
    The Oak, Widmore Green is decent.
    A little on the posh side, which is deceiving, as it doesn't look it from the outside.
    On the posh side , do you mean expensive 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,084
    clb74 said:
    Covered End said:
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    Anyone ever drank in the The Oak, or Anglesea up tbat way? (Widmore Green etc)
    The Oak, Widmore Green is decent.
    A little on the posh side, which is deceiving, as it doesn't look it from the outside.
    On the posh side , do you mean expensive 
    I doubt they'd let you in :wink:

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  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Covered End said:
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    Anyone ever drank in the The Oak, or Anglesea up tbat way? (Widmore Green etc)
    The Oak, Widmore Green is decent.
    A little on the posh side, which is deceiving, as it doesn't look it from the outside.
    Was a regular in there in the late 90s mate and done the door for the millennium party. Last time i drove past I'm sure it was painted pink?
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,084
    https://www.theoakbromley.com/
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,227
    Vincenzo said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Vincenzo said:
    Went to the Star & Garter in Bromley the other night. Bloody hell, what a pub. A fantastic selection of beer, on cask and keg. £3 a pint of cask from Northern Monk and some real bangers in the taps, from Cloudwater, Verdant and Deya. 
    Shame the staff behind the counter are so miserable.
    Didn't get that experience. Helpful woman behind the bar made some good suggestions when she saw me paralysed by all the choices.
    Mine was unhelpful when she saw me paralysed after 10 pints.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,227
    Covered End said:
    clb74 said:
    Covered End said:
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    Anyone ever drank in the The Oak, or Anglesea up tbat way? (Widmore Green etc)
    The Oak, Widmore Green is decent.
    A little on the posh side, which is deceiving, as it doesn't look it from the outside.
    On the posh side , do you mean expensive 
    I doubt they'd let you in :wink:
    Trousers only.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Remember talking to a bloke and his wife in there early one Friday evening, see them in there before to nod and say hello to, but only ever really spoke to them this one time as they normally left early.  Anyway, had a good chat about cabbages and kings and as the pub was getting busy, they called it a night. A little while later, another regular pointed out it was Graham Lyle of Gallagher and Lyle fame I was talking to.
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    Was his Mrs called Tate ?
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Goonerhater said:
    Was his Mrs called Tate ?
    Very sweet lady too mate
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,096
    Very good micro pub called The Three Pillars in Gravesend, Wrotham Road, downstairs below Masonic hall
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,096
    clb74 said:
    Covered End said:
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    Anyone ever drank in the The Oak, or Anglesea up tbat way? (Widmore Green etc)
    The Oak, Widmore Green is decent.
    A little on the posh side, which is deceiving, as it doesn't look it from the outside.
    On the posh side , do you mean expensive 
    I know a cardigan wearer who lives quite close to that pub 😀
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Apparently The Kings Arms up by the barracks being pulled down today? Can anyone confirm?

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  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:
    Apparently The Kings Arms up by the barracks being pulled down today? Can anyone confirm?

    Yes it has been closed for at least a  couple of years
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,133
    https://www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2020/05/20/greenwich-pub-the-pelton-arms-launches-appeal-to-survive/?fbclid=IwAR1uy4hSjV46iXsV4KMU1S127eTRaoVFNHx4hcqhn7Ltqk6nEPqOiz384iw
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,861
    my local (Rose and Crown in Welling) seems to have had a very nice makeover during lockdown, garden looks amazing. Even got Goddards Pie n Mash taking over the newly refitted kitchen when all this is over.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,240
    Pub gone in Greenwich. 

  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Oggy Red said:
    se9addick said:
    The number of pubs in the UK grew last year for the first time in yonks:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51135755
    No doubt includes the recent wave of micro-pubs in old shop units.

    I was in Sittingbourne last weekend and there's 2 new micro-pubs opened on the High Street in the past 15 months.
    But in recent years, several pubs in traditional character buildings have closed.

    Some of these old period buildings can be under threat. And they can be lost too.






    Hey, you were in Sittingbourne ?
    I would have bought you a pint in Bunters or The Red Lion (£3-40 Stella).
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    Curb_It said:
    Pub gone in Greenwich. 

    Sadly the Union has been in decline for a number of years.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,968
    That was back in January @Miserableoldgit.

    Spent all the time in my Cornish village. Haven't even ventured across the River Tamar into England since then.

    But a pint sounds tempting ....... next time I'm due to be in Sittingbourne, I'll let you know. Be good to meet up again!

  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    I’ve still not been to the pub since before lockdown 
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,830
    cafcdave123 said:
    I’ve still not been to the pub since before lockdown 
    It's alright Dave I'm making up for you
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    clb74 said:
    cafcdave123 said:
    I’ve still not been to the pub since before lockdown 
    It's alright Dave I'm making up for you
    Thanks mate, I was starting to feel bad 

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