View Full Version : Which is the roughest pub in London?
Errol's son
01-11-2004, 15:06
Just wondering which places to avoid...
might help if you could narrow it down a bit...
And are you talking about clientel or the toilets ;)
Usally you can tell by the look of a pub if it's a locals only one. If theres saw dust on the floor, leave.
Walthstow(sp!) has a very rough one.
According to a crappy Sky 1 programme named 'the toughest pubs in Britain', a boozer in Walthomstow called the Tavern on the Hill (I think) should be given a miss by anyone who doesn't like getting the shit kicked out of them.
The Flying Scotsman in King's Cross is rough... but in a different way. Think sawdust, 'dancers' and 50p coins collected in jars. ;)
layabout
01-11-2004, 23:17
According to a crappy Sky 1 programme named 'the toughest pubs in Britain', a boozer in Walthomstow called the Tavern on the Hill (I think) should be given a miss by anyone who doesn't like getting the shit kicked out of them.
The Flying Scotsman in King's Cross is rough... but in a different way. Think sawdust, 'dancers' and 50p coins collected in jars. ;)
LOL...I went there years ago....couldn't resist as I worked in a firm around the corner. Yep that place is well seedy.
According to a crappy Sky 1 programme named 'the toughest pubs in Britain', a boozer in Walthomstow called the Tavern on the Hill (I think) should be given a miss by anyone who doesn't like getting the shit kicked out of them.
The Flying Scotsman in King's Cross is rough... but in a different way. Think sawdust, 'dancers' and 50p coins collected in jars. ;)
Flying Scotsman used to be named Scottish Stores but because of the nature of some of its clientele was better known as the Scottish Whores.
BarryB
Just wondering which places to avoid...
All bar one
Theme pubs
Slug and Lettuce
Living
;) :p
beergut100
02-11-2004, 09:23
"The Flying Scotsman in King's Cross is rough... but in a different way. Think sawdust, 'dancers' and 50p coins collected in jars."
I've never had any bother in there. But you certainly see some sights right enough. Best to drink out of a bottle, the draught is disgusting.
Not seen a London pub with sawdust on the floor for over 20 years!
cuban pete
02-11-2004, 10:14
According to a crappy Sky 1 programme named 'the toughest pubs in Britain', a boozer in Walthomstow called the Tavern on the Hill (I think) should be given a miss by anyone who doesn't like getting the shit kicked out of them.
The Flying Scotsman in King's Cross is rough... but in a different way. Think sawdust, 'dancers' and 50p coins collected in jars. ;)
i have a mate who found him self in there a few months back while the place was in full swing,on,what he claims was the strongest Acid hes had since the 70s.
:)
According to a crappy Sky 1 programme named 'the toughest pubs in Britain', a boozer in Walthomstow called the Tavern on the Hill (I think) should be given a miss by anyone who doesn't like getting the shit kicked out of them.
The Flying Scotsman in King's Cross is rough... but in a different way. Think sawdust, 'dancers' and 50p coins collected in jars. ;)
It's taken 6 years but I've just got a joke that a security guard made to me. I met my girlfirend at work and whilst waiting the secuirty guard asked what we were doing at the weekend. I said we were going to Bagleys in Kings Cross and he said I should take her to The Flying Scotsman first. I thought he was talking about the train :o
All these years :o
Brainaddict
02-11-2004, 10:42
All bar one
Theme pubs
Slug and Lettuce
Living
;) :p
how could you forget Pitcher & Pianos *shivers*
how could you forget Pitcher & Pianos *shivers*
Years of therapy.
Brainaddict
02-11-2004, 10:49
LOL. Also avoid Yates's Bars at ALL costs. They are a living hell.
KeyboardJockey
02-11-2004, 11:16
LOL. Also avoid Yates's Bars at ALL costs. They are a living hell.
If you go to the one in Harlow it is even worse. :eek: Fuck me that is one chavtastic boozer full of wankers showing off their testosterone (well they;ve got fuck all else up there) to their women and on a alcohol fuelled hair trigger.
Andy the Don
02-11-2004, 11:19
There used to be a pub in Rose Hill (The Rose Hill Tavern...??) which was meant to be the roughest pub in Britain. When the police finally got it closed down, they were demolishing it & found a body bricked up behind the fire place..
Rad Nance
02-11-2004, 11:55
There used to be a pub in Rose Hill (The Rose Hill Tavern...??) which was meant to be the roughest pub in Britain. When the police finally got it closed down, they were demolishing it & found a body bricked up behind the fire place..
Shit thats terrible -
Roughest pub that i can think of was the Bedford Arms in Balham, don't know if it still is now, but it used to be well rough, and where prossies used to meet their clients, Bedford hill being round the corner..
Orang Utan
02-11-2004, 17:09
Bedford Arms is now a lovely pub - lots going on from theatre to comedy to live music and club nights.
tarannau
02-11-2004, 17:11
Shit thats terrible -
Roughest pub that i can think of was the Bedford Arms in Balham, don't know if it still is now, but it used to be well rough, and where prossies used to meet their clients, Bedford hill being round the corner..
I remember that place more as a fences' paradise - the kind of place you could put an order for anything in ... and have it delivered to the pub the next day. Not the kind of joint you picked an argument in.
Strangely enough Orang's absolutely right - the Bedford's cleaned up out of all recognition. It's almost rugby shirted now...
I used to work at Russell Jones and Walker on Grays Inn Road and know the Flying Scotsman very well!! :cool: :D
The "flasghip" All Bar One in Angel is closed and has paper covering the windows. I hope they're coverting it to something a bit less rubbish (like a pound shop, for instance).
There's a pub called the Two Brewers on Roman Way (around the back of Pentonville prison) that I'm afraid to walk on the same side of the street as (not really, but close).
Pickman's model
05-11-2004, 21:40
The "flasghip" All Bar One in Angel is closed and has paper covering the windows. I hope they're coverting it to something a bit less rubbish (like a pound shop, for instance).i hope they turn it back into a musick venue, perhaps called the pied bull.
Erich Zann
11-11-2004, 17:05
When I moved to Ealing a few years ago the local was call the penny flyer. That looked nice I thought. Until a mate of mine who'd lived ther for years said they'd found a body in the beer garden a few weeks previously. Cut up. In bin liners.
Erich Zann
11-11-2004, 17:08
I'm not sure that there's anything wrong with chain pubs and All bar one's and theme bars or even 'trendy' bars where the bar staff think they're doing you a favour by serving you. Surely it's the company that's important. If you're out on the pull, an old man's pub aint really gonna work for you.
Green Man in Loughborough Junction (In between Brixton and Camberwell for the non South West London Folk) was quite a pub. I use to frequent it fairly regularly as it was my local and probably one of the most interesting pubs I've ever been to. It had a strong Jamaican feel to it (a lot of the customers) and was frequented by dealers (crack, heroin you name it), prosi's and general madhatters. It wasn't so much rough in the sense of fights and stuff (although there were a few in there) but more for the some of clientele it attracted. It was a very intimaditing place for the outsiders who I use to take in there :D They'd be absolutely sh*t scared! :eek:
It eventually got closed down due to drug problems and shootings apparently, though I'd stopped going to it in it's latter days.
I'm not sure that there's anything wrong with chain pubs and All bar one's and theme bars or even 'trendy' bars where the bar staff think they're doing you a favour by serving you. Surely it's the company that's important. If you're out on the pull, an old man's pub aint really gonna work for you.
I agree with you that the company is important which I why I avoid those types of pubs and bars. They attract people I don't really feel comortable with. Hence, the reason that I wouldn't go there to pull anyway.
Actually, I don't think I've ever gone out for a night with the intention of pulling.
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