Let's just say that bells are likely to be involved.Red Jezza said:
best pub in brixton that isn't the albert
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Congratulations, mr and mrs Retro -- have a fantastic time.
It's not that bad really!!
Lots of love to you both. xxx
It's not that bad really!!
Lots of love to you both. xxx
isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
Anna Key said:Warning: a dress code is in operation at the Goose
Gentleman Yupps: Ralph Lauren cashmere sweater thown nonchalantly over the shoulders
Lady Yupps: "difficult" glasses, e.g.
Surely that's "ironic" glasses!
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Don't worry, as soon as you've you've left the reception* it all calms down...it's like being on a runaway train without a driver until that point...I know, I've done it twice.......Mr Retro said:
I'm sure you'll both be very happy ...all the best to both of you....
*the downside of wedding receptions from the point of view of bride and groom is that you think "Yay! All my favourite people together for the first time in one room!".....but you only get about 2 minutes with each one......
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Not 'Free' as in Squeaky Bomp (the preferred Jazz Muso term) but free as in gratis and for nothing (I think they might pass a hat round at the end, but I'm hazy on that one because of beer consumption last time I went......)isvicthere? said:
isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
Anna Key said:These are "Ironic" glasses.
Außerst verboten in the Goose but they're fine for Living Bar and Brixton Bar & Grill.
Alles klar!
IntoStella said:Then you are either mightily fussy, 'lulah, or the pub you are thinking of is not, in fact, the Cambria.
Unless it has gone massively downhill since I was last in there with Mrs Magpie. Er, come to think or it, me being in there with Mrs Magpie and it then going massively downhill is not beyond the realms of imagination in terms of cause and effect.
Mind you, it was about two years ago now. My, how time flies when one is permanently pissed.
It was posh after its refit a few years ago but it is changing now (might have something to do with the new manager they got I think last summer but could have been earlier than that last year) It seems to have football on 24-7 nowadays and some of the other customers do not appreciate other people who actually like to talk to each other over their pint. Its getting tattier, the quality of the beer is somewhat variable and the food (last time I had it - about a year ago) was really nothing special. I don't care about pubs being tatty, I prefer that to all 'smart' white /silver / bleached wood trendy decors - but I now feel like its the worst of both worlds - the prices are still are 'inflated' as they were after it was done up, but now its shabby, football centred and the food is crap. I wish it'd just been left how it was originally!
There you go: a text book example of the negative effects of gentrification on community pubs.Shelly P said:
Very similar thing happened in West Norwood. The very rough Thurlow Arms shut down and was boarded up for ages. Then it became a GE Aldwinkle 
, surreally replete with jazz trio and Grauniad reading whate wane sippers.
But the rot began to set in. It became a Jack Stamps and eventually ended up as rough as the Thurlow Arms had been. And now it's shut and boarded up again. This depressing cycle has been completed in maybe six years.
You cannot impose change on communities with expensive lager and acres of blond wood. it doesn't work. Pubs are not independent of the communities they are located in. And if a community is in trouble because of poverty, crime, unemployment, poor public service provision, despair and, not least, crack, all the perfectly chilled Leffe Blond in the world is not going to stop that eating away the foundations of your ivory tower.
, surreally replete with jazz trio and Grauniad reading whate wane sippers. But the rot began to set in. It became a Jack Stamps and eventually ended up as rough as the Thurlow Arms had been. And now it's shut and boarded up again. This depressing cycle has been completed in maybe six years.
You cannot impose change on communities with expensive lager and acres of blond wood. it doesn't work. Pubs are not independent of the communities they are located in. And if a community is in trouble because of poverty, crime, unemployment, poor public service provision, despair and, not least, crack, all the perfectly chilled Leffe Blond in the world is not going to stop that eating away the foundations of your ivory tower.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
IntoStella said:Very similar thing happened in West Norwood. The very rough Thurlow Arms shut down and was boarded up for ages. Then it became a GE Aldwinkle
But the rot began to set in. It became a Jack Stamps and eventually ended up as rough as the Thurlow Arms had been. And now it's shut and boarded up again. This depressing cycle has been completed in maybe six years.
You cannot impose change on communities with expensive lager and acres of blond wood. it doesn't work. Pubs are not independent of the communities they are located in. And if a community is in trouble because of poverty, crime, unemployment, poor public service provision, despair and, not least, crack, all the perfectly chilled Leffe Blond in the world is not going to stop that eating away the foundations of your ivory tower.
That's sad that is, a huge pub like that. My sister lived in Knights Hill so we occasionally went in there.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
IntoStella said:Very similar thing happened in West Norwood. The very rough Thurlow Arms shut down and was boarded up for ages. Then it became a GE Aldwinkle
But the rot began to set in. It became a Jack Stamps and eventually ended up as rough as the Thurlow Arms had been. And now it's shut and boarded up again. This depressing cycle has been completed in maybe six years.
You cannot impose change on communities with expensive lager and acres of blond wood. it doesn't work. Pubs are not independent of the communities they are located in. And if a community is in trouble because of poverty, crime, unemployment, poor public service provision, despair and, not least, crack, all the perfectly chilled Leffe Blond in the world is not going to stop that eating away the foundations of your ivory tower.
I think that's also an example of the effect of chain pubs where instead of a licensee whose been there for years and the pub represents his/her livelihood, chains just bring in managers and it's either just a job or a rung on the corporate ladder.
Breweries and chain pubs care as little about local communities as supermarkets and Starbucks.
Support the independents!!!
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
twisted said:
So, anyone know anything about the new landlord in the HobCanning yet?
IntoStella said:Very similar thing happened in West Norwood. The very rough Thurlow Arms shut down and was boarded up for ages. Then it became a GE Aldwinkle
But the rot began to set in. It became a Jack Stamps and eventually ended up as rough as the Thurlow Arms had been. And now it's shut and boarded up again. This depressing cycle has been completed in maybe six years.
You cannot impose change on communities with expensive lager and acres of blond wood. it doesn't work. Pubs are not independent of the communities they are located in. And if a community is in trouble because of poverty, crime, unemployment, poor public service provision, despair and, not least, crack, all the perfectly chilled Leffe Blond in the world is not going to stop that eating away the foundations of your ivory tower.
In fairness though, West Norwood is not exactly lacking in down-at-heel old men's pubs is it? Isn't there room for just one itsy bitsy yuppy pub? It would make this aspirant yuppy very happy.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Mr BC said:
there's plenty of little yuppy bars
That's in Tulse Hill .Mr BC said:
I thought you meant the Railway Hotel for a minute!
The Railway Bell off Gipsy Hill, mind you, is a top boozer.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Yeah the Railway is alright. Nice garden, now the weather's better.
No-one's mentioned the The Hamilton, a proper old school pub
I use to live directly opposite it. They always had the telly on too - when Eastenders or a Bond film came on, we'd nip across the road and have a pint with our tv - fantastic.
No-one's mentioned the The Hamilton, a proper old school pub
I use to live directly opposite it. They always had the telly on too - when Eastenders or a Bond film came on, we'd nip across the road and have a pint with our tv - fantastic.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Mr BC said:
I said bars, not pubs
KnickerlessCage said:i'm sure this thread has been up before but since we're on the subject i'll say it totally depends on my budget. if i can afford it, it would be the sw9 bar or the satay bar for their cocktails! wetherspoons is good price wise but i have got beef with them as they would not allow mw to sit in there with my 3 month old baby. i mean fair enough it hasn't got a beer gargen but this was during the day i went for something to eat and i was in the non-smoking section. aside from the albert the most accommodating places for me + my daughter has to be the satay bar + the hobgoblin.
For me personally I LOVE the Beehive during the day purely because it allows me to escape that wretched mother n baby crowd
and have the odd pint or ten of old rosie 
The windmill is my favourite night-time venue (apart from when that lousy "revolution of school disco" thing is on)
SW9 is nice for its music but the drinks are overpriced shite, and satay is grand when the happyhour is on (the jugs of cocktails are delicious) but for some reason i always feel scruffy when I go in there???
...or maybe its just the company I go in there with
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Anna Key said:Presumably Lancasters is a bah not a bar?
Well I've never heard of the place but you're probably right
corporate whore
oh, thought you were dead
Seconded (tho' of course it's the best pub in Herne Hill)
silentNate
1.618 xakep
The facts....IntoStella said:Very similar thing happened in West Norwood. The very rough Thurlow Arms shut down and was boarded up for ages. Then it became a GE Aldwinkle
But the rot began to set in. It became a Jack Stamps and eventually ended up as rough as the Thurlow Arms had been. And now it's shut and boarded up again. This depressing cycle has been completed in maybe six years..
-Thurlow closed down due to drugs/gangwar (windows shot in etc)
- GE Aldwinkles had few customers but turnout for Jazzz on sunday was high
-Jack Stamps closed down due to lack of customers not because it was rough, the old landlady's car was firebombed after it closed down though I think there were only about four fights in all the time it was open
You drink in an old mans pub in WN or you pay through the nose at Lancasters- no middle ground
Termite Man
zombie flesh eater
My only experience of the Effra was ruined by a noisy bunch of wankers who seemed to think they owned the place and tried to gradually push us ( there were 6 people there ) further into the corner .
The Albert is great, especially during the afternoon when I'm waiting for my girlfriend to meet me after she finishes work because it's always nice and chilled out and friendly .
It would be nice to have pubs that sell a wider range of ales though !
The Albert is great, especially during the afternoon when I'm waiting for my girlfriend to meet me after she finishes work because it's always nice and chilled out and friendly .
It would be nice to have pubs that sell a wider range of ales though !
