Pandemic vs the British Pub

Many many years ago in the Cambridge Spoons, the largest pub in Europe at the time, some bright spark did Stella for 50p a pint........riot van's were required and they were banned from ever doing it again :LOL:

Yeah we have a crawl round Cambridge every now and again and always end up in the spoons at some point.

I prefer the small backstreet pubs myself though.
 
There used to be some wonderful country pubs when I lived down in Derbyshire.
A couple were well off the beaten track and still lit with gas lamps o_O

Lock-ins were the norm at some of our favourite off track dens.
The landlords/ladies were pretty good cellar folk, the bitter beers always nice quality, the craic lively.
Hardly any did 'pub grub' or food.

Pork scratchings, crisps, peanuts or pickled eggs (yuk!) was about the limit.
One pub pushed the boat out and did cheese and tomato, or ham and branston pickle sarnies.
But that was your lot for haute cuisine!

Happy days!
 
I'm impressed with the latest idea from those that are in charge. We'll open the pubs up in April, but they can't sell alcohol. How does that work then? A bit like opening up the swimming pools without water.
 
Yeah we have a crawl round Cambridge every now and again and always end up in the spoons at some point.

I prefer the small backstreet pubs myself though.
The Eagle and its neighbour a few doors down, can't remember it name now, both very good. The Fountain near Spoons, actually loads of quality pubs in that town.

Before mobile phones I was sat in the Tram Depot (pub) getting thoroughly pissed off cos all my mates were really late............they were having a great time in the Locomotive, I got my forms of transport mixed up :LOL:

Good town, miss it
 
There used to be some wonderful country pubs when I lived down in Derbyshire.
A couple were well off the beaten track and still lit with gas lamps o_O

Lock-ins were the norm at some of our favourite off track dens.
The landlords/ladies were pretty good cellar folk, the bitter beers always nice quality, the craic lively.
Hardly any did 'pub grub' or food.

Pork scratchings, crisps, peanuts or pickled eggs (yuk!) was about the limit.
One pub pushed the boat out and did cheese and tomato, or ham and branston pickle sarnies.
But that was your lot for haute cuisine!

Happy days!

Didn't have any of the warming oven/display thing with pasties and sausage rolls?
 
There used to be some wonderful country pubs when I lived down in Derbyshire.
A couple were well off the beaten track and still lit with gas lamps o_O

Lock-ins were the norm at some of our favourite off track dens.
The landlords/ladies were pretty good cellar folk, the bitter beers always nice quality, the craic lively.
Hardly any did 'pub grub' or food.

Pork scratchings, crisps, peanuts or pickled eggs (yuk!) was about the limit.
One pub pushed the boat out and did cheese and tomato, or ham and branston pickle sarnies.
But that was your lot for haute cuisine!

Happy days!

One of my fave Derbyshire haunts serves black lurcher from AbbeyDale on draught at 7%...
And has possibly THE grumpiest landlord... I've seen him chuck folks out for asking for lager... And for letting kids run riot.
He also threw a party of 18 folks out for messing around ordering with the young barmaid... Shame for them as they were staying in the bunkhouse next door for the weekend

Always has the pub whippets wandering around whilst landlord sits in his chair with a, newspaper at the side of the fire.
Flagstone floors etc...

Fab spot... Just crossing my fingers it's survived this whole current mess.
 
I'm impressed with the latest idea from those that are in charge. We'll open the pubs up in April, but they can't sell alcohol. How does that work then? A bit like opening up the swimming pools without water.

Let's come to a compromise.

We'll fill the pubs with water for the swimmers and the swimming pools with beer for the drinkers. Sorted. 😐
 
Our local Spoons is like that on Friday and Saturday.

All the youngsters fuel up on cheap supermarket booze at home during the afternoon and head for the cheap spoons beer and shorts later on. Usually ends up in a big punch up on the market square.

There used to be a pub in Darlo (my old home town) called Route 66. For some reason it was the only pub open after 11pm (bar the clubs) and everyone would pile there after closing time. I used to have a bolt hole in Darlo not far from the town centre so would stay over but jeezas. You wouldnt want to go in there sober. It made the Star Wars bar look like the Ritz.
 
Yeah we have a crawl round Cambridge every now and again and always end up in the spoons at some point.

I prefer the small backstreet pubs myself though.
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There used to be a pub in Darlo (my old home town) called Route 66. For some reason it was the only pub open after 11pm (bar the clubs) and everyone would pile there after closing time. I used to have a bolt hole in Darlo not far from the town centre so would stay over but jeezas. You wouldnt want to go in there sober. It made the Star Wars bar look like the Ritz.
A Saturday night out in Stornoway before the Sunday curfew could get a bit hectic!
 
In Hampshire there are a lot of micro pubs opening up in what we're once small shops and are very popular. No frills just selling a range of beers, no food as such,so I guess that is the way things will go now, Whether spoons will survive I hope.
 
A Saturday night out in Stornoway before the Sunday curfew could get a bit hectic!

Last time I was in Stornoway on a boys trip I remember a bloke pissed as a fart staggering about with a toilet seat around his neck.

I can also remember finding out about the Sunday curfew on North Uist. We had ran out of drink and it was a Sunday morning. We didnt realise everywhere would be shut but someone told us of a coop that was open for an hour about 15 miles away so we hurtled across the island as fast as the VW camper would carry us which lets face it, is not very fast and sure enough there was a massive queue waiting to get in. When they opened the doors, everyone piled to the drinks isle and pretty much emptied it!

Strange people. A few days later we turfed up at some derelict looking pub in the middle of a peat bog and all the locals came out to greet us. They wouldnt let us leave until we had played them at every possible pub game you could imagine. We were too pissed to leave anyway by then so just cracked on.
 
We live 5 mins walk away from our village (have escaped from Fleetwood LOL !!) where there are several pubs and a micro pub selling real ale....err...when open obviously !! In the meantime there's a "micro pub brewhouse" bar thingy 10 mins drive away that does this "beer in a box" which works out at £2 a pint. All very well for real ale but it's not the same unless it's pulled through a hand pump I hear you say !! Apparently you can buy a connector for the tap on the box which you then attach to a hand pump with some beer line tube and away you go !! This brewhouse even offers to rent you a hand pump !! So, thought I'd look into buying one maybe....there's a firm in Keithley that sells the whole set up, pump..tube..connector.....but it's £140 or so !!! Looked on ebay, but not sure I fancied a manky old pump that's festered in a closed pub for months so gave up the idea for now. Anyone else thought of these drastic measures to get a pint of hand pulled real ale in your own shed LOL 😂?????? Mark
 
We live 5 mins walk away from our village (have escaped from Fleetwood LOL !!) where there are several pubs and a micro pub selling real ale....err...when open obviously !! In the meantime there's a "micro pub brewhouse" bar thingy 10 mins drive away that does this "beer in a box" which works out at £2 a pint. All very well for real ale but it's not the same unless it's pulled through a hand pump I hear you say !! Apparently you can buy a connector for the tap on the box which you then attach to a hand pump with some beer line tube and away you go !! This brewhouse even offers to rent you a hand pump !! So, thought I'd look into buying one maybe....there's a firm in Keithley that sells the whole set up, pump..tube..connector.....but it's £140 or so !!! Looked on ebay, but not sure I fancied a manky old pump that's festered in a closed pub for months so gave up the idea for now. Anyone else thought of these drastic measures to get a pint of hand pulled real ale in your own shed LOL 😂?????? Mark

These are supposed to be really good. My pal has one and swears by it for Draught Stella. I wanted one as you can get Leffe Rituel kegs for it but as no longer hardly ever drink beer it would be a waste really. Shame as I really love Leffe. You cant buy Rituel in bottles here though apart from over priced specialists dealers.

 

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