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As mentioned by Konk in the Morhinio thread. Flat roofed pubs are normally shiteholes which are suited to and are normally frequented by a good few Scum supporters. Here's my offering as one of the roughest ,worst boozers I've ever been in . The Beaver in Beaver's Estate Hounslow .Now that was a REAL shithole!! Looks like its closed down.Thank F@ck...
Add your own wonderful flat roofed watering holes...
This is about 200 yards from my house, fortunately there are two better pubs nearer, never been in there and having seen the clientele outside I have no inclination to!
favourite cheese mature Cheddar. FFS there is no such thing as the EPL
I've hunted high and low to find this one... I can find no photo's on the interweb but there's a couple of vids on YouTube... Part of the Feltham Centre redevelopment in the late 60's was a really weird pub built with a sticky outy bit on Stilts. I think it was called the Cricketers (cant be 100% sure tho). The whole centre redevelopment was typical 1960's bleak, faceless, grim architecture. To get to the bit on stilts you had climb a set of steps in the main building. That sticky outy bit part was glass all round and I'm pretty sure you couldn't open any windows, so in the summer was just like a huge smoky green house.... dis-coloured net curtains were the only protection from the beating sun. Feltham ain't great today but its way better than it was when I were a lad. The pub is now a Spoons and the bit on stilts is no more.
Can be seen here 3:24ish and 3:38ish in.
& 1:18 into this vid...
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Flat roofed pubs.. on 22:52 - Jul 12 with 2867 views
Bit of a deviation, but this may well be the only former flat-roof pub in the whole of Bristol, that’s been converted into a Greek taverna. When the light’s right, and kids are racing past of stolen motorbikes, you could almost be on Santorini.
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Flat roofed pubs.. on 08:51 - Jul 14 with 2134 views
From last April’s edition of The Flat Roof Pub Gazette.
FOR SALE
East London. Double-roofed flatty. Council Estate adjoining (not included in purchase). Comes with working fruit-machines, original Big-D Nuts bag-hangers, and option to convert dog-terrace to helicopter landing pad.
Bit of a deviation, but this may well be the only former flat-roof pub in the whole of Bristol, that’s been converted into a Greek taverna. When the light’s right, and kids are racing past of stolen motorbikes, you could almost be on Santorini.
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Feck me, Konky-baby, they’ve even painted the flats blue and white Greek styleeee.
Did I ever mention that I was in Minder?
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Flat roofed pubs.. on 11:46 - Jul 14 with 1920 views
I delivered on this estate in West Drayton, there’s a bit of paper on the door saying “members only” so you know what that means. I had a second peep just to check the roof was still flat and lo and behold...
Eyes right.
My new local.
It’s worth the link - if anyone (alright dan?) can do the thing, you are my new best mate.
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Did I ever mention that I was in Minder?
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Flat roofed pubs.. on 12:22 - Jul 14 with 1898 views
Feck me, Konky-baby, they’ve even painted the flats blue and white Greek styleeee.
It’s the little details, mate. To me, if I’m posting a review on Tripadvisor, that’s a guaranteed maximum mark. Well spotted - not everyone would have noticed.
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Flat roofed pubs.. on 12:43 - Jul 14 with 1865 views
I delivered on this estate in West Drayton, there’s a bit of paper on the door saying “members only” so you know what that means. I had a second peep just to check the roof was still flat and lo and behold...
Eyes right.
My new local.
It’s worth the link - if anyone (alright dan?) can do the thing, you are my new best mate.
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I like this pub. Need one of the exterior Mick.
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Flat roofed pubs.. on 13:01 - Jul 14 with 1825 views
I've hunted high and low to find this one... I can find no photo's on the interweb but there's a couple of vids on YouTube... Part of the Feltham Centre redevelopment in the late 60's was a really weird pub built with a sticky outy bit on Stilts. I think it was called the Cricketers (cant be 100% sure tho). The whole centre redevelopment was typical 1960's bleak, faceless, grim architecture. To get to the bit on stilts you had climb a set of steps in the main building. That sticky outy bit part was glass all round and I'm pretty sure you couldn't open any windows, so in the summer was just like a huge smoky green house.... dis-coloured net curtains were the only protection from the beating sun. Feltham ain't great today but its way better than it was when I were a lad. The pub is now a Spoons and the bit on stilts is no more.
Can be seen here 3:24ish and 3:38ish in.
& 1:18 into this vid...
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I had my 21st birthday party in the upstairs room in the Cricketers. What an outstanding venue it was.😜😜
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Flat roofed pubs.. on 13:07 - Jul 14 with 1807 views
I was going to nominate the Pig and Whistle until I goggled it earlier to find it seems to have been turned into some sort of gastro thing. Struggling to believe that tbh. It was my local for several years when I first moved to London and I never went in as I knew I'd get stabbed.
A few years later I moved to Kensal Rise and stumbled across the Bucaneer which perfectly fitted Konk's definition.
The Pig & Whistle in Latimer Road should have been built in Jaurez, Mexico. On a good night the odd stabbing but generally during the 70’s people came just for the insane levels of violence, all while the DJ kept the disco going!
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Flat roofed pubs.. on 13:50 - Jul 14 with 1712 views
Can't believe I worked round the corner from there for like sixteen years, and never came across it.
I mean West Drayton / Yiewsley already does have a number of classy establishments...
Same here, never heard of the place, but we clearly should have. As I said further up, the notice on the door said members only. To stop the likes of us getting killed to death.
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Did I ever mention that I was in Minder?
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Flat roofed pubs.. on 14:03 - Jul 14 with 1678 views
It’s the little details, mate. To me, if I’m posting a review on Tripadvisor, that’s a guaranteed maximum mark. Well spotted - not everyone would have noticed.
Grow their own vine leaves in the hanging baskets too. Localism in action.
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Flat roofed pubs.. on 14:07 - Jul 14 with 1666 views
Grow their own vine leaves in the hanging baskets too. Localism in action.
It can’t be that Greek as they appear to have finished the flat roof rather than leaving the sticky up metal rods and all poking skywards. I think konk is lying again.
Did I ever mention that I was in Minder?
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Flat roofed pubs.. on 14:39 - Jul 14 with 1615 views
It can’t be that Greek as they appear to have finished the flat roof rather than leaving the sticky up metal rods and all poking skywards. I think konk is lying again.
I remember seeing a lot of buildings like that in Morocco. Apparently they build the downstairs first before they can afford to build the upstairs!
Anyway I’ve walked past this one in the back streets of Paddington quite a few times but never been in yet.
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Flat roofed pubs.. on 14:55 - Jul 14 with 1557 views
It can’t be that Greek as they appear to have finished the flat roof rather than leaving the sticky up metal rods and all poking skywards. I think konk is lying again.
Mate, get yourself down there. 5/10 minutes walk from Temple Meads. Honestly, on a summer’s evening, tucking into the Kleftiko, a nice cold beer, the traditional blue and white tower blocks just behind the car park, the sound of sirens, stolen motorbikes being raced on the pavement, street drinkers shouting at passers-by, the muddy banks of the New Cut just across the road… it’s like Santorini 60 years ago. Get there before the tourists ruin it. We’re going for a fortnight in August. Full board. Oy-oy!
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Flat roofed pubs.. on 15:35 - Jul 14 with 1546 views
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