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Your local pub 19:46 - Jan 2 with 36572 viewsBlackCrowe

Not necessarily your favourite but your local. Describe.

Me? The Boaters Inn, Kingston. Good guest ales, great spot on the river. Excellent in Summer but lacks soul in Winter - lighting too bright, too much space given to non-existant diners. If I owned it, things would change.

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Your local pub on 15:07 - Jan 6 with 3310 viewsLush1664

Your local pub on 09:45 - Jan 5 by Dorse

Bloody hell - I should be seeing Radders tonight at the local Fathers' Support Group (aka Caged Tigers)! He's a proper Gent. His daughter babysits / guards my foul brood. PM me and I'll let him know you're still breathing!

Tis truly a small world.

The Crown was a bit of a dump at times - were you there during the Liz and Jonny, Yvonne (the horror, the horror) or the Georgie years? L and J went broke after sinking 7 figures into the house and The Fiddleford Arms, Yvonne disappeared from view (think she went back to Motcombe) and Georgie has her own livery business based in Bedchester. Still remember a brilliant evening when Georgie hooked up her Wii to the pub TV and everyone spent an evening bowling. Hilarious watching drunks (including me) taking run ups (!) and adopting the full on bowling pose.


I'm not sure who was running it when I was there - c1996 -2000, though Liz and Jonny sounds familiar, but it was a bit on the dead side. I went for the odd pint with Rads down there but the girls flatly refused to go it was that bad - they'd insist on The Cricketers at Shroton.

Steve is a proper gent until you put a rugby ball in his hand and then he turns into a right nasty bit of work, although not the biggest bloke he's as strong as an ox and could tackle a charging rhino! Thankfully we were both on the same side down there at North Dorset!

His daughter and mine were born within a few months of each other and are still good friends and we all catch up at least once a year usually down here in Cornwall but sometimes over in France.

Would have loved to have seen the pissed up Wii bowling!
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Your local pub on 15:10 - Jan 6 with 3299 viewspaulparker

Your local pub on 10:06 - Jan 6 by Mick_S



My old local on Harlington Road, Hillingdon, about to become a shisha lounge. About a two minute walk from The Turks Head which is now boarded up.


Had one of my first pints in the then Turks head, the old man took me out when I was 14 to have a bender with when my mum left him
I also heard that the Vine on the other side of the road is being knocked down as well

And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles Brian Moore

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Your local pub on 15:13 - Jan 6 with 3295 viewsMick_S

The Vine is apparently good for a pizza now - says it all really. There have been several rumours about the place being up for sale but the owners deny that it is.

Did I ever mention that I was in Minder?

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Your local pub on 16:51 - Jan 6 with 3230 viewspaulparker

Your local pub on 15:13 - Jan 6 by Mick_S

The Vine is apparently good for a pizza now - says it all really. There have been several rumours about the place being up for sale but the owners deny that it is.


Blimey I remember the days that place would be raided every couple of weeks for underage drinkers and drugs
times have changed

And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles Brian Moore

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Your local pub on 16:56 - Jan 6 with 3221 viewsBushman

Your local pub on 11:39 - Jan 6 by Mick_S

That is a very good point. I'm keeping my eye on the situation.



I know almost nothing about the Premier League even though I try to catch the big games every now and then at the end of the season. But I will say this, Queens Park Rangers is just a fukking sick ass team name. Just sounds so cool.

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Your local pub on 19:14 - Jan 6 with 3160 viewskingshill

Loving this thread, brings back some fantastic memories.

My old locals around Acton were the Goldsmiths, still an excellent pub with good food and still my regular pre-match drink. The Old Oak social club at the bottom of my road was great fun and could get lively, also the Castle in North Acton was a great pub in the 80's, a real mix of locals along with the odd celeb from the BBC rehearsal studios next door. Now full of the Carphone warehouse crowd & students.

As for where I am now, The Brook House is the closest but wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. Scene of a mass brawl on Xmas Eve by all accounts. Middx arms in South Ruislip is OK, even though the Guvnor is Chelsea. Gets a good Rangers crowd in when we are on telly away and Ye Old Crowne in Hayes by the Beck Theatre is excellent with good beer and the best steaks around.
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Your local pub on 20:45 - Jan 6 with 3108 viewspaulparker

Your local pub on 19:14 - Jan 6 by kingshill

Loving this thread, brings back some fantastic memories.

My old locals around Acton were the Goldsmiths, still an excellent pub with good food and still my regular pre-match drink. The Old Oak social club at the bottom of my road was great fun and could get lively, also the Castle in North Acton was a great pub in the 80's, a real mix of locals along with the odd celeb from the BBC rehearsal studios next door. Now full of the Carphone warehouse crowd & students.

As for where I am now, The Brook House is the closest but wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. Scene of a mass brawl on Xmas Eve by all accounts. Middx arms in South Ruislip is OK, even though the Guvnor is Chelsea. Gets a good Rangers crowd in when we are on telly away and Ye Old Crowne in Hayes by the Beck Theatre is excellent with good beer and the best steaks around.
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Blimey I remember turning out a couple of times for Brookhouse football club around 91
I'm surprised the place is still going
Was the old crown called the grapes ?? I'm sure that was a Bernie inn back in the day
Also remember the blue anchor in Hayes used to play football up the road from there

And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles Brian Moore

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Your local pub on 20:50 - Jan 6 with 3107 viewsqprxtc

For the first thirty three years of my life I lived in the flats over the shopping precinct by Shepherds Bush Green. So 99% of my drinking was done in The Bush.

The Mailcoach always loomed large in my family as its where my Dad and his brother used to drink (and The Duke of Edinburgh) so naturally I took up a residence there, mostly through Mad Irish Willy's tenure. It swung between nights of boredom and mayhem. Now a bus stop outside Westsoddingfiield. I don't half miss the place.

Also drank in The Wellington once or twice and remember it for being taken over by Millwall in 1987.

Had many great nights in The Bush Hotel, The Bushranger, The Goldhawk, Duke of Clarence, The Sun and The British Prince. All now gone.
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Your local pub on 22:09 - Jan 6 with 3048 viewsMrSheen

Your local pub on 20:50 - Jan 6 by qprxtc

For the first thirty three years of my life I lived in the flats over the shopping precinct by Shepherds Bush Green. So 99% of my drinking was done in The Bush.

The Mailcoach always loomed large in my family as its where my Dad and his brother used to drink (and The Duke of Edinburgh) so naturally I took up a residence there, mostly through Mad Irish Willy's tenure. It swung between nights of boredom and mayhem. Now a bus stop outside Westsoddingfiield. I don't half miss the place.

Also drank in The Wellington once or twice and remember it for being taken over by Millwall in 1987.

Had many great nights in The Bush Hotel, The Bushranger, The Goldhawk, Duke of Clarence, The Sun and The British Prince. All now gone.
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The Duke of Edinburgh used to drink in The Mailcoach? Never saw him myself.
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Your local pub on 22:19 - Jan 6 with 3029 viewsFredManRave

Your local pub on 20:50 - Jan 6 by qprxtc

For the first thirty three years of my life I lived in the flats over the shopping precinct by Shepherds Bush Green. So 99% of my drinking was done in The Bush.

The Mailcoach always loomed large in my family as its where my Dad and his brother used to drink (and The Duke of Edinburgh) so naturally I took up a residence there, mostly through Mad Irish Willy's tenure. It swung between nights of boredom and mayhem. Now a bus stop outside Westsoddingfiield. I don't half miss the place.

Also drank in The Wellington once or twice and remember it for being taken over by Millwall in 1987.

Had many great nights in The Bush Hotel, The Bushranger, The Goldhawk, Duke of Clarence, The Sun and The British Prince. All now gone.
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The Mailcoach was always our preferred prematch pub of choice. A bit of a walk to the ground from there but it was worth it for the ambience created by Mad "f**kin c**t" Willy. It was never packed prematch which was part of the appeal but as long as Willy was there to regail you with stories of all the "f**kin c**ts" that he'd met or like to meet then it was a good prematch build up. Just read that it had won an award for the worst pub garden in England which seems a bit harsh although to be fair never really spent that much time out there.

Had many a good time in the Mailcoach;


I've got the Power.
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Your local pub on 22:29 - Jan 6 with 3010 viewsBushman

Your local pub on 22:19 - Jan 6 by FredManRave

The Mailcoach was always our preferred prematch pub of choice. A bit of a walk to the ground from there but it was worth it for the ambience created by Mad "f**kin c**t" Willy. It was never packed prematch which was part of the appeal but as long as Willy was there to regail you with stories of all the "f**kin c**ts" that he'd met or like to meet then it was a good prematch build up. Just read that it had won an award for the worst pub garden in England which seems a bit harsh although to be fair never really spent that much time out there.

Had many a good time in the Mailcoach;



Fekkin hell!

Worst pub garden in England?

Anyone been in "The Garden" of The Springbok????

Jesus!

More like the exercise yard in the Scrubs but with more criminals.....
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I know almost nothing about the Premier League even though I try to catch the big games every now and then at the end of the season. But I will say this, Queens Park Rangers is just a fukking sick ass team name. Just sounds so cool.

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Your local pub on 22:46 - Jan 6 with 2988 viewsFredManRave

Your local pub on 22:29 - Jan 6 by Bushman

Fekkin hell!

Worst pub garden in England?

Anyone been in "The Garden" of The Springbok????

Jesus!

More like the exercise yard in the Scrubs but with more criminals.....
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Founded in 1839 on the old mail route out of London (hence the name), the Mailcoach was rebuilt in 1932. It was an Irish pub which specialised in Sunday lunches and had live music on Saturday nights. Much used by workers from the nearby London Underground depot, it was decorated with signs and bric-a-brac from the railway. Its garden was once voted 'worst pub garden in England' but this may have had something to do with the main road (West Cross Route, originally the M41 motorway but now part of the A3220) thundering just behind it.

When Chelsfield plc started to redevelop the White City area (north of Uxbridge Road), their plans made no allowance for this pub, and as a result it was closed and demolished in April 2003.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/16156673@N00/3016491771

The White Horse pub garden is hardly any better. 5m squared with 3 pub benches to choose from, last time I looked. It's like a mini concrete jungle.
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I've got the Power.
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Your local pub on 23:24 - Jan 6 with 2962 viewsA40Bosh

Metallicas Hammersmith riverside post reminded me that come to think of it my local from age 17-24 was nowhere near Eastcote as I used to live in either The Old City Arms, The Blue Anchor, The Rutland, The Old Ship or The Black Lion for the entire weekend, normally visiting all of them on the same night. GOD I could drink back then!

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Your local pub on 02:30 - Jan 7 with 2929 viewsLadbrokeR

The Springbok is known for it's post match disco.
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Your local pub on 02:35 - Jan 7 with 2926 viewsLadbrokeR

In fact I do like a garden and have often used the crown and sceptre garden in the past.
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Your local pub on 08:29 - Jan 7 with 2892 viewsMetallica_Hoop

I loved the Mailcoach! The Blind fella who used to give his dog Ale in a bowl

The Rutland was ruined 15 years ago when they took out all the old boats etc.
The Blue Anchor I have to say although they moved the bar, it has really kept it's 90's ambience. Well done whom ever designed that refurb.

I stayed late at The Ship one night and my mate Siobhan wanted to try the Dirtydancing raised above head think. I was drunk so agreed after several tried we managed it and when I put her back down one of her heels snapped. She had to spend the rest of the night walking around a packed pub on one heel. It still makes me smile now.

Beer and Beef has made us what we are - The Prince Regent

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Your local pub on 08:46 - Jan 7 with 2876 viewsdoogi55

the mail coach watched england beat germany 5 1 in the garden
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Your local pub on 09:11 - Jan 7 with 2854 viewsBrianMcCarthy

Your local pub on 19:14 - Jan 6 by kingshill

Loving this thread, brings back some fantastic memories.

My old locals around Acton were the Goldsmiths, still an excellent pub with good food and still my regular pre-match drink. The Old Oak social club at the bottom of my road was great fun and could get lively, also the Castle in North Acton was a great pub in the 80's, a real mix of locals along with the odd celeb from the BBC rehearsal studios next door. Now full of the Carphone warehouse crowd & students.

As for where I am now, The Brook House is the closest but wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. Scene of a mass brawl on Xmas Eve by all accounts. Middx arms in South Ruislip is OK, even though the Guvnor is Chelsea. Gets a good Rangers crowd in when we are on telly away and Ye Old Crowne in Hayes by the Beck Theatre is excellent with good beer and the best steaks around.
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My family ran the George and Dragon in Acton from '85-'86. Lovely 'ol pub with a nice older crowd. Dick Whittington stayed there, but before our time.

"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
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Your local pub on 09:50 - Jan 7 with 2825 viewskingshill

Your local pub on 20:45 - Jan 6 by paulparker

Blimey I remember turning out a couple of times for Brookhouse football club around 91
I'm surprised the place is still going
Was the old crown called the grapes ?? I'm sure that was a Bernie inn back in the day
Also remember the blue anchor in Hayes used to play football up the road from there


Brook House still going strong so I believe, bands at the weekend plus the sport keeps the crowd going. Same Guvnor as the Old Crown, but different types of pub .

The Old Crown is the next pub up towards Hillingdon from the Grapes, which is now a Beefeater
It's changed names a bit recently, was also Flynns & Flanagans for a while
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Your local pub on 09:57 - Jan 7 with 2815 viewskingshill

Your local pub on 09:11 - Jan 7 by BrianMcCarthy

My family ran the George and Dragon in Acton from '85-'86. Lovely 'ol pub with a nice older crowd. Dick Whittington stayed there, but before our time.


Did it have the Shebeen out the back then Brian? Had a few good nights in there, they really used to pack em in.

Went in there a few months back. 8pm on a Saturday evening and we were the only people in there, some sort of micro brewery now
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Your local pub on 10:20 - Jan 7 with 2734 viewsBrianMcCarthy

Your local pub on 09:57 - Jan 7 by kingshill

Did it have the Shebeen out the back then Brian? Had a few good nights in there, they really used to pack em in.

Went in there a few months back. 8pm on a Saturday evening and we were the only people in there, some sort of micro brewery now


No, there was a room out decked out to be a bar but it was clearly out of use for a while.

I heard about the micro-brewery. The phrase makes me shiver.

"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
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Your local pub on 11:37 - Jan 7 with 2694 viewsTheChef

Your local pub on 11:35 - Jan 6 by Bushman

Surely they have the two places mixed up & The Turks head is the shisha lougue?


I drive past there every day on my commute. They're working on the building at the moment but not clear yet what it's going to be next.

There's also another pub boarded up further down the road, must have closed down about a week after The PoW!

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Your local pub on 11:44 - Jan 7 with 2671 viewsTonto

the crown and horseshoes in enfield:

should be an amazing pub - its an old building, right on the "new river" (not really a river, its more a diverted culvert but it has swans and ducks on it), a little bridge over the river to it, nice setting, beer garden... BUT

Its bog standard stuff brewery decor inside and sells bog standard beer and below bog standard pub food.

very disappointing...

Why stop now, just when I'm hating it
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Your local pub on 11:54 - Jan 7 with 2660 viewsMick_S

Your local pub on 11:37 - Jan 7 by TheChef

I drive past there every day on my commute. They're working on the building at the moment but not clear yet what it's going to be next.

There's also another pub boarded up further down the road, must have closed down about a week after The PoW!


Prince is to be a shisha lounge. The Turks has been boarded for a few month; there's a bit of fidgitment going on, but no real news. The Orange Peel and The Prince Albert by the hospital are also both gone, The Albert has been demolished and is a car park with no cars and The Peel is to become a hotel.

Did I ever mention that I was in Minder?

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Your local pub on 12:11 - Jan 7 with 2631 viewspaulparker

Your local pub on 11:54 - Jan 7 by Mick_S

Prince is to be a shisha lounge. The Turks has been boarded for a few month; there's a bit of fidgitment going on, but no real news. The Orange Peel and The Prince Albert by the hospital are also both gone, The Albert has been demolished and is a car park with no cars and The Peel is to become a hotel.


Gutted that the Turks Head is going, what's happening to Hillingdon that all the pubs are going
Spent a few sessions in there with the old man when i was a teenager and the Red Lion
does anyone know if the load of hay is still going in Uxbridge ?

And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles Brian Moore

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