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SlippyBlue
07 Oct 14 20:10
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The dartboard.
The bar billiard table.
The bar staff were big chested women with low morals who would turn a trick for the price of a brandy and babycham. Not a ginger beer in sight.
Carry outs.
You could smoke.
The place didn't do food apart from free roast tatties and sausages on the public bar on Sunday afternoons.
They didn't charge £5.65 for a pint of lager which happened to me in The Paxton in Gypsy Hill this afternoon. (Which is basically a pretty mediocre South East London Pub.)
The bloke with the fish tray selling jellied eels, cockles, whelks and buttered prawns.
People actually spoke to each other and not behaving zombie like permanently on their phone.
Everyone doing the ITV7.
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Report themightymac October 7, 2014 8:15 PM BST
people
Report sixtwosix October 7, 2014 8:15 PM BST
Sam Smith's boozers up north .....bitter & mild less than £2 a pint  , no music , no tv  just dartboards , pool tables , people talking to each other Cool
Report Ozymandius October 7, 2014 8:16 PM BST
sawdust
Report SlippyBlue October 7, 2014 8:18 PM BST
£5.65 for a pint? I didn't have any cash on me at lunchtime so just gave the girl my card. I said I only want 1 pint, she said that's all your getting. Utter madness.
Report Tommy Toes October 7, 2014 8:28 PM BST
Slippy £5.65 a pint?!

There'd have been a riot in Stoke!
Report themightymac October 7, 2014 8:32 PM BST
You can get a round in for that up here Crazy
Report themightymac October 7, 2014 8:32 PM BST
and I aint kidding. Crazy
Report themightymac October 7, 2014 8:33 PM BST
Must be to keep the riff raff out?
Report Tommy Toes October 7, 2014 8:34 PM BST
Same here Mac (could get a round in for that).
Report stickyvicky October 7, 2014 8:34 PM BST
Staff that speak english.
Went in to nearby pub recently and one of the chinese floor staff was serving behind the bar that day. I asked for 'a pint of guinness and a packet of dry roasted please'. Your man says back to me 'a Pint of guinness and toilet rooo ?'.
Fckn toilet roll, I'm not joking yeah.Cry
Report The Bhoys October 7, 2014 8:36 PM BST
2 quid a pint, pretty sure i could go without tv and that at that price, just take my phone with me and listen to music
Report themightymac October 7, 2014 8:36 PM BST
I saw one fighting in the pub and asked, "Is that Kung Fu"?

"No", replied the barmaid, "He`s only had one pint"!
Report Ozymandius October 7, 2014 8:37 PM BST
Anyone fond of McSorely's Ale House in New York? Suposedly the oldest bar in NY. only two types of beer, light or dark, can only order two at a time. Ask for a G and T, you will get a beer, well, 2 beers.  Sawdust, bartenders in butchers coats, dirty, they didn't let women in until the 70's when they were forced to.  But touristy maybe, but different and irreverent.
Report SlippyBlue October 7, 2014 8:37 PM BST
Fish finger sandwich & tartare sauce £6.50

A pint and two fish fingers in white bread will set you back £12.15.

Enjoy..

http://www.thepaxtongipsyhill.com/
Report Barry Conway October 7, 2014 8:43 PM BST
I went in the Westow House last year. They had a table tennis table. What's wromg with people?
Report Tommy Toes October 7, 2014 8:43 PM BST
"Yes, we are a pub, however, we like to think we do things a little bit differently. As in all good pubs, we serve booze and food, but we do it with a twist."

Yes, you certainly do it with a twist - by ripping the eyes and ears off your customers!
Report themightymac October 7, 2014 8:44 PM BST
LaughLaugh
Report windsor knot October 7, 2014 8:47 PM BST
slippy , that is a price for south london ...this weekend in paris , excellent 1/2 litre of warsteiner ( spelling ? ) for less than 5 euros sat outside in a decent bar !
Report Tommy Toes October 7, 2014 8:48 PM BST
Can't believe the Paxton's prices for cheapo white wine.

They serve 250ml measures in most of the pubs here and they cost around £3.45 - £3.90 a glass.

The Paxton charges £4.50 for a 175ml glassful!
Report Tommy Toes October 7, 2014 8:52 PM BST
You can buy a bottle of Chardonnay from 'The Auctioneer' in Hanley (sports pub - loads of tellies showing all the sports channels) for £8.

Paxtons: £19
Report doantwin2easy October 7, 2014 8:54 PM BST
they can't give chardonnay away nowadays Happy
Report Tommy Toes October 7, 2014 8:55 PM BST
hehehe!
Report Magnusthepassenger October 7, 2014 8:58 PM BST
I miss the space on the end of the bar, that since last week, is now sitting under a coffee machine Sad
Report kenny mann October 7, 2014 9:04 PM BST
Things you miss in your local pub Well the pub for starters. Sad
Report rob_dylan October 7, 2014 9:07 PM BST
The Ferret club.
Report wit-ham October 7, 2014 9:11 PM BST
The dartboard.
3 in my local
The bar billiard table.
one pool table
The bar staff were big chested women with low morals who would turn a trick for the price of a brandy and babycham. Not a ginger beer in sight.
no big chests around either
Carry outs.
still a common occurence
You could smoke.
only at lock-ins
The place didn't do food apart from free roast tatties and sausages on the public bar on Sunday afternoons.
very rare these days
They didn't charge £5.65 for a pint of lager which happened to me in The Paxton in Gypsy Hill this afternoon. (Which is basically a pretty mediocre South East London Pub.)
£2.80 IPA Guinness £3.40 shocking
The bloke with the fish tray selling jellied eels, cockles, whelks and buttered prawns.
stopped about 5 years ago when he retired
People actually spoke to each other and not behaving zombie like permanently on their phone
everyone knows each other but no resent punch-ups,plenty of chat
Everyone doing the ITV7
still a popular place for phoning bets on a weekend
.
Report SlippyBlue October 7, 2014 9:15 PM BST
Welcome to my world Tommy Sad If you ever decide to move to that London win the lottery first before doing so or else you'll be fecked,

I know Westow House Barry, it's not the only gaff that has a table tennis table. There are at least 2 bars in Lordship Lane, East Dulwich that have them as well. Words fail me.
Report SlippyBlue October 7, 2014 9:18 PM BST
Yes, you certainly do it with a twist - by ripping the eyes and ears off your customers!

Well said Toes Laugh
Report Tommy Toes October 7, 2014 9:24 PM BST
It's true though, Slippy.

They're almost admitting it with their use of 'a twist'!

I've never seen such scandalous prices for an average boozer (I've looked at the photos).
Report SlippyBlue October 7, 2014 10:12 PM BST

Oct 7, 2014 -- 8:33PM, themightymac wrote:


Must be to keep the riff raff out?


Yep mac, that's how they roll in there. This riff raff won't be going back in a hurry that's for sure. They don't even show the racing for crissakes.

Report crags October 7, 2014 11:37 PM BST
Pickled eggs. Used to like one of those with a bag of crisps, but then I am originally from oop north.
Report themightymac October 8, 2014 2:10 AM BST
slippy, the pub I go in charges £3.50p for a pint and 3.20p for a qt gill. The one across the road, £2 for a pint and £1.50p for a short. Without sounding like a snob, I`m quite happy to pay the extra rather than sit listening to a load of nutters with IQs of under 50 Whoops
Report Cubanpete October 8, 2014 10:51 AM BST
Tommy Toes 07 Oct 14 20:43 
"Yes, we are a pub, however, we like to think we do things a little bit differently. As in all good pubs, we serve booze and food, but we do it with a twist."

Yes, you certainly do it with a twist - by ripping the eyes and ears off your customers!


That's a classic example of "The tw@t tax" If punters are prepared to pay those prices they deserve to be fleeced of their money.
Report Ken Masters October 8, 2014 11:08 AM BST
Mrs M informed me that a pack of smokes is over the £9 mark now, is that right? I used to joke that'd I'd stop when they reached a fiver, thinking they never would, but £9? That's mental.
Report The Leopard October 8, 2014 11:21 AM BST
So, your wife buys all you cigarettes?
Report The Leopard October 8, 2014 11:22 AM BST
*your
Report BARROWBOY October 8, 2014 12:26 PM BST
on a slightly different tack,had to drop my daughter off at York uni last Monday morning.on the way backout of York saw a pub chalkboard outside- breakfast served all day come in for a warm welcome-thought that looks like a nice place to stop.went inside said to a woman in the bar can I have a coffee & brandy please & have a look at your breakfast menu,she screamed at me how the f*** do you think i'll have the time for that i'v got 6 rooms to clean before 12 oclock.when I asked her about the blackboard outside,she said has some c*** put that out again.she was so rude I had to laugh when I got back in the car
Report SlippyBlue October 8, 2014 1:13 PM BST
I agree with Cubanpete calling it the tw@t tax, that sums it up quite nicely. I was literally struck dumb when I got my card receipt back showing how much it was. I didn't stay for a second jar.
Report SlippyBlue October 8, 2014 1:17 PM BST
She sounds an absolute charmer BB. Thing is, I actually like women with plenty of chutzpah. If she was good looking I'd have stayed and insisted on my coffee and brandy Plain
Report HH Sultan Vinegar October 8, 2014 2:05 PM BST
two Chit Chatterers in the pub.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMoaNYv94os
Report SlippyBlue October 8, 2014 4:49 PM BST
Yes HH that's me and Tommy Toes at the bar.

Here is me when I visit Saskia and Anastasia in the deli across the road.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZJhLscD6i8
Report HH Sultan Vinegar October 8, 2014 4:50 PM BST
yes I always think of that when you mention the Deli Grin
Report Tommy Toes October 8, 2014 6:14 PM BST
Very funny Sultan and Slippy!
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