tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post8793810494290687602..comments2024-03-16T04:06:28.481+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: The workers' beerCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-16354940220233067762016-06-13T23:51:37.252+01:002016-06-13T23:51:37.252+01:00yeah my impression was they look more like workers...yeah my impression was they look more like workers from Garretts or just local farm workers, the Vulcan Arms is much nearer Sizewell for anyone working there.<br /><br />The Eels Foot has only recently got in the guide, but alot of that area of Suffolk has become 2nd holiday home territory for people,especially well off Londoners (I do smile when people visit and say they never hear local accents),so a locals pubs like as it was in the 60s in the less fashionable parts (non guardian reading bits I guess) do struggle to stay open and the Engineers did shut for a period a few years back, and probably explains the unusual opening times.Stonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656315721111561414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-37652145270580031582016-06-13T09:26:39.990+01:002016-06-13T09:26:39.990+01:00I think I shall buy a posh SLR camera and record t...I think I shall buy a posh SLR camera and record the local spoons. Then in 50 years people can be nostalgic about it.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-16691835973192499602016-06-12T21:43:34.788+01:002016-06-12T21:43:34.788+01:00I used to go to Leiston quite a bit when my parent...I used to go to Leiston quite a bit when my parents had a caravan there (some distance from the coast) in the late '70s,and even in my teens I remember being a proper working town with some boisterous looking pubs by the standards of my village. The nearest Beer Guide pub to Leiston, at least recently, was the Guardian reader friendly Eel's Foot at Eastbridge, about as big a contrast with the pub shown here as possible to get.retiredmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429804437739227082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-86663008080245488392016-06-12T17:40:00.569+01:002016-06-12T17:40:00.569+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lizard Seerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07497330695288945161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-11345653222051141372016-06-12T17:39:21.513+01:002016-06-12T17:39:21.513+01:00The absence of women would certainly explain Jason...The absence of women would certainly explain Jason King's presence. One has to go somewhere when the Gloucester Bus Station Gents are closed, hasn't one?Lizard Seerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07497330695288945161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-41076029955444156862016-06-12T08:41:56.673+01:002016-06-12T08:41:56.673+01:00What a fantastic slice of social history. I partic...What a fantastic slice of social history. I particularly like the third one down: it would appear that Jason King found himself somewhat off piste and decided to rough it in the sticks.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.com