tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post3627223002388573228..comments2024-03-28T17:11:52.333+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Woken from slumberCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-48550308326662608562019-07-18T01:10:19.051+01:002019-07-18T01:10:19.051+01:00Great piece Mudgie ��
I think of estate style pubs...Great piece Mudgie ��<br />I think of estate style pubs like the Lyndon, the Viking and the highwood in Olton when I was younger and always a funny as in humorous atmosphere and ALWAYS something happening...times change and just as people want wi fi, central heating, wide-screen TV, mobile phones so people also want pizzas and ever incongruous tasting beer.<br />Not necessarily what I want but I am in a minority, albeit one who spends a fair bit of cash in boozers!<br />Britain BeermatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-86683089271155814602019-07-15T09:26:58.267+01:002019-07-15T09:26:58.267+01:00Pity the comments don't match up to that stand...Pity the comments don't match up to that standard :PCurmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-1832473800188412162019-07-14T22:11:48.621+01:002019-07-14T22:11:48.621+01:00I'm pretty certain the rather eccentric lookin...I'm pretty certain the rather eccentric looking gentleman, dressed in a tweed suit whom I met one lunchtime, also at the Red Lion, Snargate was Mr RWC. <br /><br />He famously resigned his membership of CAMRA because he didn't agree with the computerisation of the organisation.<br /><br />An excellent article btw, Mudge. I still haven't been to the Sun at Leintwardine, but I'm determined to one day.<br /><br />Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-11958082798602350972019-07-14T20:42:32.615+01:002019-07-14T20:42:32.615+01:00How very true all these comments are. As a studen...How very true all these comments are. As a student, I remember visiting many locals (in Devon) and always found something unique - the devon horned fox (mounted) on the wall in one - a regular showing me the church clock (opposite the pub) and telling me the size of the markings on the face (Chagford?) Watching euchre being played (never did understand it). I always seemed to learn something in a good local. Those were the days indeed....Ian Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-91033198025678250372019-07-14T16:34:40.820+01:002019-07-14T16:34:40.820+01:00All your pieces are well written and interesting, ...All your pieces are well written and interesting, even if the content is sometimes rubbish :-)dcbwhaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02585310584555592882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-16530650588502960812019-07-14T15:09:37.296+01:002019-07-14T15:09:37.296+01:00I always think a key way of telling that is whethe...I always think a key way of telling that is whether or not a pub has cards of nuts, scratchings, Bacon Fries etc. pinned up on the bar back.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-35947857016784587702019-07-14T15:03:45.453+01:002019-07-14T15:03:45.453+01:00Thanks Peter: I put a bit of thought into this one...Thanks Peter: I put a bit of thought into this one and it's nice to see my efforts appreciated :-)Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-53151417792106592872019-07-14T14:34:54.511+01:002019-07-14T14:34:54.511+01:00Times move on and pubs and people change with them...Times move on and pubs and people change with them, but within my particular time frame and mindset, there is nothing worse than a corparate styled pub where the staff are uniformed and insist on calling me sir, give me old style diversity any day.Citrahttps://thepubexplorer.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-60914337315973723452019-07-14T11:57:28.404+01:002019-07-14T11:57:28.404+01:00Really good piece Mudgie. Very well written and in...Really good piece Mudgie. Very well written and insightful.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-68895509610765227332019-07-14T08:19:11.775+01:002019-07-14T08:19:11.775+01:00It is, after all, what it says it is, a list of ba...It is, after all, what it says it is, a list of basic, unspoilt pubs. And, as we know with the Hop Pole at Risbury, there's a fine line between basic and squalid. He's also rather arbitrary in limiting it to pubs that sell real ale, as that excludes pubs like the now-closed King's Head at Bootle in Cumberland, which was one of the small handful without a bar counter.<br /><br />The Stile is really a better example of the kind of thing I'm talking about. The Tiviot in Stockport was probably the last time-warp pub locally.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-31038756234553488422019-07-13T21:38:00.747+01:002019-07-13T21:38:00.747+01:00I was going to say "Welsh Marches snd West Wa...I was going to say "Welsh Marches snd West Wales" just as you mentioned them.<br /><br />Mr Coe had a rigid standard. I met him accidentally in Snargate one gorgeous May night and he told me that Doris wasn't happy at losing a star because she sold coke or something daft.<br /><br />Recent trips to West Wales have shown there's still a fair few pubs that survive on wet sales. Expecting them to survive purely or largely on beer may be a step too far! <br /><br />And one person's basic is another's cliquey. I'd prefer the Stile in Wolves to many on that list. retiredmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429804437739227082noreply@blogger.com