The heritage of pubs

[Dec66]

yes! Which reminds me, I moved to catford, deep se London in the summer and there's a great pub called the Blythe Hill Tavern, not posh but old school Irish...staff in pressed white shirts and black ties, nothing too much trouble and Guinness to the table.

I like the Blythe Hill. Not so sure they'll like being told they're in Catford (Forest Hill, don'cha know?)

It's on that weird stretch of the South Circular where nothing much exists. Ace pub though, have to take a trip there soon, not been for yonks.

 

[martint235]

I like the Blythe Hill. Not so sure they'll like being told they're in Catford (Forest Hill, don'cha know?)

It's on that weird stretch of the South Circular where nothing much exists. Ace pub though, have to take a trip there soon, not been for yonks.

Nah it's closer to Catford. There are probably some who will say it's actually in Blythe Hill though.

 

[Venod]

If visiting Liverpool The Grapes on Mathew Street was a favourite of The Beatles, but be sure to visit The White Star just round the corner.

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUs...Star-Liverpool_Merseyside_England.html#photos

 

[RedRider]

Nah it's closer to Catford. There are probably some who will say it's actually in Blythe Hill though.

I still um and erm about what to call here, right on the hill. I've heard crofton park, ladywell and Blythe Hill but I reckon Catford cuts to the chase plus it's easier to spell.

 

[Dec66]

Nah it's closer to Catford. There are probably some who will say it's actually in Blythe Hill though.

Their website begs to differ...

"...one of London's Real Heritage Pubs, located in Forest Hill, South East London".

It's postcode is SE23 1JB, squeaking into Forest Hill by a whisker.

Nearer to Catford's stations, though, I grant you. Who cares, it's an ace pub regardless.

 

[martint235]

If visiting Liverpool The Grapes on Mathew Street was a favourite of The Beatles, but be sure to visit The White Star just round the corner.

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUs...Star-Liverpool_Merseyside_England.html#photos

I always thought the White Star was the pub in Lime St station.

 

[derrick]

A nice little pub out radlet way, to far away to be our local but a lovely little pub,
http://www.catandfiddleradlett.co.uk/gallery/

 

[Dec66]

On my last visit I took my boss into Yates on Queens Square for a laugh. You should have seen his face. And then when the karaoke started, I almost wet myself just on his reaction

He'd have loved the Western Approaches on the Crocky/Noggsy border. "Not for the faint hearted", is the best way to describe it.

 

[martint235]

A nice little pub out radlet way, to far away to be our local but a lovely little pub,
http://www.catandfiddleradlett.co.uk/gallery/

That's the pub some yob came out of and tried to intimidate me and @redjedi with his pathetic driving skills one Sunday afternoon a few years back.

 

[Dec66]

I always thought the White Star was the pub in Lime St station.

Nope... The one actually on the station concourse is a new Spoons called The North Western, which is beautifully done.

The one next door is The Crown, aka "The Little House" (as opposed to The Vines, "The Big House", further down Lime Street by The Adeplhi).

 

[derrick]

That's the pub some yob came out of and tried to intimidate me and @redjedi with his pathetic driving skills one Sunday afternoon a few years back.

Have been using it for a few years now, always found it to be a friendly pub, maybe the guy got the hump because they would not serve him.

 

[martint235]

Nope... The one actually on the station concourse is a new Spoons called The North Western, which is beautifully done.

The one next door is The Crown, aka "The Little House" (as opposed to The Vines, "The Big House", further down Lime Street by The Adeplhi).

Yep been in those two although last time I was in the Vines, they seemed to have lost a lot of their furniture, it was really weird just high tables in big empty rooms.

What was the pub in Lime Street Station called before they refurbed the station a few years ago? Used to be upstairs towards the southern end of the platforms

 

[martint235]

Have been using it for a few years now, always found it to be a friendly pub, maybe the guy got the hump because they would not serve him.

Possibly. He was a proper little nobber.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

The Cumberland is a cracking wee place, literally!

The Tyne Bar down there is also an excellent boozer. Sadly there are flats being built on the 'wasteland' on the bank there and complaints/concerns have been raised about their archway based stage. Taking live music away from the place would rip it's heart out.

That's very sad. The Tyne isn't my favourite place for a drink, but for the music, absolutely it is important.

 

[Dec66]

Yep been in those two although last time I was in the Vines, they seemed to have lost a lot of their furniture, it was really weird just high tables in big empty rooms.

What was the pub in Lime Street Station called before they refurbed the station a few years ago? Used to be upstairs towards the southern end of the platforms

You know, you're right... I knew that as Coopers, it changed to the White Star a couple of years ago apparently. The one we were on about earlier is in Rainford Gardens, off Whitechapel and near Mathew Street.