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i know the guys in there, not by name though !! It is a good place, they are gearing up to reopen on 15 May. Hope it goes well for them.
Yes they deserve it!
i know the guys in there, not by name though !! It is a good place, they are gearing up to reopen on 15 May. Hope it goes well for them.
Cherrybees?The late lamented Joe Goodwin was Chairman of Camra, I remember away matches in such delights as Chesterfield and Walsall where we had to walk miles to find a pub selling real ale!!
The late lamented Joe Goodwin was Chairman of Camra, I remember away matches in such delights as Chesterfield and Walsall where we had to walk miles to find a pub selling real ale!!
Just started reading a book celebrating 50 years of the Campaign For Real Ale and the initial pages talk about the exodus from factory or pit to the pub at knocking off time and the routine of 4 or 5 pints of beer to "lay the dust". I dread to think where we would be in this country for choice of beer and breweries without CAMRA. Back in the early 70's it was Watneys Red Barrel, Double Diamond and Whitbread Tankard.......................................
Beer drinkers were getting bored that's why Lager took off in the 70s.Just started reading a book celebrating 50 years of the Campaign For Real Ale and the initial pages talk about the exodus from factory or pit to the pub at knocking off time and the routine of 4 or 5 pints of beer to "lay the dust". I dread to think where we would be in this country for choice of beer and breweries without CAMRA. Back in the early 70's it was Watneys Red Barrel, Double Diamond and Whitbread Tankard.......................................
Joe was a great character. loved his ale, football and Hampshire cricket.The late lamented Joe Goodwin was Chairman of Camra, I remember away matches in such delights as Chesterfield and Walsall where we had to walk miles to find a pub selling real ale!!
Poole Quay was the night out for many with a direct route in to the bus station - and you could still get a bus home afterwards!
On warm summers nights, alternating between the Jolly and the Nelson depending on who was playing - sometimes on the same night. The Dirty Duck, Hoy or the Poole Arms were mini-morgues for the over-30s.
hall & woodhouse.... so many terrible memories! crap beer, hofbrau lager, employment.... aaarrrggghhhh
Beer drinkers were getting bored that's why Lager took off in the 70s.
Perfect for hot summers.
Watneys with Carlsberg. Whitbread brewed Heineken and the Belgian beer Stella Artois.
Although I'm not someone that can drink "real ale", I can't remember anyone eulogising about their pint of DD or Trophy. : )It's been a campaign well fought for those that prefer quality over quantity : )
Brock lager, surely? - dreadful muck!!
My Uncle Harry once told me that around the time of the Second World War there used to be 32 pubs between the railway station and the quay in Poole. There never were that many in my lifetime, but I know of these that are no more:
The Railway
The Ansty Arms
The Portmahon
The Foundry
The White Hart
The Royal Oak and Gas Tavern
Pure Drop
The Dirty Duck (Swan)
The Shipwrights
In the wider Borough of Poole, these have also gone.
The Darbys
The Skittlers
The Oakdale
The Tatnam
The Retreat
Seaview Hotel
The Beehive
The Dorset Knob
Some are missed, others won't be.
So why did all these pubs close down?
Definitely. Brewed at Strongs in Romsey, it was a decent ale. Stopped when Whitbread closed Romsey in the late 70's. Brickwoods brewed a version of Trophy for a while along with Brickwoods Best which you could get at the Cricketers for a pre match pint. Brickies Best was a cracking beer that they later renamed Pompey Royal. sadly Brickwoods was closed in the 80's.I recall drinking a version of Trophy at The Bakers Arms. Hand pulled, not frothy at all and a real cask ale.
It was brewed either at Strongs in Romsey or Brickwoods in Portsmouth before they both closed down. Anyone else remember this?
Definitely. Brewed at Strongs in Romsey, it was a decent ale. Stopped when Whitbread closed Romsey in the late 70's. Brickwoods brewed a version of Trophy for a while along with Brickwoods Best which you could get at the Cricketers for a pre match pint. Brickies Best was a cracking beer that they later renamed Pompey Royal. sadly Brickwoods was closed in the 80's.
Definitely. Brewed at Strongs in Romsey, it was a decent ale. Stopped when Whitbread closed Romsey in the late 70's. Brickwoods brewed a version of Trophy for a while along with Brickwoods Best which you could get at the Cricketers for a pre match pint. Brickies Best was a cracking beer that they later renamed Pompey Royal. sadly Brickwoods was closed in the 80's.
Still goes on today.
Doombar was a reasonable pint that is now omnipresent rats piss.
As is Spitfire.