My son went into The Greyhound by Carshalton Ponds, only to be told that they wouldn't serve him because he was in his work clothes. He is a windscreen fitter, so he said what if I had a suit as my work clothes and they said that was OK. Please, please if you are local, please boycott this snob ridden establishment.
That's why "public houses" had public and saloon bars.
Quote from: Holders on April 19, 2017, 06:06:24 PM
That's why "public houses" had public and saloon bars.
Wish you would tell The Greyhound that.
Disgrace...Boycott if you live there
I've a good mind to come down from Newmarket with a pitchfork and mucksack full of horse droppings...
Twats.
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that used to be my local, Les Grey (the singer from Mud) would come in on Friday nights and buy everyone a beer :beer:
I've not been in there for at least 20 years, the beer was never all that good anyway, I preferred the Jenny Lind (nearer Sutton)
I went in there once upon a time. Luckily for me they saw me pull up in a Horse & Carriage.
I was wearing a Top Hat and Tails with Sleeves, and a Bow Tie. I had a cigarette holder in one hand, and a cane in the other. Plus one of my Footmen was with me at the time.
So I probably just got away with it.
Consider it boycotted Mr P
Quote from: Kent Cassandra on April 20, 2017, 08:36:08 AM
Consider it boycotted Mr P
Geoff Boycott probably will not go there either.
Absolute disgrace.Use the Woodman instead on the other side of the church.
I know a couple of men who just don't believe in work, prefer to live of their parents and education grants etc., bet they would be allowed in.
Enough recognition is not given these days to those that still do a hard days work, whatever it is.
The pub should be shut down.
I'm glad they can afford to be so fussy. Most pubs I know are struggling to the point of closure and are trying lots of ways to attract people in. I don't thing this one is a good idea.
Things have changed at the greyhound since my last visit there.
We were chased out for interrupting a BNP meeting! Never went back, funnily enough.
Everything that one would expect from such a pretentious establishment that is YOUNG'S.
Here's one of their tight arse testimonies:
"Just to say what a wonderful evening myself and my WI friends had.....staff wonderful.....Thank you".
I reckon the lad got a result. After all, who wants to drink alongside all those affected curtain twitchers.
Get yourself down to your local JD Wetherspoon for a good old drop of Lager.
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Quote from: Funky Fulham Dave on April 20, 2017, 10:46:48 AM
Everything that one would expect from such a pretentious establishment that is YOUNG'S.
Here's one of their tight arse testimonies:
"Just to say what a wonderful evening myself and my WI friends had.....staff wonderful.....Thank you".
I reckon the lad got a result. After all, who wants to drink alongside all those affected curtain twitchers.
Get yourself down to your local JD Wetherspoon for a good old drop of Lager.
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Wetherspoons the blight of the industry.
They all look like glorified restaurants than pubs and responsible for the closure of good locals,3 in my area
they've shut,wouldn't give them a penny,I'd stop drinking if they were the only ones left.
As for Lager,go get some real ale down you and not that garbage.
How many Carshalton types on here?
All overpriced beer in the area.
Forget the Woodman - the woman owner is an absolute scumbag
Personally I think it's correct that people in their work attire should not be allowed into that splendid establishment,
what what what !
Assuming the manager, owners and staff on duty are all working, they should get their kit off and serve naked.
Also, your son should go round the back of the pub and 'make his own work' and then walk in saying "There's a blue
sports car outside with a broken windshield, anyone need it repaired"
Tossers
I just love Youngs Best Bitter.
Youngs bitter was a great favourite of mine and I used the Greyhound on many occasions in the past along with many other traditional Youngs pubs.
Sadly since they started ripping out the original "traditional" features of many of their pubs only to install fake "traditional" features things have not been as good.
And since they sold up the ram brewery and stopped brewing their own beer its got worse!
Quote from: bill taylors apprentice on April 20, 2017, 02:38:53 PM
Youngs bitter was a great favourite of mine and I used the Greyhound on many occasions in the past along with many other traditional Youngs pubs.
Sadly since they started ripping out the original "traditional" features of many of their pubs only to install fake "traditional" features things have not been as good.
And since they sold up the ram brewery and stopped brewing their own beer its got worse!
Unfortunately you are indeed correct.
Quote from: Mince n Tatties on April 20, 2017, 01:38:37 PM
Quote from: Funky Fulham Dave on April 20, 2017, 10:46:48 AM
Everything that one would expect from such a pretentious establishment that is YOUNG'S.
Here's one of their tight arse testimonies:
"Just to say what a wonderful evening myself and my WI friends had.....staff wonderful.....Thank you".
I reckon the lad got a result. After all, who wants to drink alongside all those affected curtain twitchers.
Get yourself down to your local JD Wetherspoon for a good old drop of Lager.
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Wetherspoons the blight of the industry.
They all look like glorified restaurants than pubs and responsible for the closure of good locals,3 in my area
they've shut,wouldn't give them a penny,I'd stop drinking if they were the only ones left.
As for Lager,go get some real ale down you and not that garbage.
Oh the irony.
On one hand a pretentious real ale boozer not wanting a member of the hoi-polloi in their establishment as opposed to a boozer who caters for the blue collar type.
Anyway I'm told JD Wetherspoon have a selection of cask and real ales. Scandalous!
But be it glugging lovely lager or quaffing real ale it all tastes the same after three pints.
Where I come from Lager is drunk in the snug by old ladies...lol
Wetherspoons wouldn't know how to keep a real ale or serve it that comes down to a proper landlord not some jumped up 20 something manager of Wetherspoons in his naff suit and winkle pickers.
They're a joke..
As for not knowing the taste difference after 3 pints,I assure you I'd know if I was drinking horse piss(sorry meant lager)..lol
Quote from: Funky Fulham Dave on April 20, 2017, 10:46:48 AM
Everything that one would expect from such a pretentious establishment that is YOUNG'S.
Here's one of their tight arse testimonies:
"Just to say what a wonderful evening myself and my WI friends had.....staff wonderful.....Thank you".
I reckon the lad got a result. After all, who wants to drink alongside all those affected curtain twitchers.
Get yourself down to your local JD Wetherspoon for a good old drop of Lager.
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Youngs isnt youngs anymre,its now brewed by charles wells brewery and they use different water,i havr always preferred Fullers myself which is brewed locally in chiswick.
Quote from: Mince n Tatties on April 20, 2017, 04:29:49 PM
Where I come from Lager is drunk in the snug by old ladies...lol
Wetherspoons wouldn't know how to keep a real ale or serve it that comes down to a proper landlord not some jumped up 20 something manager of Wetherspoons in his naff suit and winkle pickers.
They're a joke..
As for not knowing the taste difference after 3 pints,I assure you I'd know if I was drinking horse piss(sorry meant lager)..lol
Quick give me the address, I love old ladies, especially ones that drink in an intimate surroundings of a snug.
But I know lots who love all that real ale and cask ale nonsense and go all dewy-eyed at the thought of downing one of those flowery tasting beers.
But the beer always reminds me of the tang you get from drinking from a glass that has a residue of washing-up liquid that's not been fully washed away.
So it's a big no from me, but pass on my best wishes to those lovely, lager drinking, snuggly ladies.
Chin, chin.
Quote from: hovewhite on April 20, 2017, 04:42:20 PM
Quote from: Funky Fulham Dave on April 20, 2017, 10:46:48 AM
Everything that one would expect from such a pretentious establishment that is YOUNG'S.
Here's one of their tight arse testimonies:
"Just to say what a wonderful evening myself and my WI friends had.....staff wonderful.....Thank you".
I reckon the lad got a result. After all, who wants to drink alongside all those affected curtain twitchers.
Get yourself down to your local JD Wetherspoon for a good old drop of Lager.
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Youngs isnt youngs anymre,its now brewed by charles wells brewery and they use different water,i havr always preferred Fullers myself which is brewed locally in chiswick.
Always found the best ales to be that of Kent brewery
Shepherd Name.
They've had some corkers over the years.
Quote from: Funky Fulham Dave on April 20, 2017, 04:44:13 PM
Quote from: Mince n Tatties on April 20, 2017, 04:29:49 PM
Where I come from Lager is drunk in the snug by old ladies...lol
Wetherspoons wouldn't know how to keep a real ale or serve it that comes down to a proper landlord not some jumped up 20 something manager of Wetherspoons in his naff suit and winkle pickers.
They're a joke..
As for not knowing the taste difference after 3 pints,I assure you I'd know if I was drinking horse piss(sorry meant lager)..lol
Quick give me the address, I love old ladies, especially ones that drink in an intimate surroundings of a snug.
But I know lots who love all that real ale and cask ale nonsense and go all dewy-eyed at the thought of downing one of those flowery tasting beers.
But the beer always reminds me of the tang you get from drinking from a glass that has a residue of washing-up liquid that's not been fully washed away.
So it's a big no from me, but pass on my best wishes to those lovely, lager drinking, snuggly ladies.
Chin, chin.
I have done already,Mavis and Celia send their regards.
Quote from: Mince n Tatties on April 20, 2017, 04:48:23 PM
Quote from: Funky Fulham Dave on April 20, 2017, 04:44:13 PM
Quote from: Mince n Tatties on April 20, 2017, 04:29:49 PM
Where I come from Lager is drunk in the snug by old ladies...lol
Wetherspoons wouldn't know how to keep a real ale or serve it that comes down to a proper landlord not some jumped up 20 something manager of Wetherspoons in his naff suit and winkle pickers.
They're a joke..
As for not knowing the taste difference after 3 pints,I assure you I'd know if I was drinking horse piss(sorry meant lager)..lol
Quick give me the address, I love old ladies, especially ones that drink in an intimate surroundings of a snug.
But I know lots who love all that real ale and cask ale nonsense and go all dewy-eyed at the thought of downing one of those flowery tasting beers.
But the beer always reminds me of the tang you get from drinking from a glass that has a residue of washing-up liquid that's not been fully washed away.
So it's a big no from me, but pass on my best wishes to those lovely, lager drinking, snuggly ladies.
Chin, chin.
I have done already,Mavis and Celia send their regards.
That Mavis is a real goer, she can drink a Flagon of Adnams Ale from a Peuter Tankard without using her hands, whilst balancing two Bowels of custard in the air. At the same time singing Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire.
Quote from: Mince n Tatties on April 20, 2017, 04:48:23 PM
Quote from: Funky Fulham Dave on April 20, 2017, 04:44:13 PM
Quote from: Mince n Tatties on April 20, 2017, 04:29:49 PM
Where I come from Lager is drunk in the snug by old ladies...lol
Wetherspoons wouldn't know how to keep a real ale or serve it that comes down to a proper landlord not some jumped up 20 something manager of Wetherspoons in his naff suit and winkle pickers.
They're a joke..
As for not knowing the taste difference after 3 pints,I assure you I'd know if I was drinking horse piss(sorry meant lager)..lol
Quick give me the address, I love old ladies, especially ones that drink in an intimate surroundings of a snug.
But I know lots who love all that real ale and cask ale nonsense and go all dewy-eyed at the thought of downing one of those flowery tasting beers.
But the beer always reminds me of the tang you get from drinking from a glass that has a residue of washing-up liquid that's not been fully washed away.
So it's a big no from me, but pass on my best wishes to those lovely, lager drinking, snuggly ladies.
Chin, chin.
I have done already,Mavis and Celia send their regards.
If you've already "done" Mavis I'll best take my chances with Celia.
Eve of destruction, that's a blast from the past Woolly.
Quote from: Mince n Tatties on April 20, 2017, 05:10:56 PM
Eve of destruction, that's a blast from the past Woolly.
Yes Indeed Mince, if I remember correctly it was early sixties, I think it got to number one in the charts, knocking Del Shannons Runaway off top spot.
"Come outside"
No it's not an invitation for a bout of gratuitous violence but an urgent call too Celia to leave the snug and join me as we gaze at the stars whilst listening to the Mike Sarne top of the pops song "Come Outside".
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Quote from: Funky Fulham Dave on April 20, 2017, 05:23:07 PM
"Come outside"
No it's not an invitation for a bout of gratuitous violence but an urgent call too Celia to leave the snug and join me as we gaze at the stars whilst listening to the Mike Sarne top of the pops song "Come Outside".
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"There's a lovely moon up there"
You forgot the beginning 'little doll we've been dancing all night long' and if you do go into the Greyhound dressed like Worzel Gummage then you will be asked to come outside.
Wasnt the girl he was asking to come outside, ended up as Miss Brahms in that comedy, the name escapes me, it was a department store.
Quote from: Woolly Mammoth on April 20, 2017, 06:09:34 PM
Wasnt the girl he was asking to come outside, ended up as Miss Brahms in that comedy, the name escapes me, it was a department store.
Are you being Served was the programme but she was also in Eastenders. The late Wendy Richard was her name. The bloke singing was Mike Sarne
Tried the Greyhound a few times over the years & hated it on all fronts, beer, service & layout.
I'm told the food there is awful despite the high prices.
Quote from: Peabody on April 20, 2017, 06:33:51 PM
Quote from: Woolly Mammoth on April 20, 2017, 06:09:34 PM
Wasnt the girl he was asking to come outside, ended up as Miss Brahms in that comedy, the name escapes me, it was a department store.
Are you being Served was the programme but she was also in Eastenders. The late Wendy Richard was her name. The bloke singing was Mike Sarne
Thanks Peabody, my memory is getting worse.
Quote from: hovewhite on April 20, 2017, 04:42:20 PM
Quote from: Funky Fulham Dave on April 20, 2017, 10:46:48 AM
Everything that one would expect from such a pretentious establishment that is YOUNG'S.
Here's one of their tight arse testimonies:
"Just to say what a wonderful evening myself and my WI friends had.....staff wonderful.....Thank you".
I reckon the lad got a result. After all, who wants to drink alongside all those affected curtain twitchers.
Get yourself down to your local JD Wetherspoon for a good old drop of Lager.
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Youngs isnt youngs anymre,its now brewed by charles wells brewery and they use different water,i havr always preferred Fullers myself which is brewed locally in chiswick.
I haven't drunk beer in the 16 years I've been here.
When I came back last June/July I sure quaffed back some London Pride.
My old local was the Turks Head in St Margarets
I used to drink pints of Ramrod and Special at the Railway Bell in Gypsy Hill -there were a few Youngs pubs in that area of south -east London.
I used to go to the Greyhound down the road from the Cottage to listen to bands after games I remember.
Quote from: RaySmith on April 21, 2017, 12:57:58 AM
I used to drink pints of Ramrod and Special at the Railway Bell in Gypsy Hill -there were a few Youngs pubs in that area of south -east London.
I used to go to the Greyhound down the road from the Cottage to listen to bands after games I remember.
Ray. I used to go to That Greyhound as well.
You'd have caught the last band after an evening game.
If you'd been to a Saturday game and went there to catch the last band you'd have been drunk as a skunk :0)
My Old Man's a Dustman, no chance of a pint then.
Quote from: Delboy on April 21, 2017, 09:55:31 AM
My Old Man's a Dustman, no chance of a pint then.
Depends if he is wearing cor blimey trousers.
If they are wearing cor blimey trousers, they won't be allowed in The Greyhound Carshalton. As for the Greyhound. In FPR, it was closed last time I saw it.
Quote from: Woolly Mammoth on April 21, 2017, 10:29:25 AM
Quote from: Delboy on April 21, 2017, 09:55:31 AM
My Old Man's a Dustman, no chance of a pint then.
Depends if he is wearing cor blimey trousers.
and/or lives in a council flat!
