| The Swan is closing 17:05 - Sep 10 with 4337 views | jasondozzell |
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Hope someone rescues it. [Post edited 10 Sep 17:06]
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| The Swan is closing on 09:06 - Sep 11 with 420 views | NthQldITFC |
| The Swan is closing on 20:05 - Sep 10 by You_Bloo_Right |
Last time I was in The Swan, admittedly some years ago, it must have taken me 5 minutes to walk from the front door to the bar - every step required strenuous effort to unstick each foot from the carpet. |
I was forced to leave a brothel creeper in there once and had to hop all the way to the brothel.
Was shagged out before I even got there.
(Had to go hungry for the rest of the week.) |  |
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| The Swan is closing on 09:20 - Sep 11 with 378 views | OldFart71 |
My favourite pub from when I was a teenager through to being an adult was the Fleece at Mendlesham.
As a kid you could go around the back into the off licence and get some lemonade and then sit with your mates under cover although open one side under a lean to with benches and a table and sort out football cards and match boxes which we collected and were truly fantastic.
When of drinking age I would go in with my mates for a few beers and have a game of darts. Sometimes sit in the fireplace as it was an inglenook with seats either side of a roaring fire in the winter.
It amazes me that the Kings Head, which in my opinion was a far inferior pub remains open and the fleece was converted to residential in 2014. |  | | |
| The Swan is closing on 09:38 - Sep 11 with 342 views | WestStanderLaLaLa |
| The Swan is closing on 08:08 - Sep 11 by TheMover |
Was it also called The Toad and Raspberry at some point?
Also used to frequent The Crown and Anchor and Ths Great White Horse, amongst others. |
Yep, Craftsman, Toad & Raspberry, Raps, Black Adder, Bar IV, Thomas Wolsey. The bar used to be on the right hand side when it was the Toad. |  |
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| The Swan is closing on 10:22 - Sep 11 with 290 views | WeWereZombies |
| The Swan is closing on 22:20 - Sep 10 by stonojnr |
must have been a different pub, as Id go so far as to say even in the 90s, the area from the front door to the bar was never carpeted, and it certainly isnt now or has been for years. the little section beyond the bar with the pool table/jukebox and corridor to the toilets used to be carpet, but not the bar.
https://www.instagram.com/past |
The saloon bar in The Swan was carpeted in the Seventies and Eighties but it was pretty threadbare when I first went in there in autumn 1971 and I think it was still the same carpet in the early Eighties, perhaps it was only the spilt beer that was holding it together ?
Last went in The Swan ten years ago and it had been completely 'madeover', it was as if some evil decorator had decided that pubs have souls and they must be exorcised. |  |
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| The Swan is closing on 10:24 - Sep 11 with 286 views | Dubtractor |
| The Swan is closing on 09:38 - Sep 11 by WestStanderLaLaLa |
Yep, Craftsman, Toad & Raspberry, Raps, Black Adder, Bar IV, Thomas Wolsey. The bar used to be on the right hand side when it was the Toad. |
On a swapped bar side theme, I remember the cock and pye when the bar was the other side, and the walls (inexplicably) covered in fishing nets. |  |
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| The Swan is closing on 10:36 - Sep 11 with 268 views | WeWereZombies |
| The Swan is closing on 10:24 - Sep 11 by Dubtractor |
On a swapped bar side theme, I remember the cock and pye when the bar was the other side, and the walls (inexplicably) covered in fishing nets. |
Interesting I never saw those (but i never went in there much.) Still a bit lightweight compared to the dentist's chair hanging from the ceiling of The Canny Man's on Morningside in Edinburgh. | |
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| The Swan is closing on 10:43 - Sep 11 with 245 views | Leaky |
| The Swan is closing on 17:36 - Sep 10 by WeWereZombies |
The Vaults ?
The Crown and Anchor ? |
The Newt & Cucumber |  | | |
| The Swan is closing on 10:47 - Sep 11 with 242 views | Merthyrblue |
| The Swan is closing on 10:36 - Sep 11 by WeWereZombies |
Interesting I never saw those (but i never went in there much.) Still a bit lightweight compared to the dentist's chair hanging from the ceiling of The Canny Man's on Morningside in Edinburgh. |
Ah the Canny Man's! My local for a year when I was 19. Also fondly remember Bennetts Bar. We're obviously of the same vintage as your earlier post mentioned the Swan, Vaults and Crown and Anchor route. I had my first legal pint in the Swan in on my 18th in 1975 |  | | |
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| The Swan is closing on 10:50 - Sep 11 with 238 views | Leaky |
| The Swan is closing on 20:05 - Sep 10 by You_Bloo_Right |
Last time I was in The Swan, admittedly some years ago, it must have taken me 5 minutes to walk from the front door to the bar - every step required strenuous effort to unstick each foot from the carpet. |
I think your referring to the Drum & Monkey | | | |
| The Swan is closing on 11:00 - Sep 11 with 211 views | Dubtractor |
| The Swan is closing on 10:50 - Sep 11 by Leaky |
I think your referring to the Drum & Monkey |
The ultimate FRP. | |
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| The Swan is closing on 11:00 - Sep 11 with 210 views | hype313 |
| The Swan is closing on 10:24 - Sep 11 by Dubtractor |
On a swapped bar side theme, I remember the cock and pye when the bar was the other side, and the walls (inexplicably) covered in fishing nets. |
That was when Aidy ran it, he knew how to run a pub. |  |
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| The Swan is closing on 11:06 - Sep 11 with 201 views | Bluish |
| The Swan is closing on 10:24 - Sep 11 by Dubtractor |
On a swapped bar side theme, I remember the cock and pye when the bar was the other side, and the walls (inexplicably) covered in fishing nets. |
Like they had in the back of Woolies over the fish counter? |  | | |
| FFS on 11:36 - Sep 11 with 173 views | Dyland |
Always been a good boozer, even when it's been a sh1t one, if you know what I mean. An institution.
What a shame it would be. As you wrote elsewhere, people need to use the town centre more. Even on match days it's pretty dead bar people actually in the pubs (not all). |  |
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| The Benters Triangle on 11:40 - Sep 11 with 164 views | Dyland |
| The Swan is closing on 17:17 - Sep 10 by Benters |
I’m trying to think of the pubs I’d visit before the game.
Mannings ,Black Horse ,Golden Lion,The Swan. TWTDS. [Post edited 10 Sep 17:18]
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You didn't venture too far innit :) | |
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| Tis indeed on 11:45 - Sep 11 with 148 views | Dyland |
| The Swan is closing on 09:01 - Sep 11 by NthQldITFC |
The brevity of the title puts me in mind of the scene in the Tube station in Battle of Britain, where the starey-eyed old fella comes along in shock, and says "They've got the King's Head", as if Hitler himself had specifically targeted that establishment.
Our attachment to pubs, and our comfort in the form in which we're used to them is quite a powerful thing, n'est ce-pas? |
I feel a touch of sadness when I hear about any pub closing, and when it's ones I knew or still use it elicits very strong emotions of not just sadness but anger. They are fundamental to our society and culture. | |
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| The only forum poster I met I didn't even meet on 11:53 - Sep 11 with 127 views | Dyland |
| The Swan is closing on 19:02 - Sep 10 by Dubtractor |
I had a beer with Burer in there too.
Back in the days where had a few forum meet ups. |
It was in the Gunners on Blackstock Road when it was run by Town fan Rob (pretty sure that was his name?). Blackiej/Buestar. Didn't actually say hello cos 'Tom Hall From TWTD' (for it was him) marched in proclaiming loudly who he was and he seemed a bit of nobber (I'm sure he's actually a lovely bloke) so me and my mate remained incognito. Laughed about it on here with Bluestar at the time, ho ho ho.
Oh, I met Deepblue at Liverpool Street to sell him a train ticket, which seems incredibly random and studenty to me now. | |
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| The Swan is closing on 12:14 - Sep 11 with 107 views | Billywitch |
| The Swan is closing on 17:10 - Sep 10 by jasondozzell |
Can imagine. Brilliant building.
People need to get into the town centre more. There's great stuff here. |
At £6/7 a pint I can see why people dont visit pubs more often though.
I walked into a pub in London early in the summer, £7.90 for a pint. I looked at the lady, said sorry, but had to walk away. Insane price | | | |
| The Swan is closing on 12:21 - Sep 11 with 95 views | TownieRob |
| The Swan is closing on 12:14 - Sep 11 by Billywitch |
At £6/7 a pint I can see why people dont visit pubs more often though.
I walked into a pub in London early in the summer, £7.90 for a pint. I looked at the lady, said sorry, but had to walk away. Insane price |
Out of interest, does this stop you having a pint or two at London away games, or do you drive to save money? | | | |
| The only forum poster I met I didn't even meet on 12:27 - Sep 11 with 73 views | Mullet |
| The only forum poster I met I didn't even meet on 11:53 - Sep 11 by Dyland |
It was in the Gunners on Blackstock Road when it was run by Town fan Rob (pretty sure that was his name?). Blackiej/Buestar. Didn't actually say hello cos 'Tom Hall From TWTD' (for it was him) marched in proclaiming loudly who he was and he seemed a bit of nobber (I'm sure he's actually a lovely bloke) so me and my mate remained incognito. Laughed about it on here with Bluestar at the time, ho ho ho.
Oh, I met Deepblue at Liverpool Street to sell him a train ticket, which seems incredibly random and studenty to me now. |
I new this thread would get you out of your ditch and animated |  |
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