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10-10-2012, 12:21
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Compiling the list of “pubby” features spurred me on to put together a list of things that were once commonplace in pubs, but which are rarely if ever seen nowadays:
Fish tanks
Blokes coming round selling cockles and mussels
Electric diaphragm pumps
Ashtrays
Upright pianos
Bottles of pale and brown ale
People drinking “splits” such as light and bitter
Premium kegs such as Double Diamond and Worthington E
Carlsberg-style straight sided tankards
Babycham and Cherry B
Nip bottles of barley wine
Wrought-iron “features” dividing different sections*
Little bags of “cheese and biscuits” alongside the peanuts
Jars of pickled eggs
A glass case at the end of the bar containing stale cheese and ham rolls
Chicken or scampi in a basket
Plain triangular sandwiches made of sliced bread
Retired military pub bores (in fact pub bores in general seem to be an endangered species)
Outside toilets
Customers (hides)
Any further suggestions?
* there’s one of these in the Tiviot in Stockport, which in many respects is like stepping back into the 1950s
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Compiling the list of “pubby” features spurred me on to put together a list of things that were once commonplace in pubs, but which are rarely if ever seen nowadays:
Fish tanks
Blokes coming round selling cockles and mussels
Electric diaphragm pumps
Ashtrays
Upright pianos
Bottles of pale and brown ale
People drinking “splits” such as light and bitter
Premium kegs such as Double Diamond and Worthington E
Carlsberg-style straight sided tankards
Babycham and Cherry B
Nip bottles of barley wine
Wrought-iron “features” dividing different sections*
Little bags of “cheese and biscuits” alongside the peanuts
Jars of pickled eggs
A glass case at the end of the bar containing stale cheese and ham rolls
Chicken or scampi in a basket
Plain triangular sandwiches made of sliced bread
Retired military pub bores (in fact pub bores in general seem to be an endangered species)
Outside toilets
Customers (hides)
Any further suggestions?
* there’s one of these in the Tiviot in Stockport, which in many respects is like stepping back into the 1950s
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5623537812609722663-1085832789567955955?l=pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com
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