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The Roebuck (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23746/)
A 'Merry Christmas' sign spotted three nights ago.
The Warrington Hotel (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/22747/)
Crackers in a basket by the bar spotted over a week ago.
The Roebuck (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23746/)
A 'Merry Christmas' sign spotted three nights ago.
The Warrington Hotel (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/22747/)
Crackers in a basket by the bar spotted over a week ago.
Ho ho ho!
Komakino
10-09-2018, 20:05
A "Ho Ho Ho" decoration (rpadam) and "book your Xmas party here" spotted in the entrance lobby in High Wycombe's Spindle & Thread (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/85834/) upon departure yesterday, having just treated my son to a carvery meal after his morning football match (they won). Suspect something similar will have been rolled out for all the other NuMarstons across the country...
Aqualung
10-09-2018, 20:29
A Nicholson's dump (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/70008/) in Newcastle had the Xmas menu on display on Friday August 17th. I deducted a point for it. Even JDW don't start that early. I think it used to be 1st September but haven't seen anything yet. Who in their right mind would have a do in a Spoons? Most pub "roasts" are fake but at least they make an effort with the veg.
bcfczuluarmy
11-09-2018, 20:41
A "Ho Ho Ho" decoration (rpadam) and "book your Xmas party here" spotted in the entrance lobby in High Wycombe's Spindle & Thread (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/85834/) upon departure yesterday, having just treated my son to a carvery meal after his morning football match (they won). Suspect something similar will have been rolled out for all the other NuMarstons across the country...
Went to The Fox (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/74944/) on 02/09/18 and all the Christmas Menu's leaflets were being prepped by member of staff and the bigger sign already in situ by the door.
It is September so when do you expect festivities to commence for national chains to entice customers in to eat bland overpriced crap.
Went to The Fox (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/74944/) on 02/09/18 and all the Christmas Menu's leaflets were being prepped by member of staff and the bigger sign already in situ by the door.
It is September so when do you expect festivities to commence for national chains to entice customers in to eat bland overpriced crap.
Round about now, same time as the self appointed office party organiser gets their bum in gear by pinning up the annual "where shall we go for Christmas party" list
Round about now, same time as the self appointed office party organiser gets their bum in gear by pinning up the annual "where shall we go for Christmas party" list
It is about now that I go into hibernation until January. Usually in back street wet led locals.
NickDavies
12-09-2018, 10:30
It's late this year
http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?15337-unbelievable&highlight=christmas
aleandhearty
12-09-2018, 11:30
It is about now that I go into hibernation until January. Usually in back street wet led locals.
Can't fault you on that one, Alan. An excellent idea.
Mobyduck
12-09-2018, 18:38
It is about now that I go into hibernation until January. Usually in back street wet led locals.
Wise choice.
NickDavies
06-10-2018, 09:52
https://uokhun.uk/2018/10/05/book-now-pub-turns-6-carvery-into-49-95-christmas-feast-with-a-14p-cracker/
bcfczuluarmy
07-10-2018, 21:04
https://uokhun.uk/2018/10/05/book-now-pub-turns-6-carvery-into-49-95-christmas-feast-with-a-14p-cracker/That reeks of The Daily Mash approach but made me chuckle especially as a delivery of 4x50 packs of crackers hadn't been put away in my local this afternoon when watching the football.
Aqualung
28-10-2018, 19:09
A church in Highams Park has some Christmassy reindeers on it and we're still in October. I nearly threw up on the bus.
The Roebuck (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23746/)
Nascent Christmas baubles on display...
Mobyduck
28-09-2019, 17:22
The Roebuck (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23746/)
Nascent Christmas baubles on display...
Obscene.
Aqualung
28-09-2019, 22:49
Obscene.
You're dead right there but Tesco put their mountains of rubbish sweets and biscuits up in late August and I saw my first Xmas bookings sign weeks ago. It's all downhill now until early January! On the plus side it's quite easy to get advance bookings at budget hotels for 30 quid a night and with the sinking pound who would want to go abroad anyway?
london calling
29-09-2019, 20:16
You're dead right there but Tesco put their mountains of rubbish sweets and biscuits up in late August and I saw my first Xmas bookings sign weeks ago. It's all downhill now until early January! On the plus side it's quite easy to get advance bookings at budget hotels for 30 quid a night and with the sinking pound who would want to go abroad anyway?
As I write this in a cold wet and windy Brentford I cant help but thing back a week or so as I sat by the pool in my holiday villa in 95f degrees drinking tins of very good American ipas for about a dollar a tin .Yeah who would want to go abroad.
Aqualung
29-09-2019, 21:39
As I write this in a cold wet and windy Brentford I cant help but thing back a week or so as I sat by the pool in my holiday villa in 95f degrees drinking tins of very good American ipas for about a dollar a tin .Yeah who would want to go abroad.
I would never voluntarily subject myself to 95f temperatures. I'm pretty sure the removal of Sixpoint Bengali IPA is down to the sinking pound but you would never get the idiot chairman to confirm that.
Pangolin
29-09-2019, 21:56
I was in a tiny bar in Brittany last week which had a couple of Xmas tinsel decorations up over the pool table. Although in fairness, they undoubtedly dated from at least last Christmas, or possibly some years ago.
ROBCamra
30-09-2019, 14:05
Not quite on message, but I was in here on Friday 27/09/2019 Northern Monkey (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/87306/) they had Halloween decorations up. :muppet::muppet::muppet:
RealAleRobUK
30-09-2019, 14:51
Not quite on message, but I was in here on Friday 27/09/2019 Northern Monkey (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/87306/) they had Halloween decorations up. :muppet::muppet::muppet:
Halloween, the event that justifies having decorations up for a weekend at most. Not a month.
The first time I was in The Lower Angel (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/3870/) in Warrington it was full of skeletons, cobwebs, broomsticks and the like. It was October at the time, so we were fairly sure it was for Halloween, but we weren't 100% convinced at the time and thought it might have been the general theme of the pub.
Pleased to confirm that on a subsequent visit the spooky extras had all disappeared.
Halloween, the event that justifies having decorations up for a weekend at most. Not a month.
The first time I was in The Lower Angel (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/3870/) in Warrington it was full of skeletons, cobwebs, broomsticks and the like. It was October at the time, so we were fairly sure it was for Halloween, but we weren't 100% convinced at the time and thought it might have been the general theme of the pub.
Pleased to confirm that on a subsequent visit the spooky extras had all disappeared.
Went into a pub about two years ago around 1st October only to spot all the Halloween stuff. I asked the East European barmaid what this was for and she replied 'Halloween'. I told her that this American-imported festival was one evening of the year and not a month-long season and she shrugged. I went back to the pub about two days before the event, only to notice with smug satisfaction that all the pumpkins were completely rotten. And all that single use plastic too...
oldboots
30-09-2019, 17:40
I told her that this American-imported festival was one evening of the year and not a month-long season
Most people think it's the "Trick or Treat" bit that's the US import and blame The Simpsons. All Hallows eve (Halloween) is pagan in origin (Samhain), and I did trick or treat in Scotland when I was a child over 50 years ago, we called it "Guising" but with hollowed out turnips or neeps not pumpkins.
london calling
30-09-2019, 19:13
Most people think it's the "Trick or Treat" bit that's the US import and blame The Simpsons. All Hallows eve (Halloween) is pagan in origin (Samhain), and I did trick or treat in Scotland when I was a child over 50 years ago, we called it "Guising" but with hollowed out turnips or neeps not pumpkins.
I also went Guising as a child.It was tough work trying to hollow out a neep compared to a pumpkin
NickDavies
30-09-2019, 20:33
Not quite on message, but I was in here on Friday 27/09/2019 Northern Monkey (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/87306/) they had Halloween decorations up. :muppet::muppet::muppet:
There are threads passim about this sort of stuff. The worst insult is when Paddy's Day and Mother's Day colliide.
Aqualung
30-09-2019, 21:36
Most people think it's the "Trick or Treat" bit that's the US import and blame The Simpsons. All Hallows eve (Halloween) is pagan in origin (Samhain), and I did trick or treat in Scotland when I was a child over 50 years ago, we called it "Guising" but with hollowed out turnips or neeps not pumpkins.
I don't even remember Halloween being on the radar as a child. The big event was November the 5th. During October we would buy bangers and jumping jacks which I believe are now outlawed. The badge of honour would be to hold a tuppeny banger in the hand while it went off. I think the wearing of a glove was permissible. If you think that's silly and dangerous then roll on 10 or so years to the Liverpool Vagabond's climbing hut in Nant Peris where at a New Years party they were firing rockets up the staircase!! The Vaynol Arms used to have a photo of a large group of them sitting on the edge of Glyder Fach's Cantilever and failing miserably to tilt it.
Real Ale Ray
01-10-2019, 19:27
I also went Guising as a child.It was tough work trying to hollow out a neep compared to a pumpkin
Mrs Ale here - I remember this being tough work when I was a kid in Ireland too - pumpkins never made it over there...
london calling
02-10-2019, 19:53
I don't even remember Halloween being on the radar as a child. The big event was November the 5th. During October we would buy bangers and jumping jacks which I believe are now outlawed. The badge of honour would be to hold a tuppeny banger in the hand while it went off. I think the wearing of a glove was permissible. If you think that's silly and dangerous then roll on 10 or so years to the Liverpool Vagabond's climbing hut in Nant Peris where at a New Years party they were firing rockets up the staircase!! The Vaynol Arms used to have a photo of a large group of them sitting on the edge of Glyder Fach's Cantilever and failing miserably to tilt it.
Jumping Jaks were called Barking Doggies in my area.Holding bangers with gloves was for sissies.
oldboots
02-10-2019, 20:29
Holding bangers with gloves was for sissies.
Damn right, I held one between thumb and forefinger and the bugger spun round and burnt my hand, should have held it properly in the first place - learning by doing, of course its setting light to the open box of matches in my hand was another bit of fun and yet another useful lesson learned.
I could tell many tales of the fun we had with fireworks when I were a lad but it might frighten those of a nervous disposition.
PS actually it's a good thing I discovered beer and pubs otherwise some of the stuff could have got dangerous or something.
Aqualung
02-10-2019, 22:50
Jumping Jaks were called Barking Doggies in my area.Holding bangers with gloves was for sissies.
I was talking about Tuppeny bangers here. Wearing a glove for a penny one would make you a total lightweight.
Aqualung
02-10-2019, 23:01
PS actually it's a good thing I discovered beer and pubs otherwise some of the stuff could have got dangerous or something.
Ditto here but the firework parties have been resurrected for my friend's grand children. I still really enjoy them but have to hide behind a bush while the big cakes are going off!! They are a lot less than 25 metres away.!!
Wittenden
03-10-2019, 07:37
PS actually it's a good thing I discovered beer and pubs otherwise some of the stuff could have got dangerous or something.
Living where we do ,quite near East Susssex, there's a strong tradition of village fireworks,bonfires and parades:good business for the pubs. We're too far out to be bothered by trick and treat,and I'd rather eat my pumpkins than stick candles in 'em.
I was talking about Tuppeny bangers here. Wearing a glove for a penny one would make you a total lightweight.
Jumping Jaks were called Barking Doggies in my area.Holding bangers with gloves was for sissies.
Try holding a French 'Bison' (or larger) banger in your hand. Glove or not, it'll probably take your arm off.
I remember one November 6th when I was about 10, we rode around on our bikes picking up spent fireworks as you could cut them open with a Stanley knife and occasionally you'd find some unburnt powder pellets inside. After hours of collecting, we emptied the useful remains into my mum's mixing bowl in the garden. I chucked in a piece of lit paper, there was an almighty explosion and the bowl shattered; unbelievably dangerous!
Aqualung
03-10-2019, 19:54
I remember one November 6th when I was about 10, we rode around on our bikes picking up spent fireworks as you could cut them open with a Stanley knife and occasionally you'd find some unburnt powder pellets inside. After hours of collecting, we emptied the useful remains into my mum's mixing bowl in the garden. I chucked in a piece of lit paper, there was an almighty explosion and the bowl shattered; unbelievably dangerous!
A bloke I knew was able to get maroons from a place in Kent. I think they must have had TNT in them as the explosion from the giant ones was enough for the shock wave to be felt by the rib cage. They could only be let off electrically.
london calling
03-10-2019, 20:04
Damn right, I held one between thumb and forefinger and the bugger spun round and burnt my hand, should have held it properly in the first place - learning by doing, of course its setting light to the open box of matches in my hand was another bit of fun and yet another useful lesson learned.
I could tell many tales of the fun we had with fireworks when I were a lad but it might frighten those of a nervous disposition.
PS actually it's a good thing I discovered beer and pubs otherwise some of the stuff could have got dangerous or something.
We used to go to an Army firing range and occasionally we would find unused bullets.One of my mates took some home ,drilled a hole in them with a handheld drill attaches a small fuse and then blew them up.That was dangerous.Another one got on a bus with a live mortar shell that he had found.Had to get the bomb disposal unit out that day.
We used to go to an Army firing range and occasionally we would find unused bullets.One of my mates took some home ,drilled a hole in them with a handheld drill attaches a small fuse and then blew them up.That was dangerous.Another one got on a bus with a live mortar shell that he had found.Had to get the bomb disposal unit out that day.
As a lad, we once just built a fire and chucked on some .22 calibre bullets we'd found and then duck!
First Christmas tree of the year spotted yesterday at The Albion (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23573/).
Aqualung
17-11-2019, 20:15
JDW are doing their Xmas menu and beers. Both are pretty grim with Pale Rider and Jaipur easily being the best offerings. Roll on January.
oldboots
05-12-2019, 14:05
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ROBCamra
02-01-2020, 18:26
Mannerist (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55900/) in Rochdale were apparently advertising New Years Eve 2020 on Tuesday.
Now that is a bit early :muppet::muppet::muppet:
https://www.facebook.com/mannerist/
Mannerist (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55900/) in Rochdale were apparently advertising New Years Eve 2020 on Tuesday.
Now that is a bit early :muppet::muppet::muppet:
https://www.facebook.com/mannerist/
Perhaps this is what they call 2020 vision - boom! boom!
ROBCamra
03-01-2020, 13:54
Perhaps this is what they call 2020 vision - boom! boom!
Get yer coat!:evilgrin:
Aqualung
03-01-2020, 16:53
I'm looking forward to Monday when it's all officially over. The weather is playing ball too with some wild and woolly weather expected.
The Lansdowne (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/22808/) - sleighs and reindeer painted onto the windows - and it's been closed for a week!
oldboots
11-11-2020, 17:51
The Lansdowne (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/22808/) - sleighs and reindeer painted onto the windows - and it's been closed for a week!
Rudgate have been doing these (https://www.rudgatebrewery.co.uk/christmas-gift-pack-/https://www.rudgatebrewery.co.uk/christmas-gift-pack-/) for a few weeks and these (https://www.rudgatebrewery.co.uk/evil-elf-500ml-12-pack-/)
Rudgate have been doing these (https://www.rudgatebrewery.co.uk/christmas-gift-pack-/https://www.rudgatebrewery.co.uk/christmas-gift-pack-/) for a few weeks and these (https://www.rudgatebrewery.co.uk/evil-elf-500ml-12-pack-/)
The plague will no doubt put pay to my Christmas this year - every Covid has a silver lining.
Horse & Groom (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/54361/) - Christmas decorations spotted yesterday...
NickDavies
06-11-2021, 19:16
Horse & Groom (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/54361/) - Christmas decorations spotted yesterday...
At least it gets rid of the Hallowe'en rubbish. It's the cobwebs which I dislike most: to me they make a place feel scruffy, unhygienic even, somewhere I'd rather not linger. I know it's supposed to be atmospheric and all that, just not an atmosphere I care to breathe.
sheffield hatter
06-11-2021, 21:10
Hallowe'en rubbish. It's the cobwebs which I dislike most...
...they make me think of some poor bloody albatross on the other side of the world trying to feed our plastic rubbish to her chick. Was there ever any animal so destructive as homo sapiens, the stupid ape?
...they make me think of some poor bloody albatross on the other side of the world trying to feed our plastic rubbish to her chick.
Exactly. An utterly pointless crying shame; so much single use - and useless - plastic, tipped into landfill or being washed into watercourses.
Exactly. An utterly pointless crying shame; so much single use - and useless - plastic, tipped into landfill or being washed into watercourses.
I recently posted on another site about the true horror of Hallowe'en - a photo of a giant container ship with the caption:
The real horror of Hallowe'en: I'm not worried about ghosties, ghoulies, long-legged beasties or people from Bridgwater. The thing that I find most disturbing is that this huge container ship, and many others like it (we counted at least 4 going into Southampton in 3 days), use huge amounts of fossil fuels to bring tons of plastic Hallowe'en clutter half way around the World, which is then distributed by HGVs through the retail network using yet more fossil fuel, to provide a few moments of hollow amusement to unwittingly mendicant children and their accommodating parents before being dumped into landfill or burned. Is the associated environmental impact, energy bill and opportunity cost (HGV drivers driving container trucks full of plastic tat rather than fuel or food) really justified, or is it just another indication that Western society really is as stupid, shallow and suicidal as it appears?
sheffield hatter
09-11-2021, 12:25
... is it just another indication that Western society really is as stupid, shallow and suicidal as it appears?
Yep!
NickDavies
26-05-2022, 09:05
A 'Book your Xmas party here' A-board has appeared outside the bar underneath our flats.
Only seven months to go.
Mobyduck
26-05-2022, 18:49
A 'Book your Xmas party here' A-board has appeared outside the bar underneath our flats.
Only seven months to go.
Looking forward to it...... not.
trainman
27-05-2022, 07:01
A 'Book your Xmas party here' A-board has appeared outside the bar underneath our flats.
Only seven months to go.
Noooo!!! That is shocking!
Blackthorn
18-09-2022, 09:02
First Christmas tree I've seen so far at The Hanbury Arms (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/66129/)
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sheffield hatter
23-09-2022, 09:33
First Christmas tree
Oh good. If it's Christmas already, New Year can't be far behind and then the clocks go forward...
Do we know where we're going for the Pubs Galore Spring Pub Crawl?
Mobyduck
23-09-2022, 09:40
Oh good. If it's Christmas already, New Year can't be far behind and then the clocks go forward...
Do we know where we're going for the Pubs Galore Spring Pub Crawl?
Oop North.
Oh good. If it's Christmas already, New Year can't be far behind and then the clocks go forward...
Do we know where we're going for the Pubs Galore Spring Pub Crawl?
As mentioned once before, is anyone else in favour of not doing southern crawls in summer? We got boiled in Oxford '16 and Winchester was sweltering too.
Baubles and tinsel in The Marquis (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/22117/) last night. :(
E-mail from Dirty Dicks today entitled: '13 weeks to go!'.
Can't wait.
sheffield hatter
23-09-2022, 18:54
As mentioned once before, is anyone else in favour of not doing southern crawls in summer? We got boiled in Oxford '16 and Winchester was sweltering too.
You should probably bring this up in the Pub Crawls sub-forum. (My comment about next Spring's crawl was meant to be facetious!)
The Morgan Arms (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24992/) - Christmas trees last night. :(
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