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I remember Cane End but not the pub name. I think I only went to the Black Lion once. The itinerary was usually the three A4074 Gales pubs then exit stage right into Brakspear territory after...

Thanks for that. Now I know it's an old wives tale I can justify getting the 9% Brewdog collab instead when my Tesco gets more in!!!
I mostly cook my own food including curries etc so already...

Being close to the Western boundary of the estate, we probably didn't get there more than once or twice. Apart from Henley or a train back towns tended to be off the agenda. Do you remember the...

Do you mind me asking which one that was? I completed the Brakspear tour in 1979 but never made it to Ye Lion in Henley. I did manage it to the Old Hatch Gate at Cockpole Green and the Old House at...

Back in the day in their tied houses around Henley the ordinary was much more prevalent. One or two places sold the mild. A lot of their small rural pubs just sold the ordinary.

My sentiments entirely. As soon as I saw London Pride included I thought "idiot"! My local Tesco does a huge range of crafty cans now After being diagnosed with a low red blood count I've been on the...

It was more than just slang as everybody used it. I can well imagine John Young frowning upon it but it was a term universally used throughout their estate.

Again, I don't remember! Jugs were the default until some time in the 80's (I think) and I'm sure I used to drink from them myself. I don't mind people asking to have a jug but I find the modern...

I don't remember that but it was a long time ago.

I always tended to drink Special and it was always a sweet beer but even at Wandsworth they seemed to keep tinkering with it, whether they actually did so is another matter! I never heard any talk of...

They could do something original and call it Well's Special.

I would gladly find time to take this to Trading Standards but sadly I don't think there's a case. "London will always be Young's - Estd 1831" doesn't really say anything other than that the company...

I had a Pumphouse Pale in the George JDW yesterday and it was OK but wouldn't go near it at normal prices. Perversely I saw this in a Loughborough Tap / Micropub. The Landlord had never seen or heard...

I won't go in Young's pubs today. I remember passing one in Bristol near a JDW and making a point of avoiding it. The rot set in around 40 years ago. The Windmill on Clapham Common used to have a...

I make it 28 for me with only about half a dozen in recent years.

It's a recurring theme with these sort of lists.

That one hasn't really registered with me yet, probably as it's just past the Wellington.
I remember going on a visit to Davenports brewery some 40 years ago and it was a real struggle to find...

I suspect you mean this but there is also this.

What's this? A list including two JDW?

7 for me, Craven Arms, PO Vaults, Pure Bar, Wellington, Arthur Robertson, Brewhouse & Kitchen and Mare Pool.
The best Brum JDW when I was going round them...

Just the two for me the Marble Arch and Bakers Vaults.I'm not sure the Marble Arch even did hot food when I went there.

I've looked this up and think it must have been the Court House which doesn't appear here nor on the Lost Pubs site. I think it may have been demolished as early as 1980. All I remember of it was...

Thanks, another thing was that I'm sure there was a Higson's pub in Lime Street, no doubt frequented by the Merseyside Maggie Mae as popularised by a famous group on their Let It Be album.

When I went to them donkey's years ago they were referred to as the xxxx house. Was the Philharmonic the Big House and the Vines the White House? Was there a third?
I believe none of them are worth...

7 for me listed above. None in recent years.

The propaganda (Wetherspoon News apart) ended some time ago. I haven't seen the "Let's stay friends" promotion yet.
Locally,the beers have gone downhill with breweries like Signal and Marston making...