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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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