The hidden pubs of Croydon, well I've been to none of them , but only number 6 is without a review.
http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/8...ail/story.html
The hidden pubs of Croydon, well I've been to none of them , but only number 6 is without a review.
http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/8...ail/story.html
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
They are not that well hidden!Originally Posted by Mobyduck
Four for me, the Builders and Royal Standard as part of the Fullers Passport in the early 90s, the Two Brewers was a Sheps pub in early CAMRA days when they were sought after in London and the Dog and Bull was part of the Young's 135 back in the 70s. As for Farleigh, WHERE DAT?
4 of 7, not sure this 'discovery guide' will be sending me to the other 3.
Only a handful of visits to the Oval Tavern as the beer didn't seem to be consistently handled but I see Esther, previously of Green Dragon, is now in situ so maybe things will have improved on that score.
I've just found this article which shows the Oval changed hands some time ago so I need to have a re-visit soon, not sure about kids' storytime on a Saturday afternoon though - that's my main drinking slot!
https://insidecroydon.com/2014/03/13...e-oval-tavern/
Been in all of those.
Only been to three of those and that was many years ago.I find it difficult to get further than The George these days.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
I couldn't find any of them!
My train passed through Croydon but the pubs were well hidden.
Number 6 isn't even in Croydon - the Borough's boundary runs North from Hamsey Green, with Farleigh and Warlingham on the other side, which may explain why it's a 'hidden' pub of Croydon!
Of the remainder, the Fox is a food-led pub in a nice area for walking and the Two Brewers is a scruffy back street boozer with a decent garden, but the others are all good, solid pubs with well kept beer that I regularly visit.
On a related note, there is a meeting tonight at Croydon Town Hall where the fate of another 'hidden' Croydon boozer - The Glamorgan - will be up for discussion. The plan is to get it ACV listed and look into the possibility of it being a community run pub.
https://insidecroydon.com/2017/07/17...chance-saloon/
Has the (now) Glamorgan ever genuinely been an 'ACV', or even thought to be by the obviously absent 'C'?
Often closed when I've wandered past long ago, even when supposed to be open, and I can't recall ever seeing it busy. I have to wonder when 'the great days' referred to in the article actually were... I'm all for saving pubs who have a proper history or cause, or potential, but some (mostly poorly managed) are simply surplus to requirements.
10 commandments for the public house
https://life.spectator.co.uk/2017/05...-public-house/
not one of those pub etiquette or bar staff moaning about how bad punters are lists, this one has spawned a few Orwellesque Moon Under Water tweets and bloggery
I certainly agree with most of this, 1,2,4-8 and 10. I agree with 9 if it's outside toilets which are rare now.
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