Harp Covent Garden

[london calling]

I have been a glazier for 45 years.The last 28 as a one man business through the good times (then) and the bad times (now).

[Strongers]

I'm was a draughtsman and then a mature student and now I'm job hunting... Not sure where that puts me?

[Quinno]

I'm was a draughtsman and then a mature student and now I'm job hunting... Not sure where that puts me?

Neither do I but I can tell you that your old offices opposite the Blagrave Arms in Reading are currently being demolished!

[Alesonly]

I've worked on the railways since the early 1970s since starting as an junior apprentice from P/way & signalling to engineering workshops Still like nothing better than working on the shop floor. Never worked in an office in my life I've always done hard manual work in engineering. Only reason I know how to use a computer now is we had to learn for doing electronic diagnostic equipment and ordering of parts these days. Now looking to retire in the next few years If I can still aford it the way things are going.

[Mobyduck]

Get down there in the next two weeks, if you can. The more people who politely enquire (and express concerns) over the bar, the better...

Paid my respects today, end of an era, hopefully there wont be to much of a change in the future, the good news is that Sarah is staying and there is none better behind the bar,next planned visit is a week Wednesday before making my way to the GBBF.
Thanks to Binnie for providing a fantastic pub over the years.

[Quinno]

Paid my respects today, end of an era, hopefully there wont be to much of a change in the future, the good news is that Sarah is staying and there is none better behind the bar,next planned visit is a week Wednesday before making my way to the GBBF.
Thanks to Binnie for providing a fantastic pub over the years.

Amen to that. Glad I got in a final session there when I heard the news. Hopefully Fullers won't mess with a winning formula beyond putting in Pride (which probably won't shift anyway?)

[Bucking Fastard]

Paid my respects today, end of an era, hopefully there wont be to much of a change in the future, the good news is that Sarah is staying and there is none better behind the bar,next planned visit is a week Wednesday before making my way to the GBBF.
Thanks to Binnie for providing a fantastic pub over the years.

Well said,and glad to hear the excellent service behind the bar will stay.

[sheffield hatter]

I was going to put this post on one of two other threads,but decided to put it on this one.

Am i the only factory worker that is a regular on the forum,i am now back working in the same industry that i had worked in for over 20 years,i had 10 years in heavy industry and after being made redundent just under 4 years in a supermarket.

Interesting sub-thread, which probably deserves a wider audience.

I think some people are more comfortable expressing themselves via computers, but this doesn't necessarily indicate that they are office workers or "professionals"! For what it's worth, I've been a cashier in a casino, a betting office manager, and for about 10 years I was (wait for it) an office worker. I really don't think there's any "bottom of the pile" - I can't imagine any of the people I've met through Pubs Galore "looking down" on someone either because of their job or because their use of written English is a little less polished than someone else's.

[london calling]

I see on another group I am on that someone was complaining about paying about 30p more for his pint in the Harp since Fullers took it over They don't own the pub yet so St Binnie must be trying to make a few quid before she goes to supplement her old age pension.

[Aqualung]

I see on another group I am on that someone was complaining about paying about 30p more for his pint in the Harp since Fullers took it over They don't own the pub yet so St Binnie must be trying to make a few quid before she goes to supplement her old age pension.

I suspect they charge more for breweries that don't deliver direct. My Hawkshead beer recently was more expensive than I expected.