London Meet Up - Leytonstone

[RogerB]

I'll be wearing a Luton Town shirt. Shouldn't be too many of those in Leytonstone on a Wednesday evening.

You don't even find Leyton Orient shirts in Leytonstone on a Wednseday evening, especially when they have a home match.

[rpadam]

Good to see all those there tonight - and even managed to get back via a quick stop at the Rack & Tenter to claim my free pint from those nice people at Marstons - but look out for Paul's review of the King William the Fourth!

[RogerB]

Was a good night - great to see everyone again. Had a message from the Red Lion boss on Facebook hoping we all enjoyed his beers! Certainly was a couple of dodgy pints in the King Bill 4 - I hope that is not going to be a recurring problem as I have have not encountered it before from anyone I know who has been there. At least it gave us an opportunity to tick off another 'Spoons festival beer down the road. Managed to get home in one piece and even resisted the temptation of the kebab shop.

I believe we all stuck our names down for a trek around Carshalton at some stage so will have to get that sorted out once Nottingham is out of the way.

[PaulOfHorsham]

look out for Paul's review of the King William the Fourth!

Well, yes, as I think we discussed: how to review without getting the solicitors round to PG Towers.....

A good night out, though, in so far as I remember it

[Al 10000]

I believe we all stuck our names down for a trek around Carshalton at some stage so will have to get that sorted out once Nottingham is out of the way.

I had a great crawl round Carshalton on 13 August 2005 i managed 9 one was closed,the locals in the Hope were slagging my home town off but light heartedly about the gun crime at the time.
I really enjoyed all the pubs in carshalton and managed to get 1 in beddington and 1 in wallingon before going to Sutton where i did 7 more pubs and i then ended up in Pimlico where i did 3 more pubs and ended up in the worst pub of the day the Lord Burleigh,i usually end up in a dive thats par for the course for me.

I hope you all have a good time there like i did.

[PaulOfHorsham]

look out for Paul's review of the King William the Fourth!

OK, done that - I think I've been fair.

[sheffield hatter]

I think I've been fair.

Agreed, nothing to argue about there. Any beer can go off, but it would have been better customer service for them to have replaced your first pint. It had the small of rancid raisins - definitely not what the brewer intended. The beers I had, on the other hand, were probably a bit young...

[sheffield hatter]

BTW, forgot to say - I had a very enjoyable evening and it was great to meet you guys. Hope to see you again before long.

[RogerB]

OK, done that - I think I've been fair.

If I hadn't been there and witnessed (ie tasted) them myself I would think you were crackers. Just goes to show that maybe we shouldn't always take previous reviews as gospel no matter how good a pub's reputation is.

[Quinno]

Bumping this back to life because I am meeting up with a couple of friends this coming Saturday and are going to 'do' the eastern part of the Central Line.

Our hitlist:


The Forest Gate Inn (The Forest Gate Inn )
111, Bell Common, Epping, Essex, CM16 4DZ
Epping (0.8 miles)

Queen Victoria (The Queen Victoria)
Coppice Row, Theydon Bois, CM16 7ES
Theydon Bois (0.1 miles)

The Nightingale (The Nightingale)
51 Nightingale Lane, Wanstead, London, E11 2EY
Snaresbrook (0.3 miles)

Red Lion (The Red Lion)
640 High Road, E11 3AA
Leytonstone (0.2 miles)

North Star (North Star)
24 Browning Road, E11 3AR
Leytonstone (0.4 miles)

The Birkbeck Tavern (The Birkbeck Tavern)
45, Langthorne Rd, London, E11 4HL
Leyton (0.3 miles)

Leyton Orient Supporters Club (http://www.orientsupporters.org/ £1 entry, free to CAMRA members)
West Stand, Matchroom Stadium, Leyton, London, E10 5N
Leyton (0.4 miles)

The Bar (The Bar)
19 Seven Ways Parade, Woodford Avenue, Ilford, IG2 6JX
Gants Hill (0.1 miles)

The King Edward VII (King Edward VII)
47 Broadway, London, E15 4BQ
Stratford (0.3 miles)

Tap East (Tap East)
7 International Square, Westfield Stratford City, Montfichet Road, Olympic Park, E20 1EE
Stratford (0.4 miles)

Water Poet (a bit mad - The Water Poet )
Folgate Street, Spitalfields, London, London, E1 6BX
Liverpool Street (0.3 miles)

Viaduct (Fullers Heritage - Viaduct Tavern)
126, Newgate St, London, EC1A 7AA
St. Pauls (0.2 miles), Blackfriars (0.3 miles), Farringdon (0.3 miles)

Are we missing any good ones from Stratford to Theydon Bois?

Probably start in LOFC Supporters Club and watch the day slide away from there.