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I am not very fond of the fashion of re-naming pubs. EG Slug & Lettuce etc. Equally not all that fond of Wetherspoons. But they seem to have come up trumps naming the mega-pub by the Tower:- The Albert and the Lion. You have to be fairly ancient to appreciate this one.

We call one of my locals The Misogynist's Arms.

Also, the Butcher's Arms, run by a guy who lost an arm, also loses the final S

West Side Story wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 4:57 pm I am not very fond of the fashion of re-naming pubs. EG Slug & Lettuce etc. Equally not all that fond of Wetherspoons. But they seem to have come up trumps naming the mega-pub by the Tower:- The Albert and the Lion. You have to be fairly ancient to appreciate this one.

Takes me back, my dear old grandad used to read it (the lion & albert) to us as kids.

Thanks for the reminder, it took me back to a happy place

The Kebab and Calculator.

I want a pint of water in a straight glass, a bag of roast ox crisps and mines a babycham.

The Canary and Linnet in Little Fransham on the A47 in Norfolk, not so many miles from me, is a well-named pub – for it’s midway between Norwich and King’s Lynn, the Canaries and the Linnets in footballing terms.

The Kicking Dickey in Dunmow.
https://www.thekickingdickey.com/en-GB

The Disappointed Virgin.........otherwise known as The Halfway Inn.

Sid Bishop wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:23 pm The Kicking Dickey in Dunmow.
https://www.thekickingdickey.com/en-GB

Sid: the KD is one of my locals.

In younger days, but after Albert & The Lion, is the ‘Live and Let Live‘ in Forest Gate, where we used to drink ‘Light & E’.

FG is the place of my birth (which means my Birth Certificate will forever carry District of West Ham ).

Orient_Man_And_Boy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:37 pm

Sid Bishop wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:23 pm The Kicking Dickey in Dunmow.
https://www.thekickingdickey.com/en-GB

Sid: the KD is one of my locals.

In younger days, but after Albert & The Lion, is the ‘Live and Let Live‘ in Forest Gate, where we used to drink ‘Light & E’.

FG is the place of my birth (which means my Birth Certificate will forever carry District of West Ham ).

Jeeeez the Live and Let Live in Romford Road. Forgot all about that place!

Eat The Rich wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:11 pm The Kebab and Calculator.

I want a pint of water in a straight glass, a bag of roast ox crisps and mines a babycham.

Do you know Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard?

NuneatonO's wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:35 pm The Disappointed Virgin.........otherwise known as The Halfway Inn.

When i was a kid and the family went to Sarfend for a Sunday day out we stopped at the Halfway Inn on the A127 for the adults to have a couple of drinks. Nowa'days you probably get to Sarfend from Hackney in around 40mins as against the old days when i'm guessing it took around 2 hours (plus half hour drinks).

LeighO wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 11:02 pm

Eat The Rich wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:11 pm The Kebab and Calculator.

I want a pint of water in a straight glass, a bag of roast ox crisps and mines a babycham.

Do you know Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard?

You hum it,And i'll smash your face in.