tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post3525459768386578335..comments2024-03-29T07:17:26.082+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: RammedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-77728915362285024402014-07-23T12:44:04.587+01:002014-07-23T12:44:04.587+01:00It's just the time of day. London's that b...It's just the time of day. London's that big that you're not realistically going to trek all the way home after work for a bite to eat and a freshen up, then head back into town for a beer. So it's a jar or two directly after work. By way of a bonus, you dodge the rush hour tubes and trains that way.<br /><br />By about 7:30 the central boozers are quieter and your locals are filling up a bit.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-56033624403975814842014-03-03T09:26:02.238+00:002014-03-03T09:26:02.238+00:00Down with hipsters!Down with hipsters!Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-65814642773950817512014-03-01T09:11:14.967+00:002014-03-01T09:11:14.967+00:00Rammed pubs are not a strictly London phenomenon. ...Rammed pubs are not a strictly London phenomenon. I ended up in a couple in Manchester after the Velodrome Beer Fest last month. Not my idea of fun.<br /><br />Even here in a Preston suburb, the Black Bull on Garstang Road was packed. I was supposed to be going there for someone's leaving do, but on seing the crowds (and the bouncer on the door) I turned around and went back home.<br /><br />While I personally get no pleasure from being in a standing-room-only-pub, I do appreciate that these events do help keep the place going, so it's viable for them to open during quieter times where I can actually get to the bar and sit down after ordering.M.Lawrensonhttp://seeingthelizards.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-42362242564098406572014-03-01T09:06:29.407+00:002014-03-01T09:06:29.407+00:00Also blogged about more recently here - I'd fo...Also blogged about more recently <a href="http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/another-country.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> - I'd forgotten about the previous one, tbh. <br /><br />I would say the sheer size and density of the place and the level of public transport usage and provision feed off each other - you couldn't in isolation have one without the other.<br /><br />The much higher proportion of middle-class residents in inner-urban areas is also a factor.<br /><br />I do wonder, though, if you travel out into Barnet or Bromley, whether you begin to encounter the familiar pattern of pub decline that we see in most of the rest of the country. Sights like <a href="http://closedpubs.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/the-kingfisher.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> (which is, despite the Surrey address, within the Greater London boundary) would suggest you do.<br /><br />The signboard is a classic, btw - I've circulated that on Twatter ;-)Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com