Professional pub bore. I make YouTube videos about pub history, pub architecture and interiors. Mostly in London. https://nitter.cf/t.co/vD40MfcNu1
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If there's even a hint of a dress code, it's not a pub any more.
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Hi @OED - I've been researching bubble and squeak and found a reference a decade earlier than your earliest citation (1762). This satirical recipe is from 1752, and after eating it advises to "drink ſixteen Pints of fat Ale, ſmoak, ſleep, ſnoar, belch and forget your Book."
Not about pubs per se, but I know some of you like to line your stomach ahead of a pub crawl with a fry-up... and if you've ever wondered about the history of that iconic British meal, I've made a video about it:
youtu.be/qvFJVZ_KdWk
Obviously it's good news that Simpsons is reopening in some form or other, but £400k on "restoring" the benches...? Was that absolutely necessary?
Also it seems to have gained some turquoise paint. Why isn't that odious fad over yet?
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My tour of Salisbury's pubs. What a beautiful city. Of course the Haunch of Venison is the star of the show but several others there I also thought were very much worth a visit.
youtube.com/watch?v=vFpMzf_Q…
Did @HistoryHit really find the oldest pub in London as a recent video of theirs claimed? I'm not so sure...
youtu.be/e_tSMIEJqpw
Sam Smith's Black Forest Gateau. Get a half of their kriek-esque cherry beer and a bottle of their absurdly good chocolate stout. Mix in a glass to your own desired proportions. Enjoy both the resulting flavour and the subsequent unwavering adulation of everyone around you.
Sorry a correction - I confused Downland Brewery Best with another beer. The hops are actually Admiral, Perle, Galena and Challenger.
downlandsbrewery.com/portfol…
An embarrassment of riches at the Harp today - 4 of the 8 cask ales are bitters! Might give one a miss for use of Amarillo hops (Downlands Brewery Best) but even 3/8 is a great showing in London in 2026. Started with a Harvey's Sussex Best (of course), which was excellent...
Old posts where you can still just about read the name of the now defunct parish of St. James Westminster which ceased to exist in 1922. On the corner of Ingestre Place in Soho.
I wonder if these were ever painted blue...?
I touched on the possibility the blue posts might have related to the old parish boundary in this video.
youtu.be/sKkI61xyoWs
