Humdinger Wrote:
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> nah, all the old men that go into the Castle would
> start going to the Wetherspoons, as despite the
> Castle being the most reasonable pub around, it
> would still be considerably cheaper in a Spoons.
It might depend where the Spoons was situated.
If just having a cheaper pint was what appealed, they could use their Freedom Passes now to go to the one in Forest Hill, a short bus ride away.
So if they don't, there must be some other reason to stay with The Castle. Like the telly.
We used to go to The Castle fairly often until the new manager replaced Jenny (and neither of us are old men, btw, but it had a great juke box and good Guinness).
First time we went after that, the new manager turned off our music (which we had paid for) and put on some absolutely dire middle of the road (well, bottom of the road) Irish music so loudly we had to take our pints outside, and as it was also very loud outside (poor neighbours) we finished said pints quickly and left.
Never to return. Which maybe I'm being paranoid but it felt like that was her intention.
Don't get me wrong btw, I love a lot of Irish music, but this was truly terrible
I personally would like a Wetherspoons round here, but I can't see it's going to happen.
But this thread is just an excuse for the usual (expletive deleted), isn't it?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit was july 09, 03:01pm by Sue.