mockney piers

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Yeah, real stinker!!! Can see why you'd both hate Bedford so much

Just to keep with the theme Sean (last night's music, not the owls), and a blast from my past The Cranes - Tomorrow's Tears The Cranes - Adoration (live)

No no no, go, you'll enjoy yourself. Many of the old stalwarts can't make it this time anyway (I'm at my birthday dinner ... mind you 1:00 finish...miiiight make it at a stretch), so a whole new generation to shuffle around nervously wondering who is who :)

Oh lighten up for goodness sake Louisa. I worked in Bedford for 6 months after university, it's a suburban town without too much to offer in the ways of cuisine, has a prison in the middle, night clubs that spill out resulting in fights at kebab places and cab queues and old fashioned boozers a plenty. Surely your sort of place!!!!

* calmly pours TT a perfectly chilled grey goose from elegant vodka decanter, plops a single slice wha-fferrr theeen slice of lemon in *

*ahem* so to speak *ahem* quick quick, back on topic!! Soo we're agreed Louisa isn't going to be going there anytime soon, but totally entitled to her opinion and choice of venue. I for one won't ever go to the Vale, have I ever mentioned that? ;)

I wander down the Castle and it's still pretty Irish as far as I can see; right down to the sports, the bands, the flags and the huge crack in the ceiling (perhaps not strictly speaking an irish thing)

Perhpas your visitor was a bit lost on his/her way to Osterley Park and thinking of asking for directions? http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.1433310.0.crackdown_on_park_sex_voyeurs.php

Yes, probably sourced from William Rose's fine fowl selection. But definitely too many owl emporia in East Dulwich. Up to our necks we are, how about some water vole and doormouse shops to redress the balance. Bloody claphamites and their owl fixations.

Consensus so far, and my feelings too, seems to be that the non food pub aspects are fine, but the food needs some urgent rescuing. and it seems to still be Youngs http://www.youngs.co.uk/pubSearch.aspx?locationID=&AtmosphereID=&FoodID=&strPubName=clock

I think he's more of an enthusiast than an idle journalist.

wols, are you winnie the pooh in disguise ;) Google the latter part of the quote. (not the one about winnie the pooh obviously) I may have to lounge myself if this can't get back on track.

* watches as a particularly sizeable eagle owl scoops up a passing corgi and makes off with it in an obvious protest at the mistreatment of animals * * thinks, how odd *

I dunno, if vegetarians had their way we'd be up to our necks in owls!!

Franklins is based on the St John's school of cooking which is pretty unashamedly meaty and offaly. It harks back to traditional British cuisine, much of which was almost lost to us thanks to the victorians so doesn't really cater for vegetarianism as a concept but will sometimes have non meat based dishes on the menu. It wouldn't surprise me if a veggie restaurant would do well, but knowing the LL limitations on restaurants that have come into play (see threads passim) it may have to be off the main strip.

* Wanders into quiet room, shoos owls away from Keef's lazy boy, pours self a refreshing cuppa cha * * pours one for DM, cheer up DM I know it's a bit gloomy, you'd never have seen Zeinab Badawi looking glum even during the worst reports *

I'm pretty sure it'll be keef on 1,350ish. Some weirdo a close second followed by the hallowed DM. But I could be wrong.

Is fox the name of the girl perchance? Oop, better stop there.

Hey, how cool is that?! Congrats Mark!

A ha, I don't stand corrected. Knew I wasn't going insane. Right......coffee

excellent, I stand correct, perhaps the "elephant &" had fallen off whenever I pass it.

I too quite like the Castle on CP Rd. The walworth road one is by what was once intended to be a community shops area under a looming 30 odd storey rotting strangely pink estate thing. Now it's a place where you see the occasional body. Nothing on t'internet at all. Clearly no beer in the evening readers have evven dared set foot in there.

Well the following forum drinks is in Hoopers, which follows the normal boozer mould. Perhaps the Castle on the Walworth road would be more to everyone's taste?

Yes, I wasn't meaning to denigrate the general levels of service or beer (although the food service was chaotic but well meaning) but the quality of food was dubious, the value woeful.