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Hockley Pubs
- Thread starter Astoness
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stars we were not allowed to stand outside the pub...always went in the gardens round the back...did i tell you about when us kids used to go up the passage way which led to the yard where the empties were kept...one would get a bunk up over the wall..pass a few empties over and then we would leg it round to the front outdoor and get the money off them...lol...happy days indeed..the gaffer said he knew we were doing it but he couldnt catch us ...
lyn
lyn
stars
master brummie
My goodness Lyn we used do the same, until they got wise to us. When someone bought any bottled beer they would scrape the lable
with their thumb nail leaving a rip in the label, which ment no deposit on the bottle. So us kids had to think of another form of income.
Happy days
Stars
with their thumb nail leaving a rip in the label, which ment no deposit on the bottle. So us kids had to think of another form of income.
Happy days
Stars
lol stars..being one of 6 kids we did all sorts to earn a few pennies...another one was collecting all the copper wire from the bomb pecks..our dad would burn off the outer casing in the back garden..let it all cool off..wrap it round into balls and then when he felt there was enough to weigh in off down the scrap yard it went...of couse we always got a few bob out of it...very happy days indeed..
Charlie
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Don and I went to Warstone Lane Cem yesterday to plant some summer bulbs on my gran's grave, then we went to The Rose Villa for something to eat.
Oh 'eck, it's been taken over (like a lot of pubs in the JQ) by the Poncey Pub Company! We had ham, egg (1) and chips for £9.50 each :upset: and they obviously couldn't afford plates even at that price - the food was served on a bl**dy bread board!
It was nice, the ham was two thick slices of gammon, but even so........there was jazz/rock blaring out and the pub was cold and cavernous. This is an improvement? No wonder there were very few people in there at lunchtime.
Plus Don's pint of Doom Bar was served far too cold (he says). Frothie will know exactly what he means.
Also glanced at the menu for the new place near the Jewellers Arms....The Old Forge. Yikes! Second mortgage job!
Why o why didn't Don want to go to the Jewellers Arms...#sob#. Most of the pubs in the area now seem to have been yuppified, take care if you want to eat out (the chippie's good) and read the menu before venturing in the inn!
Oh 'eck, it's been taken over (like a lot of pubs in the JQ) by the Poncey Pub Company! We had ham, egg (1) and chips for £9.50 each :upset: and they obviously couldn't afford plates even at that price - the food was served on a bl**dy bread board!
It was nice, the ham was two thick slices of gammon, but even so........there was jazz/rock blaring out and the pub was cold and cavernous. This is an improvement? No wonder there were very few people in there at lunchtime.
Plus Don's pint of Doom Bar was served far too cold (he says). Frothie will know exactly what he means.
Also glanced at the menu for the new place near the Jewellers Arms....The Old Forge. Yikes! Second mortgage job!
Why o why didn't Don want to go to the Jewellers Arms...#sob#. Most of the pubs in the area now seem to have been yuppified, take care if you want to eat out (the chippie's good) and read the menu before venturing in the inn!
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