Ckrisg Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Found this in an essay by George Orwell in which he describes his perfect 10 point City Pub (the criteria for a Country Pub being different) 1. The architecture and fittings must be uncompromisingly Victorian. 2. Games, such as darts, are only played in the public part of the bar. 3.The pub is quiet enough to talk, with the house possessing neither a radio nor a piano. 4. The barmaids know the customers by name and take an interest in everyone. 5. It sells tobacco and cigarettes, aspirins and stamps, and lets you use the phone. 6. There is a snack counter where you can get liver-sausage sandwiches, mussels (a speciality of the house), cheese, pickles and large biscuits with caraway seeds. 7. Upstairs, six days a week, you can get a good, solid lunch -- for example, a cut off the joint, two vegetables and boiled jam roll—for about three shillings. 8. A creamy sort of draught stout and it goes better in a pewter pot. 9. They are particular about their drinking vessels at "The Moon Under Water" and never, for example, make the mistake of serving a pint of beer in a handleless glass. Apart from glass and pewter mugs, they have some of those pleasant strawberry-pink china ones. 10. You go through a narrow passage leading out of the saloon, and find yourself in a fairly large garden. Wonder what his perfect Gogo would have been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 I wonder if you can find any such pub these days. My mother's family owned one in Norfolk, but that was well over a century ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Scrutinizer Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Is that you on the left, Flash? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumsoda Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 No way....Flash is second from the right.....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fiery Jack Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 Isn't that Old Hippie , third from right? The short one. jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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