A new idea as so many people seem to spend time in pubs, what about stories and stuff.....hauntings, odd pubs, characters you've met in them.......even pics?

I was just thinking about a pub I used to go to in my teens it was called The Crazy Pub in fact I'm not even sure if that was it's proper name, or if it is still there at a place called Hundsden in Hertfordshire I think.
Anyhow this pub had railway carriage seats and lots of strange things stuck or hanging all over the ceiling, including a butler sink. The barman used to ring a handbell every so often and swap hats on his head, and sometimes every round came to the same price no matter what or how many drinks you bought. The loos were out the back and every time you used it a bell would ring in the bar...... then they had a car parking attendant..... how weird was that? he used to be dressed like a lollipop man!I remember on a drunken night out falling over and landing at his feet, I looked up and said "Is this the end?"

I used to go to a bar in Sittingbourne called the Red Lion. It was taken over a few years ago now but before that, the place used to have a real creepy aura. I think it used to be an old coach house at one time. The usual old fashioned fireplace right in the middle and open on both sides but never a fire in it. there was a cauldron with a pair of legs sticking out of it on the fire. All around the bar were huge imitation spider webs with a toy spider in the middle, bats and all sorts of creepy things. There were also small instruments of torture as well like a thumb screw etc. In all, the place was made to look a bit like a dungeon.

Funny enough, the place was quite friendly though which was a little out of character for the environment.

I had a cosmopolitan in Aiden and Steves bar from love in the city, on a love in the city tour!

And that is quite possibly the saddest thing i will ever say here.
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Healthy, who cares?..... Pork away!

I used to love playing bar billiards but haven't seen it any pubs for years now...... are there any places left that still have a table?

A couple of days ago I heard that The Red Lion is the commonest name for pubs in the UK.....near me is Ye Olde Red Lyon which I guess ought to count.

The king John in Nottingham was always great for the start of a night out. Loads of pool tables, cheap beer, dukebox. Everything you need.
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yeah would seam logical to remove the potential miss thrown dart or chipped ball due to drunken stupour first... then again those cards can give a nasty paper cut so...

hmm.. well they already started putting 'warning: may contain nuts' on packets of peanuts and 'Hot when heated' so what you say isnt that big a step... worryingly

I went into a pub the other week that wouldn't put pins out for poppies in case people stabbed themselves.

Wear your poppy with pride! Providing you can find your own pin.
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