Where did you buy your first pint ?

[norrahe]

True.

QMC - in those days.

It's now QM, I wish they'd make their minds up.

[Gonzo]

It's now QM, I wish they'd make their minds up.

I was there when it changed from QMC to QMW. I remember hoping that the influx of arts undergrads from Westfield College would improve the abysmal male/female ratio so that I stood a chance of getting a girlfriend.

I worked one place where three others in the development team had all studied there - we were different ages though and there had been no overlap.

IIRR Bruce Dickinson went to QMW and was at the halls in South Woodford

Pete Doherty did a year (not at the same time as me) but the normal life was not for him. A bright chap, bit of a shame really.

I am convinced that this bloke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keziah_Jones used to attend my first year economics lectures. The others used to point to this strange chap and say that he was inventing a new type of music. One day this chap wrote the words Blufunk is a fact all over my lecture notes when I wasn't looking. A few years later that was the title of Keziah Jones' first album.

I can find nothing that enables me to verify whether that was, or was not, him.


EDIT: Back on topic! My first pint in a pub was a pint of Dry Blackthorn. It was in a small village in Wiltshire. I think I was 17. I think it cost 80p.

[darmstadt]

On my 18th birthday ('cos I way a good law abiding citizen) in the Castle, Brentwood and it w as pint of Light and Bitter.

[Lockhouse]

I am sure I have been to the Angler's Retreat..... is it the one basically in the middle of the Ford complex with a view of the blast furnaces (rather than the river). My mum lived a bit further down the road towards Rainham for a while (long after I left home).

I know I must have been to the George as well.... I have been to many many pubs in Cranbrook Road... mainly at the Ilford end cos I lived in Barking.
There was some tuliphole Night Club... was it "The Lacey Lady".....
I do remember the General Havelock... they had great bands..... and I am sure I saw Iron Maiden there*

My main hangouts (other than the Rugby Club) were in Barking - So "The Spotted Dog", "The Barge Aground", "The Bull" and (because it was very near school) "The Royal Oak"/"The Fly House".....

There seem to be a fair few ex-Eastenders here!

I know all the pubs of which you speak - The Spotted Dog had sawdust on the floor ISTR.

Yes that's the one - The Angler's Retreat was the pub directly on the A13. It was a real dive.

The Lacey Lady was in Seven Kings (also there was the Shannon Centre where I worked at the bar for a bit).

In Ilford you had;

Cranbrook Hall (Later Lords then shut down)
Room At The Top (with the famous lift - Then changed to the Penthouse Suite)
The Ilford Palais (Think this had a name change as well)

The Ruskin Arms (Manor Park?) I believe was the "Metal Pub Of Choice". Being into 50's stuff I used to hang around The Old Maypole in Barkingside when it had live music every Friday & Saturday. The Cranbrook was my regular though. That had live music every Friday as well. Ahhh memories.

[mudskipper]

The Swan Inn, Farnborough.

17 and 32p for a pint of bitter if I remember correctly.

Were you at Farnborough Tech?

[mudskipper]

No idea where my first pint was. Started out on halves because I was under the illusion that that was what girls drank.

First half I actually bought myself was probably the Dewdrop Inn in Rainham Kent at when I was 15. Can't remember how much (but it was new money!)

[SueEllen]

On my 18th birthday ('cos I way a good law abiding citizen) in the Castle, Brentwood and it w as pint of Light and Bitter.

Admit it - your youthful looks meant you wouldn't have got served.

[Drewster]

There seem to be a fair few ex-Eastenders here!

I know all the pubs of which you speak - The Spotted Dog had sawdust on the floor ISTR.

Thats it....
Davy's Old Wallop by the 4 pint jug... they were the same company as the Davy's Winebars in London/City

I drove past it a couple of years back and they had opened another Pub next to it (in what used to be the Wallis Supermarket) called the "Barking Dog" looked like a tuliphole full of chavs... then I remembered I was in Barking and it made sense!

Another one was "The Britannia" sold Youngs which was nicely kept.... but the pub was full of scrotes from "The Lintons" (multi-story Chav Ville estate)

Now I remember why I left Barking it was full of Chavs and srotes.....

I went to East Ham.... Drank in "The Rodin" (or was it Roding?) just off Burges Road, opposite the Gasworks .... Now that was a pub.... just the sort that the Queen Vic is based on.....

[Drewster]

....Started out on halves because I was under the illusion that that was what girls drank......

Only in a insulting way.... drinking a half!!! You girl!!!

[Lockhouse]

Thats it....
Davy's Old Wallop by the 4 pint jug... they were the same company as the Davy's Winebars in London/City

I drove past it a couple of years back and they had opened another Pub next to it (in what used to be the Wallis Supermarket) called the "Barking Dog" looked like a tuliphole full of chavs... then I remembered I was in Barking and it made sense!

Another one was "The Britannia" sold Youngs which was nicely kept.... but the pub was full of scrotes from "The Lintons" (multi-story Chav Ville estate)

I remember the Britannia - tucked away down a side street opposite the block of flats but the only Youngs pub for miles!