Off Topic In Memoriam - Dead Pubs

A place for us to remember fine drinking houses that have now disappeared, initiated by my discovery today that The Alma, Harrow Weald, where I did a lot of underage drinking, was replaced by housing years ago. To be fair it was a dump, but a little bit of my history gone.

A strong mention for the wonderful Queens Arms in Mortlake, which was converted to housing 15 years or so ago.

Also remembered is the Thatched House, Hammersmith, which had been tarted up immensely since my Dad used to buy me pints there in the seventies before games, recently changed names to the Butchers Hook. Why? It was the first ever Youngs pub. I will not be patronising it.

Numerous front room pubs like the General Gordon in Durham disappeared.

 

even the British Queen has gone all poncey, a lot of he music pubs in my day have long gone. Saw some cracking bands before they got too big for the venues. How long before there are none, or at least, any that are affordable?

 

The Tally Ho! In South Ruislip opposite QPR old training ground. I worked there in in my early 20s with my sister.

 

This was once my local, The Hero of Maida in Paddington W.2
I had many a good evening in there with my friends and my late Dad was a regular. In all honesty it was dingy and a bit grubby, but hey, good times!

 

The country has changed and Ind Coope, Trumans etc have been replaced by Cafe Nero, Starbucks and the like as high street drink houses. Many pubs just cannot survive with horrific rents and barrellage terms enforced by the breweries.

 

yeah, but which ones do you miss?

 

The Iron Horse in Amersham on the Hill was a great old dive. Long since turned into a block of flats.

 

I did my early drinking in The Greenwood on Whitton Ave in Northolt....last time I was in the area it was all boarded up....don't know what's happened to it now, but used to love it in there on a Friday night, some old fella playing the piano, with a pie'n'mash wagon outside and the cockle man coming around the pub...don't see too much of that up here, just pubs/bars full.of pissed up mad Scots!!

 

I remember The Greenwood, we lived on the Wood End Estate when I was young and my dad was on the Residents Association Committee, we used to go to pantos and have Christmas Parties in the Function Room in The Greenwood, occasionally went with my dad on a Friday night but sat outside with bottle of coke and packet of crisps.

 

You must've been close to me then Cate, but I left the area about 1988.....lived in Clauson Avenue so only a two minute walk to The Greenwood from there

 

Oldfield Tavern Greenford

 

Lived in Wood End Gardens until I was about 10 think that was before 1988

1974 to be exact, moved to Sudbury Hill nearest pub was The Black Horse on the Harrow Road, no idea if it's still there.

I went to Wood End Infants School, did you?

 

Used to go to Oscars Night club there, my word this thread is making me feel old

 

No, I went to Greenwood, building next door to Wood End, then on to Northolt High

 

Me too - with my fake ID!! Take it that place is closed down now as well...my teenage drinking wells are all turning up dry....this list is starting to get depressing

 

When we moved to Sudbury Hill, I went to St Geoges middle school then onto Cardinal Wiseman in Greenford.

 

I never had fake ID, it was easier for girls with a bit of makeup to look older and get into pubs and clubs

 

Thread wasn't meant to be depressing or make you feel your age, just nostalgic. Sorry.

 

I was in there the once and shortly after it closed down. Like a lot of pubs reverted to flats. The Littern in Greenford in it's heyday was heaving, when that closed you knew pubs were in trouble. If I still lived in West London I'd struggle to find a decent pub, seems incredible to say that. Thing that strikes you is all the old locals have long gone.