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Post by porkystone on Aug 8, 2019 10:26:00 GMT
Wasn't she the Landlord / Landlady ? I don't know but I rarely use the place anyway but I have always found it a pleasant experience with good beer. My one & only visit there found a packed pub and a quiz night. Scared the s**t out of me to be honest ….. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2019 13:06:10 GMT
I don't know but I rarely use the place anyway but I have always found it a pleasant experience with good beer. My one & only visit there found a packed pub and a quiz night. Scared the s**t out of me to be honest ….. If it was during the Marlow's miserable tenure it probably shocked the hell out of their joyless souls and resolved them to never again host a quiz night. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2019 21:22:33 GMT
My one & only visit there found a packed pub and a quiz night. Scared the s**t out of me to be honest ….. If it was during the Marlow's miserable tenure it probably shocked the hell out of their joyless souls and resolved them to never again host a quiz night. I think it's time you unburdened yourself of exactly what happened to scar you so deeply. You know you'll feel better for it... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2019 21:29:33 GMT
Goachers to reopen the Little Gem in Aylesford as their third tied house.
When it opens it's about 15 minutes walk from from Aylesford railway station.
Or 155 bus from Maidstone:
17.50 (Arriva)
19.20 (Arriva)
20.25 (Nu Venture)
Returning from Aylesford:
20.59 (Nu Venture)
22.49 (Nu Venture)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 15:40:23 GMT
Goachers to reopen the Little Gem in Aylesford as their third tied house. When it opens it's about 15 minutes walk from from Aylesford railway station. Or 155 bus from Maidstone: 17.50 (Arriva) 19.20 (Arriva) 20.25 (Nu Venture) Returning from Aylesford: 20.59 (Nu Venture) 22.49 (Nu Venture) That is the best pub news I've heard in ages, possibly forever! It was a mystery how that pub ever managed to fail in the first place - wonderful building, excellent location, very popular. Rumour had it that the owner deliberately ran it down, but God knows why. All the best to Goachers for doing this. I think I may have just found a use for my bus pass! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2019 13:21:44 GMT
Richard the landlord at the Druids Earl street has been goonered and has left immediately. The pub is temporarily being run by assistant from the Pippin.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2019 8:59:37 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2019 10:26:43 GMT
It's been empty for years. The PO moved to Bank Street before eventually moving into WHS. I see that there is interest in the former Mothercare in Week Street becoming a hotel. |
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Post by porkystone on Sept 2, 2019 6:01:12 GMT
I guess the only reason it's not a Wetherspoons, is they already have two pubs in town. Maybe 'spoons could acquire it and use it as a training base for staff working in The Muggleton to give instruction on: * How to maintain & serve real ale. * How to operate a microwave. Just a thought ? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 16:04:59 GMT
I guess the only reason it's not a Wetherspoons, is they already have two pubs in town. Maybe 'spoons could acquire it and use it as a training base for staff working in The Muggleton to give instruction on: * How to maintain & serve real ale. * How to operate a microwave. Just a thought ? My eldest worked there for a couple of years. He does not speak highly of it. I read a post on FB the other day claimimg that one of the reasons Wetherspoons are able to sell beer cheap (other than paying their staff SHITE wages) was that they buy up all the beer from the brewers that's about to go out of date. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 16:09:00 GMT
Walked past the Swan for the first time in weeks the other day and saw the 'For Aution' sign for the first time. Looking terminal. Very sad.
On a more positive note, I walked past the Pilot on Monday and it looks very much like its old self (if a bit cleaner and tidier!), so it looks like the reopening is going OK. I would have popped in for a very welcome pint, but it's closed on Mondays! When did pubs start closing one day a week?!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 18:10:30 GMT
Probably when self-employed landlords got tired of working 12 hours a day seven days a week for less minimum wage, on a night when nobody goes out.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 18:38:47 GMT
Walked past the Swan for the first time in weeks the other day and saw the 'For Aution' sign for the first time. Looking terminal. Very sad. On a more positive note, I walked past the Pilot on Monday and it looks very much like its old self (if a bit cleaner and tidier!), so it looks like the reopening is going OK. I would have popped in for a very welcome pint, but it's closed on Mondays! When did pubs start closing one day a week?! Some days it doesnt open until 5 o'clock or maybe I was just unlucky that day. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 19:17:29 GMT
Isn't the Bower Inn open evenings only?
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Post by stones1 on Sept 12, 2019 9:11:43 GMT
Maybe 'spoons could acquire it and use it as a training base for staff working in The Muggleton to give instruction on: * How to maintain & serve real ale. * How to operate a microwave. Just a thought ? My eldest worked there for a couple of years. He does not speak highly of it. I read a post on FB the other day claimimg that one of the reasons Wetherspoons are able to sell beer cheap (other than paying their staff SHITE wages) was that they buy up all the beer from the brewers that's about to go out of date. Nope. Just an urban myth. The reason is the vast quantities in which they buy all of their products and a slight subsidisation from the huge mark up on their food. Out of date beer is nonsense peddled by local pub purists to try and put people off 'spoons. |
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