(I’m only doing these ’80s UK pop references for Mark, y’know). I left the ’80s behind in 1990).
At last, the end is near.
And what better way to finish Sussex than at a Proper Pub with a traditional name,,,,
Fear not, the Frog & Nightgown is a classic of its kind. Only a shame it’s in Faygate rather than Pease Pottage, which is a much better name.
“Pub & Tea Room” it says, always a worry, but this was a Proper Pub when I tipped up as the Frog transformed into a no food boozer at 5pm.
Now this one may split opinion. A group of locals (probably neighbours) perched at the bar while the occasional visitor stumbles in and finds a seat in the bar. It reminded me of some pubs run by locals for the benefits of farmers, like the Plough at Breachwood Green and the Brambles in Buntingford.
I might have felt like an intruder, eavesdropping on some BRAPA-tastic bantz.
“He calls me knickers”
“He was flossing his teeth with her knickers”
“Soiled ladies knickers are a big seller in Japan“*
Those three lines tell you all you need to know.
Oh, the Dark Star APA was a decent cool beer (NBSS 3), but the pig collection was worth the price of admission alone.
I left them to talk about knickers, and pinked in my county map in the Beer Guide.
Isle of Wight, I’m coming for you.
*Mark Crilley may be able to confirm. Hopefully not.
That is a pretty impressive contiguous piece of pink highlighting. Congrats.
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Thanks Dave. Problem is, need to make progress in the ones further out. Masses to do in Wales and South-West .
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With all the micros popping up does it make more sense to not focus on finishing counties but to hit the pubs that are predictably in the GBG year to year? I cannot come up with a good method of performing your task.
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I like visiting micropubs, Dave. Always something to moan about (and I enjoy the pinking-in of counties).
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I would enjoy the pinking in of counties, but would get very depressed around the release of the new GBG.
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Think of the release of the new GBG as the start of Spring, a life affirming event, rather than a problem.
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The two middle beers in the picture look right up my street, and liking the frogs.
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Up from, suede shoes, my baby blues. Albuquerque!
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Would a Prefab make a good micro?
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Yes, easier to turn it back to proper uses later.
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Thanks for the shout out, Martin, I’m honored! Why do I get the distinct impression you’re suggesting that all these 80’s pop music references are somehow my fault? 😉
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Er…
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Oh, and I’m glad you had nothing further to say on the Japanese knickers issue that so concerned the folk of Faygate.
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Frogs instead of jam jars is a nice touch.
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Isn’t there a problem with pink marker pens due to a lack of CO2?
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Don’t alarm me.
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“I left the ’80s behind in 1990).”
Very deep.
Though, to be accurate, you left the 80’s behind in 1991. 😉
“with a traditional name,,,,”
I’m dying to know how they came up with that combo. 🙂
“rather than Pease Pottage,”
Is that where the nursery rhyme came from? You know… pease pottage, pease pottage cold. 🙂
“Those three lines tell you all you need to know.”
I think it was a certain theme night.
“*Mark Crilley may be able to confirm. Hopefully not.”
Alas I can confirm, albeit second hand, from someone I worked with (said person was female by the way).
Cheers
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I agree the millennium started on 1/1/2001, but surely “the.’80s” ended on 31/12/89 ?. I suggest a duel.
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Yes but, if the millennium went to 2001 then logically the 80s went to 1991. Either that or every year ending in zero gets left out. 🙂
But, in the spirit of camaraderie, let’s agree to disagree. 🙂
Cheers
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No way, where’s the fun in that. I’ll wait for Pub Curmudgeon to arbitrate. Is “World in Motion” an ’80s or ’90s song ?
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Pub and tea room, as long as there is a discernible cut off point, seems like a pretty sensible way of doing it to me. A bit like The Apiary in Castle Donington
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Yes, it can work. I think the chintzy cafe section was the lounge rather.than the bar. Irritating to turn up at 4pm when cafe open but you can’t get a beer though 😱
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Yes…that’s a very fair point!!! Clearly a tweak or two needed!
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Oh, no, a mention of “knickers” just as I had nearly managed to forget a conversation I couldn’t help but overhear in a Stafford pub last week about a heavily pregnant woman wearing no knickers.
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Oh no 😱
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