hank williams
Striker
About to undergo major changes. Pete the manager has left, the bar is being ripped out of the middle and moved to the back wall. Major revamp apparently, hopefully some of the sweaties will leave.
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About to undergo major changes. Pete the manager has left, the bar is being ripped out of the middle and moved to the back wall. Major revamp apparently, hopefully some of the sweaties will leave.
Aye, I've only been in half a dozen times in the last few years and it's been a shit pint every time.I have great memories of The Borough but it has been shit for years. I occasionally have a nostalgic moment and go back in only to discover that the beer is shit (admittedly not bothered for a couple of years).
It is a shame the bar has been ripped out but it's a victim of its own low standards. Back in the day it served a cracking pint but that somehow stopped being a priority and it's suffered ever since.
What's a sweaty? Like 'Oasisy' people?
to be fair people dont use them but then whinge when they are gone. in terms of “proper” you are probably left with the vaults, kings arms, burton house, sinatras, cant think of many others that arent nice refit food serving places that change hands regularly
Willow, Jollies, Oddies, Gardeners, Oddfellows.Railway Tavern Millfield, Saltgrass Deptford?
Part of its charm. Didn’t get the coked up roid wankers in, the beer was canny and the juke box was class. Just hope they don’t try to attract the clientele I mentioned.Hope they improve the bogs.
Unless you were an arsehole, you very much got looked after in there. The regulars would stand up for everyone.Part of its charm. Didn’t get the coked up roid wankers in, the beer was canny and the juke box was class. Just hope they don’t try to attract the clientele I mentioned.
There or upstairs in The Blandford is where I first saw big screens also in 1984. It was the year I left school loaded with money from Marketforce.The Borough is the first place I ever saw a music video on a big screen. Upstairs circa 1984 Wham IIRC
Bars always been where it was, just the front bit though, the old front door was on the corner facing the beehive, the back door & stairs didn't used to be there, the original stairs went up behind the bar , the backroom had a fireplace of sorts, never saw it lit & a pool table, had a bay window at the back, changed to the present layout when Vaux did it out in 85, then barred all the punks who drank in there when it reopened. I helped put gigs on upstairs on a Thursday nights for 3 months before it shut down, first bands to play the Borough iirc.Be nice if they do it up like a traditional old school boozer. Where did the bar used to be pre-island? Was it on the left hand side? Last time I was in there was when England drew 0-0 v Italy to qualify for the WC finals (97?)
Only thing that is good about it tbh, amazing it attracts so much detritus when it isn't cheap either...