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To me, drinking from the bottle is far more of an affectation than using a glass.
NLW | 23.08.19 - 7:45 a.m. | #
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After visiting the art gallery across the road and being in need of refreshment (not of the tea/coffee variety) we dropped in to the Bow Bell for a livener.
I did visit the 'haunted' ladies and can confirm that it is! The Phantom Loo Paper Thief had paid a visit! 👻👻
Jo W | 23.08.19 - 7:59 a.m. | #
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In common with the other series this month, I assume that that’s the last we’ll be hearing about your locals? Well done for turning a crafty beer into a whole blogpost, though!
David | 23.08.19 - 7:59 a.m. | #
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'..take courage..' - now that takes me back. I expect a tenuous reference to Ind Coope, Hoffmeister and/or Double Diamond in the next instalment.
Burntweenie | 23.08.19 - 8:09 a.m. | #
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Looking forward to you visit to the Galvanisers Union. Great pub, furnished from an old factory and (as with most Antic pubs) the house clearances of a dozen deceased pensioners.
dg writes: It's number 5 on my list.
MKIan | 23.08.19 - 8:23 a.m. | #
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I like a nice cosy pub, but if it's got a Sky Sports sign outside, and lots of flags, I walk past..
Alex McKenna | 23.08.19 - 8:28 a.m. | #
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As an afc Bournemouth fan I enjoyed your comment of “Bournemouth versus somebody on Sunday afternoon”.
I’ve only been in the Bow Bells before a game at the Olympic stadium and it actually has a far better atmosphere than most of the football pubs in the area. Feels like a proper boozer and loved that it had a chaz and Dave album on when I last in there. I hope the pub can keep some of its character during the inevitable gentrification in the area.
Flare | 23.08.19 - 9:20 a.m. | #
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The Bow Bells probably has a better atmosphere during a game than the Olympic Stadium does.
Kevin | 23.08.19 - 9:27 a.m. | #
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I normally make a point of visiting local pubs wherever my wanders take me. However, on my first ever visit to Bow earlier this year, I found it easy to pass by this orange high-viz monstrosity without being tempted to enter. Nothing in your review indicates that I made an error of judgement.
Frank F | 23.08.19 - 9:36 a.m. | #
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scouting locations for the great DG readers get-together i see. awesome! be sure to give us all plenty of notice
Grumpy Anon | 23.08.19 - 10:33 a.m. | #
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Yay Pub reviews
Bruce Wayne | 23.08.19 - 11:26 a.m. | #
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Chas & Dave are Tottenham supporters, so should not be played in an authentic West Ham pub.
Scrumpy | 23.08.19 - 11:52 a.m. | #
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Do people still play board games in pubs?
I was at another one recently and ok, while it was more of a hotel than a pub now, it had a huge selection of boxed games to choose from in the bar - which incidentally, was deserted!
All I can suppose is there's little else to do at a pub on a large roundabout under the A40 flyover!
Cornish Cockney | 23.08.19 - 12:31 p.m. | #
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Don’t forget the beer garden of the Little Driver.
Kim | 23.08.19 - 12:50 p.m. | #
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Hmmm, Devons Road. I'll be like MKIan in having one to look forward to, if it's the one I'm thinking of. One single old building, facing a small park, amidst a sea of newbuilds. I don't know if there was any particular reason they saved it, but it's good that they did. The Duke of Cambridge.
dg writes: They didn't save it. It's three flats.
RogerW | 23.08.19 - 2:25 p.m. | #
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This is the same Bow Bells where a police officer was stabbed a couple of years back. Despite living only 5 minutes from this pub for 2 years I never did find the desire to try it out. Thank you for doing so for me!
Former Bow Resident | 23.08.19 - 2:41 p.m. | #
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The policeman was stabbed in the alleyway next door which is nothing to do with the pub. The Bobby Moore picture predated the move to the London Stadium and l think the 1971 price list is original, not facsimile. The copy of The Spectator was mine.
Kim | 23.08.19 - 3:33 p.m. | #
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^ OMG! :O :O :O
But this time I checked before writing, by looking at Reeves Road on Google Streetview before putting fingers to keyboard.
I'm really quite saddened to learn that this little oasis of a bygone age is now just another part of the past.
RogerW | 23.08.19 - 5:15 p.m. | #
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Very sorry to hear that Beck's is in decline. The AB Inbev website shows it as their no 2 brand - well OK, they are in alphabetical order - but worryingly the item displayed is the Beck's Blue non-alcoholic variety. Perhaps you could try Bremen for your next getaway and visit the brewery?
Peter | 26.08.19 - 12:01 p.m. | #
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can confirm games are still played in pubs! At the Leyton Tech we play battleships or scrabble most Saturday afternoons
Iain Mitchell | 27.08.19 - 3:34 p.m. | #
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