The Village Idiot Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Courage Best 38p in the Robin Hood, Victoria Street SnAlbans I was going to say if only beer was that price now however as I have stopped drinking beer at the moment it's irrelevant Dicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I don't know the cost - boys have always insisted on buying me drinks!! I remember a pint of guinness cost £1.15 when I worked at the Winchester Bar opposite the Queens Hotel in Cheltenham in 1991. The town's rugby team 🥰 🥰 frequented the pub after their home games so I served a lot of it!! When it increased to £1.19 it was a right bugger to add up several pints worth in my head 😔 Edited by - WindyCat on 27 Feb 2009 18:21:49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delbert Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Black and Tan 64p or 75p in the Old Bull in Sonning I know the Rothmans were 58p I was wearing traditional Bluecoats Sunday robe and thought a "complicated drink" would make me look over 18 Leave no more than a footprint, take no more than a photo Edited by - Delbert on 27 Feb 2009 18:25:11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted February 27, 2009 Area Representative Share Posted February 27, 2009 Too long ago to remember price (but in was in modern money ). 1973 and the place was the Kings Arms in Taunton. Democratic dissent is not disloyalty, it is a positive civic duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normans_Ghost Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 About 1/3d in the pub in Shepards Market in 1961. I was 15 but reckoned if I was old enough to work and pay tax I was old enough to drink. ps In case you're not as old as me 1/3d is 1 shilling and 3 pence. Just over 6 new pence. Norman Verona, 1989 BDR 220bhp, Reg: B16BDR, Mem No 2166, the full story here You and your seven toThe French Blatting Company Limited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile7 Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 It was in Hong Kong as a spotty yoof at a place known to us as the 'bottle shop' about a 15 minute walk from our school. The year was around 1977 or 8 I think..... I as four at the time Twas not a pint but a large bottle of San Miguel beer (San Miguel was originally brewed in Macau as part of its Portugese heritage and was only sold on to Spain in about 1979 if I remember correctly). Suffice to say I actually hated the taste at the time but it was 'cool' to do and yes I succumbed to peer group pressure 😬 😬 *smokin* Its the only fizzy beer I like nowadays (apart from Adelscott). Dave Ardley. White Xflow with Clams The Bearded Clams King Clam Of Clam Hill! Photos here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageyH Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Can't remember ther cost, but it was a pint of Blackthorn at my local aged 15 Only dead fish go with the flow....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyH Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 A pint of Courage in the Corby Candle which, staggeringly, was in Corby. It was the sort of pub that, if you ordered a "short" you were branded a pooftah and very likely had to fight your way out. A "short" was sometimes also called a Cagey. No idea of the cost, was about 16 at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongy Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 68p Felinfoil Double Dragon - The Castle, Usk Dry-sumped White Supersprint Webshots here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatter Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 1973 - 15p (IIRC) and some form of Watney's carp. Freestyle Duratec Caterham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Voyant Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 It was cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile7 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 That sounds like the same price as Tizer Dave Ardley. White Xflow with Clams The Bearded Clams King Clam Of Clam Hill! Photos here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageyH Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 But Tizer is nicer! Only dead fish go with the flow....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normans_Ghost Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 1973 - 15p (IIRC) and some form of Watney's carp. That'll be Red Barrel then. The beer that started the real ale campaign and the formation of Camra. I suppose we could be thankful. Norman Verona, 1989 BDR 220bhp, Reg: B16BDR, Mem No 2166, the full story here You and your seven toThe French Blatting Company Limited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delbert Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 That was the stuff in the Party 7 Theres a terrible draught in here Its the Watneys Then there was Worthington E was there not and some can carp called Long Life ISTR Leave no more than a footprint, take no more than a photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Village Idiot Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 Watney's party 7's (with the funny can opener thing that punched the holes in it to let the beer out) - yeuch, but move forward 10 years and I give you the worst beer ever sold - SKOL 😔 Dicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Does 'Thunderbird' still exist? We used to live on the blue/red labelled stuff when I worked at PGL Hillcrest in 1988 Blimey! just remembered we were one of the PGL centres that featured on No Limits with Jenny Powell way back when ... happy days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile7 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Thunderbird Dave Ardley. White Xflow with Clams The Bearded Clams King Clam Of Clam Hill! Photos here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Gatton Arms Redhill (next to Redhill Tech college) 1974 - a pint of light and bitter was 17p. Big trouble when they wanted to put it up to 18p - but we soon realised that our boycott wasn't going to make any difference, and we were getting thirsty anyway. Think Mild was 11p per pint ! edit - the reason we drank 'light and bitter' was that you got almost a pint and a half at friendly pubs, where they all but filled the pint glass, then gave you the bottle of light ale. Stingy pubs poured the bottle of Light Ale into the pint glass, then topped it up with the bitter Edited by - Stationary M25 Traveller on 2 Mar 2009 16:16:41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongy Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I didn't taste beer until I was 43 and then it wasa can of Top Deck from the vending machine in the Crewe waiting room 🥰 🥰 🥰 I also have a large stamp collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 [all misty-eyed] Gosh, it had competely slipped my mind... Flashback to 1983 and a Courage Best in The Anchor in Maidenhead 🥰. I haven't a clue about the price, though. [/ame] "THE ANCHOR" is still there (just), the only building in the whole terrace that is not boarded up. I may occasionally be found therein though it's a weeeee bit rough 'n' ready . I wonder if the missing letters in the name were taken as a keepsake by someone called Ena nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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