Putting-the-world-to-rights, very important and has to be done properly! It was smashing to see you :-))) Back to the grindstone all too soon, but the world is definitely slightly righter :-)
Fabulous pictures and I love that pub, a real, proper pub! I can smell it from here... And the trees, the whole square looks so sweet. Thanks for these.
It was sort of a real proper pub... but it's the kind now that also has a menu where you gulp a bit and say Erm... bowl of chips please..., and a very extensive craft beer list... But still. Pub. Plus London is definitely pretty in autumn!
Coincidentally, and I quite forgot to mention it, the GNRT is quietly and matter-of-factly an LGBT-friendly pub and has been for quite some time now. Last time I was there for music (which is quite a while back!) there were a few same-sex couples dancing in the crowd, and when we were there the other day there were two gender-nonconforming young people in the loos when I was in there (one of them was noticeably nervous about my reaction, as I'm not a regular there so they might have been worried I was going to get up-in-arms and squawk about their being in the ladies, so we exchanged a brief moment of very small small-talk over the hand-basins just to establish that everything was all bog-standard-courtesies-and-gripe-about-London all round). Seems that many or even most of the architecturally attractive proper pubs in London are a bit gastropub these days, I suppose they have to, to make the rent. Not complaining about the increased choice of beers, though!
I'm so sorry for being so late replying - over a month is just too, too ridiculous... And I so agree about the glass! I've been trying to work out whether it's the original (well, from the same time as the Pros ep), and I can't quite tell - it almost looks a bit more ornate. I really hope that people are still making that kind of glass for pubs still!
The pictures are wonderful and I'm so glad you're having a good time. And thanks for the tip, I added the Great Northern Railway Tavern to my list for next time. It's wonderful to hear that it's LGBT friendly.
Honestly, I can't believe I'm soooooo behind in my replies that this is over a month later...
Excellent plan to add the Great Northern Railway Tavern! I miss going to the Scarsdale Tavern for Pros in December, but the GNRT is also a very cool pub. *g*
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Hope to see you in another get-together maybe in the Spring?
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Seems that many or even most of the architecturally attractive proper pubs in London are a bit gastropub these days, I suppose they have to, to make the rent. Not complaining about the increased choice of beers, though!
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Excellent plan to add the Great Northern Railway Tavern! I miss going to the Scarsdale Tavern for Pros in December, but the GNRT is also a very cool pub. *g*
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