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By: Paul T

Paul T — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:47:16 +0000

But it should be ‘horde’, unless they’re kept in a treasure chest…

By: Rod

Rod — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:20:47 +0000

That would have been an interesting variant on the standard Circl Line pub crawl, where you go round the entire Circle Line, getting out at each station and having a half in the nearest pub.
I remember the Sloane Sq bar very well, and mourn its passing every time I go through Sloane Sq station. London is a poorer place for the lack of these bars. Of course, all alcohol is banned on London Transport now.

By: Paul Bailey

Paul Bailey — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:17:04 +0000

An old friend of mine, now sadly deceased, told me that the Circle Line in particular was renowned for its bars, at platform level. He reckonned several of them served a particularly fine pint of Draught Bass, and that one could go for a sort of “Undergrounf Pub Crawl”. He was probably talking about the late 1960′s early 1970′s.

I could just imagine him doing this. RIP Brian, you are still much missed.

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By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:30:14 +0000

Any chance that the closures were part of the Thatcher era, err, rationalizations. I was physically in the underground just before the Kings Cross fire and was on the wooden escalator that apparently started it all about 15 minutes before. A pal joining us at the pub actually was in a train that went through flames. Very soon after there were stories that many services had in recent months been cut including cleaners who had kept the wooden escalator free of clutter and dust. If this was part of a greater scheme to streamline and focus services, could that have also seen the end of the pubs and their comforts?

By: Bailey

Bailey — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 10:18:06 +0000

Nope, ‘commuter hoard’ — typo on our part!

By: Chap

Chap — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:47:44 +0000

Times change. We used to smoke on the Tube as well.

By: BeerViking

BeerViking — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:44:32 +0000

Did they really publish “consumer hoard”? Deer deer.

By: Dredpenguin

Dredpenguin — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:39:48 +0000

Don’t know exactly when this all died out well before I moved to London in 95 but it is illegal to drink alcohol on the underground these days, has been since 2008.

By: tankard

tankard — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:28:50 +0000

I drank there a few times in the late 1960s.
It was when I was working Earls Court/Kensington area.
The bar was located at the foot of the staircase.

In those days we always ordered “a quick half”. Goodness knows what beer it was. Pos Ordinary. And it was always served in a half pint dimple jug. I can taste it now. Yummy.
Must go. Here’s the train>>>>>>>>>