Mayfair Pubs
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- A tour of the pubs of London's affluent district of Mayfair. Featuring:
Ye Grapes
The Footman
The Guinea Grill
The Punch Bowl
The Audley
Chapters:
0:00 Ye Grapes
2:35 The Footman
6:17 The Guinea Grill
9:06 The Punch Bowl
11:55 The Audley
I worked in New Bond Street in the mid seventies, our local pubs were more functional they served a purpose. They were an after work escape/meeting place where sensible people could take refuge, nobody in their right mind would consider catching a bus or underground until well after 6 pm.
Also that reduced the burden on public transport - practically an act of charity!
Love how Dame Vera Lynn left an autograph in the gents bog 🥴😂🍻
As for £4 for half a pint in The Audley, no thank you!🤬
just found your channel and subscribed
being a Londoner myself i always take to the streets of central london to find some of the off the beaten track pubs on my days off from work or just pubs that have a bit character about them
some of my regular favourites are the queens head (south kensington) scarsdale tavern (earls court) devonshire arms (kensington) duke of kendal (marble arch) prince alfred (maida vale)
just to name a few hahaha
there is something that almost makes time stand steal for a moment when you have a pint in your hand sitting in or outside a central london pub in the afternoon, what gets me is all the history that i am surrounded by, plus meeting and talking to random people, being in the moment, people watching, its a blast hahah
anyway enough rambling, keep up the great work, i always fancy a pint after watching your videos
Thank you! I don't know those bits of West London very well, maybe a good reason to go and explore at some point!
The Scarsdale Tavern and Devonshire Arms are among my favourites too. I'll have to try your other suggestions.
@@johnsharp8632 definitely try Prince Alfred I can't recommend that pub enough, staff are friendly, also the surrounding pubs are pretty good too!!!
Nice streetscapes again, with attractive period architecture. Good to see that there are parts of London without all the glass and steel.
I'm enjoying this series of pub tour videos and slowly making my way through them. Spent many years working in the city until we were forced to work from home and they are bringing back some very fond memories. Also, I do love the Guinea Grill, in fact I'm heading there this weekend for a pint and some dinner. Keep up the good work!
A proper jug (with a handle) 🍺Good old days.
A beautiful day to walk pub to pub. Really enjoy the architecture and history🎉
Bit of a bugger when you're sitting outside the pub with a pint and they've just watered the flower baskets.
Interesting how the word ‘Berk’ came about. It reminded me of Keith Floyd’s (1st) autobiography “From the frying pan to the fire’ when he wrote he used to open his early public cookery shows with a quip like “What have Keith Floyd and a rural jogger got in common? One is a pant in the country and the other is a………..” I’ll leave the rest to you but if you need a hint the last word is pantry 😂
The Princess Louise in Holborn still has those partitions in around a horseshoe bar. Sam Smiths pub and very difficult to tell how busy it is! 🍻
I am a fan of that interior, and it has alas slipped between the cracks of a couple of videos now! I must address that at some point...
Another nice little tour Tweedy. I worked in Park Street in the late 1970s and sampled all these pubs. In those days they were more traditional pubs, but it was before the resurrection of real ales and it was hard to find anything other than keg beers from Watneys, Whitbread, etc. My favourite pub at that time was the Red Lion in Waverton Street, but that has since closed and converted into a house. My other choices were the Rose and Crown in Old Park Lane (still fantastic to this day) and the Coach and Horses in Bruton Street. In those days The Running Footman had the longest pub name in London 'I am the only running footman'. I always liked the Audley for its fine architecture and lovely interior. What a shame the ceiling has been defaced by a vandal. A pint of real ale could be found in the Guinea grill....Youngs Special, then brewed in Wandsworth and a real treat.
Thanks John! I think I must have walked past the Rose & Crown a number of times but I don't think I have ever been in. It sounds like I should rectify that!
This is like re-living lunchtimes and five thirty'ish far too often in the late eighties into the nineties.
What about the song "The Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"? I have never heard of one in Berkeley Square.
The Queen was born in Bruton Street.
Just came across this vid and what a charming vid it is. Never knew about where the word Berk came from so I will regale friends and family with that fact. The only criticism is thst it would have been very interesting to know how much a pint in Mayfair costs. I do hope you paid in cash and not by phone or card. Well done though.
Thanks Mick! Mostly around £6 a pint, which seems to be the norm for central London now. The worst offender was the final pub at an eye-watering £8 a pint - I don't think the beer was anything particularly special either.
The Footman was called The Last of The Running Footmen years ago.
I am the only running footman--I remember it well when it was called that. Nice Scotch Eggs, as I recall.
Be interested to know what a pint of beer costs in Mayfair? 🇬🇧 🇳🇿
I was mostly drinking halves, and they mostly came to just under £3, so I assume pints are just under £6. Apart from the last place which was £4 for a half of (AFAICT) fairly ordinary beer.
Was just rewatching this episode as I’ll be staying in Mayfair next week and want to take my Japanese colleagues to a proper pub nearby. First off, thanks for the fabulous episode, which (as they all are) is well worth repeated watchings. Just wondering if you’ve ever visited The Clarence and have an opinion about it.
Thanks Todd! No I don't think I've been to the Clarence actually. My standard pub to go to in that immediate vicinity (Mayfair just north of Piccadilly) has always been the Goat Tavern - I don't think it's anything hugely special but it's small and just always had a nice feel to it.
@@TweedyPubs Thank you! I’ve been scouring Google maps but had somehow missed this one, and it looks fabulous. Will definitely make this our first stop.
Which did you go to? What did your Japanese colleagues think?
@@pixadavid Hi, we ended up at the Clarence after all (was close to where we stayed). My colleagues loved it and went back another night. Best fish & chips I had anywhere during my stay in London.
So I found this (I am not Cockney): It’s not “Burke”, it’s “Berk”. & that comes from the “Berkeley Hunt” - (which is actually pronounced “Barclay Hunt”, but the cockneys of east London didn’t understand that), so when they “coined” a new rhyming slang word…..Troops were not allowed to be profane & definitely not insult senior ranks…. but the cockneys got around this…. Berkeley Hunt = C*nt - Berkeley was shortened to Berk…… & a seriously rude insult became so “innocent” that even refined ladies would come to use it as a mild rebuke to someone being silly……
“oh you are a berk”!
But the Cockneys always knew what they REALLY meant!
The Punch Bowl .?
Clearly not a f proper pub then .!
The Audley house , Full of gold diggers I know it really well Good pub but it's a known hang out for gold diggers