The classical musical intro was perfect 👏👏👍😀 Lovely selection of pubs and beers. I take it you don’t like grapefruit 🥴🫣😂 Oh to go back to the 1970’s when we had a choice of bitter or mild. Perfect 👏👏👍😀🍺
My first London pub was the Allsop Arms. just down the street from Marylebone station. I was a member of the US Air Force, stationed at RAF Upper Heyford and living in Bicester.
@@TweedyPubs Don’t take this the wrong way old chum but the longer you remain jobless the better it is for us that watch your brilliant UA-cam video creations! Hopefully this avenue will pay you a decent amount of dosh eventually 😃👍🏻
Yes it's sad - as I noted at the end of the video I miss the Windsor Castle, I imagine had it been still going it would have been very popular this year, what with the coronation etc. Also the one time meeting place of the Handlebar Moustache Club!
A real game-changer was 'The Pontefract Castle in Wigmore Street. This together with The Princess Louise in High Holborn were free houses, championing real ale at a time (late 70s)when keg beers from Watney's, Courage, Charrington , Ind Coope and Whitbread were inescapable. The PC and PL would each have seven or eight changing real ales from around the country. I have read that the Pontefract is being demolished and of course The Princess is now a Sam Smiths pub.
The Barley Mow would be my pub of choice out of this selection - those booths are fantastic! The perfect way to escape any resident pub bores. What a great idea!
That is another good point, and probably one the Victorians understood well, given that they spent so much of their time in the pub. I vaguely recall a quote along those lines about the gentlemen's clubs of St. James's and why their entrance criteria were so stringent - something like they'd "rather reject ten interesting fellows than admit one bore".
Superb channel indeed with fantastic insight..I'll be in London on October 26 and will be doing a proper gentleman's day out..hot towel shave, shoeshine, cigar lounge visit and will be doing a pub crawl using your guide videos..cheers from New York.
Indeed I have..the Mayfair and St James ones are quite a good resource and I plan to visit the Red Lion and Golden Lion after visiting the Davidoff cigar shop..will hope to get round to a few more on your list as well as there are many I haven't been to..the Harvey's beer is on my list to try..thanks for your videos, they are enormously entertaining..I'm afraid we Yanks would not be as hush hush in the pub as you are when you are doing your narrations lol.
Nice to stumble upon your feed. I'm visiting London shortly for the first time and am very interested in the pub scene. Will be subscribing in hopes of some good intel. Cheers from Canada.
While you're in Marylebone, be sure to go to the Golden Hind restaurant for fish & chips. I have never had F&C as good as I had there last year. Either arrive hungry or order the smaller portion. We tried Poppies a couple of weeks ago and it was way over rated. Love the videos Tweedy. Keep them coming.
Nice one John. Interesting place Marylebone. I went there a lot on the train from where I grew up in Gerrards Cross. The old station bar used to be very atmospheric. Incidentally, you've inspired me to start my own channel. Nascent but something I've wanted to do for a while. I always enjoy your pub and wild camping videos.
Thanks Johnny, and good luck with the new channel! I found there was definitely a bit of a learning curve at the start - I had never done any video editing before, and to begin with I was a bit frustrated by how time consuming it was to do even the things that felt like they ought to be quite simple... but I found the feedback really encouraging, particularly for the outdoorsy videos. I seem to get more nitpicky comments on these pub videos, but I guess it's a different audience and maybe the expectations are a bit different.
Thanks Jamie, I am afraid I have been really churning these videos out recently! So please don't feel bad if you have to declare Tweedy bankruptcy and just accept that you're going to miss a few because you have more important things to do with your life!
Thanks Ken! ...but sorry if the video made you feel a bit homesick! When I was last in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais I got the sense the "estaminet" is something slightly pub-like in character, and I believe they spill over the border into at least the French speaking parts of Belgium...? Although the only one we visited was much more like a restaurant, and could only accommodate people dining there. I guess this is a bit like the izakaya in Japan sometimes being referred to as a "Japanese pub", but most of them, to me, are really just restaurants which happen to have beer on draught.
@TweedyPubs You can find the odd pub in Brussels with a very English feel, Churchills close to Brussels central station is a good example. They do food, a Churchill burger and thats it 🙂 nothing else, it's served as it comes, no variation allowed 🙂 I'm in the french speaking bit, they certainly like a drink and have a culture all of their own. I'm a bit spoiled on the pub front as i'm from Newcastle. I need to organise a trip to London and do a couple of your routes. Keep up the good work
Sorry for the flurry of comments (well, 2 of them so far) - The Barley Mow at the end - would those little private booths be called ‘snugs’ by any chance?
Yes I think "snug" would be another good name for them. Although I can't think of an example of a pub which has more than one snug. That almost makes me think you might have to call them something else when they're plural?
@@TweedyPubs you are absolutely correct - any pub I remember being in that had a snug had just one singular snug. This one has a few - the plural of ‘snug’ is a good one……’snuggles’ sounds like a name you’d give to a chihuahua…..’snugs’ is kind of like the lead singer of 80’s Ska band Madness……’snug 1’ - ‘snug2’ - ‘snug 3’ etc sounds a bit clinical
Quite sad actually. Marylebone had many more pubs than this not that long ago. All gone, often due to leases expiring and foreign investors buying the land. I remember when you could do a pub crawl in one street alone like Crawford Street, and play darts in most of them. Now pubs have to prioritise multi culturalism, tourists and food. The old ones nowadays more like living museums than community pubs..
The decline of pubs is sad indeed, and perhaps it is felt more acutely in parts of London like this, given the previous density, and the way these areas have changed in character so much over the past few decades. This does feel like an almost uniquely British problem - most other countries around the world don't venerate their drinking establishments the same way we do, in other parts of the world they're just not expected to outlast any individual owner. I am worried about their plight but I also don't think all hope is lost. My local is a very well preserved Victorian pub, full of characters and long term locals earlier in the day, and also a very popular venue later in the evening with people in their 20s.
When i worked in that area we used the Gunmakers in Aybrook street. Lots of displays of bullets. The pub was run by an indifferent black cat from what i could tell.
I did consider the Gunmakers for this tour, it was (sort of) on the list of CAMRA's historic pub interiors for Marylebone, but they have assigned it "zero stars". I suspect that means it was previously considered significant but has had one too many unsympathetic refurb...?
@@TweedyPubs Haven't been there for years but looking at the web it looks more gastro than when I was there. One of my lady friends told me that the Metropolitan Bar above Baker Street station has the best ladies loo she has ever seen in a pub. The Metropolitan is unique but not necessarily in a good way. Strange architecture. I still can't make my mind up about it but it's useful if you are in a largish group.
I did consider it but the recent photos suggested it had been modernised a bit too much for my tastes (although in fairness I suppose that accusation could also be levelled at the Jackalope and "Inn 1888"), and CAMRA's Pub Heritage site seemed to have downgraded its rating for the pub, suggesting they thought there wasn't much of note left in the interior. I probably should have gone and made up my own mind though!
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The classical musical intro was perfect 👏👏👍😀
Lovely selection of pubs and beers. I take it you don’t like grapefruit 🥴🫣😂 Oh to go back to the 1970’s when we had a choice of bitter or mild. Perfect 👏👏👍😀🍺
My first London pub was the Allsop Arms. just down the street from Marylebone station. I was a member of the US Air Force, stationed at RAF Upper Heyford and living in Bicester.
Angel in the Fields !! Marylebone High Street, Samuel Smith - fireplace, stained glass windows and cost dining room upstairs
You are spoiling us with these regular videos!! I’m loving the intro music btw!! LONG LIVE (proper) PUBS!!
Thanks Seán! One of the perks of not currently having a proper job is that I get much more time to do this sort of thing instead!
@@TweedyPubs Don’t take this the wrong way old chum but the longer you remain jobless the better it is for us that watch your brilliant UA-cam video creations! Hopefully this avenue will pay you a decent amount of dosh eventually 😃👍🏻
A lot of pubs that I remember in Mary leBone are no more. Thank goodness The Barley Mow is still intact.
Yes it's sad - as I noted at the end of the video I miss the Windsor Castle, I imagine had it been still going it would have been very popular this year, what with the coronation etc. Also the one time meeting place of the Handlebar Moustache Club!
A real game-changer was 'The Pontefract Castle in Wigmore Street. This together with The Princess Louise in High Holborn were free houses, championing real ale at a time (late 70s)when keg beers from Watney's, Courage, Charrington , Ind Coope and Whitbread were inescapable. The PC and PL would each have seven or eight changing real ales from around the country. I have read that the Pontefract is being demolished and of course The Princess is now a Sam Smiths pub.
The Barley Mow would be my pub of choice out of this selection - those booths are fantastic! The perfect way to escape any resident pub bores. What a great idea!
That is another good point, and probably one the Victorians understood well, given that they spent so much of their time in the pub. I vaguely recall a quote along those lines about the gentlemen's clubs of St. James's and why their entrance criteria were so stringent - something like they'd "rather reject ten interesting fellows than admit one bore".
Superb channel indeed with fantastic insight..I'll be in London on October 26 and will be doing a proper gentleman's day out..hot towel shave, shoeshine, cigar lounge visit and will be doing a pub crawl using your guide videos..cheers from New York.
Thank you! Perhaps you've already seen my videos on pubs in St. James's and Mayfair? I think they would be great areas for that sort of day out.
Indeed I have..the Mayfair and St James ones are quite a good resource and I plan to visit the Red Lion and Golden Lion after visiting the Davidoff cigar shop..will hope to get round to a few more on your list as well as there are many I haven't been to..the Harvey's beer is on my list to try..thanks for your videos, they are enormously entertaining..I'm afraid we Yanks would not be as hush hush in the pub as you are when you are doing your narrations lol.
Nice to stumble upon your feed. I'm visiting London shortly for the first time and am very interested in the pub scene. Will be subscribing in hopes of some good intel. Cheers from Canada.
Two videos in a matter of hours!!!
You are spoiling us Ambassador 😂
Keep em coming! Thanks
You're welcome Paul! It's gruelling work but somebody has to do it...
😂👍Top man!!
@@TweedyPubs Thank you for taking up the challenge!
The overly dramatic intro is a nice and appreciated touch!
Thanks Paul!
While you're in Marylebone, be sure to go to the Golden Hind restaurant for fish & chips. I have never had F&C as good as I had there last year. Either arrive hungry or order the smaller portion. We tried Poppies a couple of weeks ago and it was way over rated. Love the videos Tweedy. Keep them coming.
“We won’t be going in there” - I enjoyed that comment.
Bingo! Been to them all, mostly in 2007 or '09. A great area for pubs, then and now (apparently).
Nice one John. Interesting place Marylebone. I went there a lot on the train from where I grew up in Gerrards Cross. The old station bar used to be very atmospheric. Incidentally, you've inspired me to start my own channel. Nascent but something I've wanted to do for a while. I always enjoy your pub and wild camping videos.
Thanks Johnny, and good luck with the new channel! I found there was definitely a bit of a learning curve at the start - I had never done any video editing before, and to begin with I was a bit frustrated by how time consuming it was to do even the things that felt like they ought to be quite simple... but I found the feedback really encouraging, particularly for the outdoorsy videos. I seem to get more nitpicky comments on these pub videos, but I guess it's a different audience and maybe the expectations are a bit different.
Another enjoyable Pub tour. I've been so busy I've missed a few of your videos and need to catch up! Cheers Tweedy! 🎩🍻🍺
Thanks Jamie, I am afraid I have been really churning these videos out recently! So please don't feel bad if you have to declare Tweedy bankruptcy and just accept that you're going to miss a few because you have more important things to do with your life!
@@TweedyPubs no matter how busy I get, I'll always find the time to watch a Tweedy video. 🎩😊🍻👍
Love the Golden Eagle, great video.
Love the intro, so jealous, in Belgium, miss the English Pub
Thanks Ken! ...but sorry if the video made you feel a bit homesick!
When I was last in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais I got the sense the "estaminet" is something slightly pub-like in character, and I believe they spill over the border into at least the French speaking parts of Belgium...? Although the only one we visited was much more like a restaurant, and could only accommodate people dining there. I guess this is a bit like the izakaya in Japan sometimes being referred to as a "Japanese pub", but most of them, to me, are really just restaurants which happen to have beer on draught.
@TweedyPubs You can find the odd pub in Brussels with a very English feel, Churchills close to Brussels central station is a good example. They do food, a Churchill burger and thats it 🙂 nothing else, it's served as it comes, no variation allowed 🙂 I'm in the french speaking bit, they certainly like a drink and have a culture all of their own. I'm a bit spoiled on the pub front as i'm from Newcastle. I need to organise a trip to London and do a couple of your routes. Keep up the good work
Great stuff
Sorry for the flurry of comments (well, 2 of them so far) - The Barley Mow at the end - would those little private booths be called ‘snugs’ by any chance?
Yes I think "snug" would be another good name for them. Although I can't think of an example of a pub which has more than one snug. That almost makes me think you might have to call them something else when they're plural?
@@TweedyPubs you are absolutely correct - any pub I remember being in that had a snug had just one singular snug. This one has a few - the plural of ‘snug’ is a good one……’snuggles’ sounds like a name you’d give to a chihuahua…..’snugs’ is kind of like the lead singer of 80’s Ska band Madness……’snug 1’ - ‘snug2’ - ‘snug 3’ etc sounds a bit clinical
Quite sad actually. Marylebone had many more pubs than this not that long ago. All gone, often due to leases expiring and foreign investors buying the land. I remember when you could do a pub crawl in one street alone like Crawford Street, and play darts in most of them. Now pubs have to prioritise multi culturalism, tourists and food. The old ones nowadays more like living museums than community pubs..
The decline of pubs is sad indeed, and perhaps it is felt more acutely in parts of London like this, given the previous density, and the way these areas have changed in character so much over the past few decades. This does feel like an almost uniquely British problem - most other countries around the world don't venerate their drinking establishments the same way we do, in other parts of the world they're just not expected to outlast any individual owner. I am worried about their plight but I also don't think all hope is lost. My local is a very well preserved Victorian pub, full of characters and long term locals earlier in the day, and also a very popular venue later in the evening with people in their 20s.
Why rename The Devonshire Arms?
I remember in the early 80s it was full of Saffers including the staff- great days.
Gunmakers? The Portman? Walgrave?
Carringtons?
When i worked in that area we used the Gunmakers in Aybrook street. Lots of displays of bullets. The pub was run by an indifferent black cat from what i could tell.
I did consider the Gunmakers for this tour, it was (sort of) on the list of CAMRA's historic pub interiors for Marylebone, but they have assigned it "zero stars". I suspect that means it was previously considered significant but has had one too many unsympathetic refurb...?
@@TweedyPubs
Haven't been there for years but looking at the web it looks more gastro than when I was there.
One of my lady friends told me that the Metropolitan Bar above Baker Street station has the best ladies loo she has ever seen in a pub. The Metropolitan is unique but not necessarily in a good way. Strange architecture. I still can't make my mind up about it but it's useful if you are in a largish group.
Marie-le-bone?
banquet is pronounced..... bang kwit
How a about The Gunmakers on Ayrbrook street.
I did consider it but the recent photos suggested it had been modernised a bit too much for my tastes (although in fairness I suppose that accusation could also be levelled at the Jackalope and "Inn 1888"), and CAMRA's Pub Heritage site seemed to have downgraded its rating for the pub, suggesting they thought there wasn't much of note left in the interior. I probably should have gone and made up my own mind though!
When I worked there back in the '60s, Marylebone was pronounced 'marry-le-bun', not 'marr-ee-le-bone'. Nice pubs anyway.
Agreed. And it's still pronounced 'marry-le-bun'. Did not let it spoil my viewing pleasure.