Talking of pubs, I just discovered that the King's Head on Enfield High St -

rather than being the dire shíthole it appears from the outside - is actually a beautifully preserved Victorian pub with a classic horseshoe bar, wooden floors and a rather splendid art deco back/dining room. Decent pint of London Glory. Proper old pub.

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Originally Posted by Burney

rather than being the dire shíthole it appears from the outside - is actually a beautifully preserved Victorian pub with a classic horseshoe bar, wooden floors and a rather splendid art deco back/dining room. Decent pint of London Glory. Proper old pub.

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Try it on a Saturday night, b. You'll want to stab yourself in the face.

Bob Dylan's Oxford Town could have been written about Enfield Town....proper, old school **** hole.

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Originally Posted by Burney

rather than being the dire shíthole it appears from the outside - is actually a beautifully preserved Victorian pub with a classic horseshoe bar, wooden floors and a rather splendid art deco back/dining room. Decent pint of London Glory. Proper old pub.

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How is the wine list?

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Originally Posted by Peter

Try it on a Saturday night, b. You'll want to stab yourself in the face.

Bob Dylan's Oxford Town could have been written about Enfield Town....proper, old school **** hole.

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Everywhere's a shíthole or full of cùnts according to you, though, tbf.

It's almost as if you were a little bit of a curmudgeon. :shrug:

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Originally Posted by Burney

rather than being the dire shíthole it appears from the outside - is actually a beautifully preserved Victorian pub with a classic horseshoe bar, wooden floors and a rather splendid art deco back/dining room. Decent pint of London Glory. Proper old pub.

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I like London Glory. Pic of the art deco room?

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Originally Posted by Peter

Try it on a Saturday night, b. You'll want to stab yourself in the face.

Bob Dylan's Oxford Town could have been written about Enfield Town....proper, old school **** hole.

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It's quite gentrified these days. It's got rather a good market with a variety of ethnic food stalls, plus Pearson's, which is rather a good department store. There's even an artisan butchers there.

Unfortunately, there's also a Tottenham club shop dragging the tone down. :-(

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Originally Posted by Ash

I like London Glory. Pic of the art deco room?

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This doesn't quite do it justice, but gives an idea

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How is the wine list?

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I imagine it's OK. But it's a pub, see? Pubs aren't for wine.

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Originally Posted by Peter

Try it on a Saturday night, b. You'll want to stab yourself in the face.

Bob Dylan's Oxford Town could have been written about Enfield Town....proper, old school **** hole.

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tbh a lot of pubs are **** on a Saturday night, because they are full of people who go out on a Saturday night. A Gentleman should avoid them. Get pissed on a Saturday afternoon and home for 8 to watch telly. Then go out on a Sunday afternoon when all the ****s have gone home

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I imagine it's OK. But it's a pub, see? Pubs aren't for wine.

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:-( Tepid dishwater, is it?

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I imagine it's OK. But it's a pub, see? Pubs aren't for wine.

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What are women supposed to drink b? They get too drunk on spirits

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What are women supposed to drink b? They get too drunk on spirits

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I assume this is a trick question, la? In an ideal world, women wouldn’t be there at all. :shrug:

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:-( Tepid dishwater, is it?

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Ale, sir! Nut brown English ale.

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I assume this is a trick question, la? In an ideal world, women wouldn’t be there at all. :shrug:

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What was I thinking

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Everywhere's a shíthole or full of cùnts according to you, though, tbf.

It's almost as if you were a little bit of a curmudgeon. :shrug:

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Not at all. I have nothing but good things to say about the parts of Enfield that I like. Enfield Town is never going to be one of them.

I used to live in a flat on Chase Side near the Wetherspoons. One evening I was walking home around closing time. There were four drunken chaps brandishing metal poles threatening a Vietnamese family who were hiding in their restaurant, a chap pissing on a Mercedes and as I walked to my front door there was a bloke throwing up there, still holding a kebab.

Enfield on a Saturday for you.....I sidestepped the vomiting individual, went inside and called the police.

A month later I moved back to Palmers Green.

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Originally Posted by Peter

Try it on a Saturday night, b. You'll want to stab yourself in the face.

Bob Dylan's Oxford Town could have been written about Enfield Town....proper, old school **** hole.

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It's full of the unwashed brain-dead when the scum are on the tv.

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Originally Posted by Ash

I like London Glory. Pic of the art deco room?

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I 'spect you rather like London Glory Holes Ash eh....EH!