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7 Dodgy Essex Boozers To Avoid Like The Plague
At its best, an old-fashioned boozer is a joy to behold. At its worst, it's where dreams go to die and mutants congregate in packs. Here are Essex's seven worst pubs.
In a second I’m going to write the holiest, loveliest, most cherished word in the English language. Are you ready?
Pub. Yes, you heard me: ‘pub’.
Not peace, love or rainbows and all that shite. Not anything that just sounds cool (although biverwhack and verisimilitude came close). Nope, ‘pub’ is my favourite word because of the memories it inspires from times past, as well as the overwhelming sense of fun, frolics and friendship that it offers in future. It is a monosyllabic promise of kinship and guaranteed joy, served ice cold in a pint glass, preferably from a pretty lady who I can later masturbate to with a twinge of shame.
I’m a 22 year old puppy in the pubby mecca of England where our boozers are, let’s face it, better than anywhere else. However, despite my tender years, I think I know what it takes to be classed as a decent drinking den. It’s not rocket science; an atmospheric setting, good grub, friendly and efficient staff. An impressive selection of lagers, ales and a couple of good bottles of plonk. If you can achieve this, you have it made and, in my book, any landlord ticking all these boxes is up there with Jesus H. Christ and Mother Theresa in the pecking order of offerings to mankind.
For every pleasant pub in my unfortunately perma-tanned, Towie clone-zone home of Essex, there are a dozen absolute fucking shitholes. For every passionate barman musing about the new home-brew they made with hops and fermented unicorn tears, there’s loads of bitter, defeated bar staff who look like they’d rather stab you than serve the lukewarm piss they have on draught.
This is going to turn into a rather morose assessment of Essex’s (lack of) pub culture so, before that happens, allow me to name-check some absolutely brilliant boozers. Because they’re really not all bad, there are some proper hidden gems, especially as you go further out in the countryside. The Jobber’s Rest in Upminster has a lovely garden, the underrated Kozel lager on draught and tasty food. The Bell Inn in Horndon on the Hill, family run for 75 or so years, has arguably the best food I’ve ever eaten in any pub bar none. Also worth a mention is The Alma Arms in Navestock and there are a wealth of others. Now I’ve got all that butt-kissing out of the way, allow me to be your guide on which Essex dives to avoid on your boozy odyssey as we count down, in no particular order, Essex’s grimmest, shittiest, most in need of being demolished pubs.
The Joker, Seven Kings
I start our journey with The Joker because it could possibly be up there as the grottiest boozer on the list. I’ve only had the misfortune of visiting this arse pimple once; shockingly, on New Year’s Eve. Whilst most people were tarting themselves up, sipping champers and getting ready to hold hands and belt out Auld Lang Syne, I was sat in the corner on my own supping a warm beer, hoping beyond hope that my friends, who were already an hour late, would turn up pretty sharpish. The patrons were almost as rough as the dodgy garage ‘tunes’ they had playing over the speakers. I got up shortly after and walked out, which was one of the wisest decisions of my adult life so far. Luckily the place is being knocked down to make way for some flats but, in the meantime, try O’ Grady’s down the road which is infinitely better.
William The Conqueror, Harold Hill
From fancyapint.com, and I quote: ‘A two-room pub amid the gloom of Harold Hill. One room had youths in West Ham shirts playing pool, the other was full of older men drinking in a Pontins-esque mint and yellow coloured bar.’ And the video probably just about sums it up too.
Possibly the snootiest review ever (the implication that you must be a right rotten turd for merely wearing a West Ham top is a bit much), but I can totally empathise with them. Another pub which, unsurprisingly, I’ve only gotten round to visiting the once. This is the closest pub to my girlfriend’s house but, as I don’t want her to contract Chlamydia (unless it’s from me), we’ll probably steer clear of this place.
Yates’, Romford
Ah, Yates’ Wine Lodge (how they can get away with calling it that I do not know). I remember the days of being freshly 18 and this joint offering £1 pints. Naturally I loved it. But once the ‘you can get completely cunted on a tenner’ charm wears off, you start to notice several worrying things. Such as the fact that the bottles of Magners were a year out of date. And the sausage and mash you ordered over an hour ago has turned up cold, resembling a squashed digestive system. Oh, and there are pissed up menopausal women sliding up and down the poles on the dancefloor. Just no.
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The Chequers, Hornchurch
A pub which, according to reports, used to be quite the institution back in the day. Since the previous landlord stepped away several years back, this place has descended into the type of dirty boozer which as soon as you walk in, you want to leave. There’s nothing wrong with a bit of a rough pub in the right circumstances; it can even be pretty charming. But not this place. A pub should provide a welcoming environment for non-regulars as well as the type of punters who prop up the bar on a nightly basis. Yet when I walked in, fuck… They stared at me the way a baying mob would look at a salivating Jimmy Savile hiding in a bush outside a nursery. Cross this off your list folks.
Sir Winston Churchill, Debden
Courtesy of beerintheevening.com: ‘Decided to pop in on Saturday lunchtime and didn’t get through the door as the terrace and doorway were full of drunks, fat women, chavs and horrible kids. They all seemed to have a vocabulary of words rhyming with ‘duck’ and ‘hunt’.’
Fortunately I’ve not had the displeasure of visiting this place but a colleague has. Being polite, reports aren’t particularly encouraging. Being frank, it sounds like it’d be safer to stand on a street in Basra dressed up as George Bush holding a ‘fuck off Allah’ placard. This place is seriously rough. Swerve at all costs.
Bentley’s, Romford
Christmas Eve is a time for goodwill to all men. Plumping up the presents under the tree and laying out a carrot and some milk for Rudolph to chow down on so the kids don’t get suspicious about whether or not this Santa bloke actually exists. Well, that’s the theory. You’ll probably have to wake up at 3 a.m., feed the carrot to the dog and chuck the milk down the sink. However, I found myself in this place on Christmas Eve some years ago. Imagine your own personal hell, then multiply it by ten. No, you’re still not close.
Okay, think five year olds writhing up and down poles like Miley Cyrus on heat, whilst their Donnay-clad parents are having a barney in the corner over who drank the last can of Skol lager. Yes I sound like an uppity tit but all this actually happened, and more. Take it from me, Bentley’s is about as appealing as an aggressive case of genital warts.
The Golden Crane, Cranham
A local one for me, this, but not one close to my heart. Don’t let the pleasant photos of the beer garden on the internet fool you as last time I visited, there were nails galore in the grass. Oh, and inexplicably some random metallic objects by a broken trampoline. It reminded me of the scaffolding climbing frame in Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights. This is a pub with so much potential but the current landlord puts such little effort into the place it’s embarrassing; recently, the only drinks available on draught were Eagle IPA, Carling and Fosters. A real wasted talent; think Amy Winehouse, just without the beehive. Though my mate is convinced he found several pubes in his pint once. In summary, avoid.
So to pub enthusiasts everywhere, if you’re visiting Essex and thirsty for a quick tipple, or alternatively an almighty liver-annihilating session, you’ve been warned. Avoid these cesspits. Be it for their pissy lager, their Jeremy Kyle Show patrons or for their nail-ridden play areas. I’ve mentioned a few alternatives above but, because I don’t want you suffering the same fate as me, below are five more than adequate boozers for you to check out in my local area. Where you will not get stabbed, or poisoned, or feel like you’re socialising with a gang of mutants from The Hills Have Eyes. Good luck and happy drinking.
The Windmill, Upminster Bridge.
The Ardleigh & Dragon, Ardleigh Green.
The Nags Head, Brentwood.
The Optimist Tavern, Upminster.
The King Harold, Harold Hill.
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Such a jaded outlook for one so young but I get what you say 100%. My brother and I offered to take my cousin's husband for a pint to the pub down the road from where they lived, in a charming Nottinghamshire village. A look of horror crossed his face as he point blank refused our kind offer by describing the pub as the type of place where you would only go to buy drugs, guns or a motorbike. Being from Glasgow and having drank in a few "earthy" boozers, we reckoned it looked quite quaint. Never judge a book by it's cover...
I have been to 3 of these and I concur. If you are in Rainham, do not visit the Angel or the Saxon Horn. None of the pubs in Rainham are any good but if you must drink there, avoid these 2.
Didn't the Ardleigh and Dragon used to be called the Spencers arms?...and it's now serving Thai food?...fuxache !you go away for a while and it all changes...used to be a nice friendly scruffy pub.
All those pubs are inside the M25 and are therefore London boozers and not Essex. Not surprising they're not the welcoming type of place full of scum...
Husky. Romford, Seven Kings, Hornchurch etc are all in Essex. They have Essex postcodes and the signs around them say 'Welcome to Essex'.
Tom Armstrong - no, Romford,Harold Hill, Seven Kings, Hornchurch, nor Cranham are not in Essex, and haven't been since the mid sixties. They have RM or IG postcodes - and are all in outer London Boroughs, the clue is in the name London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Redbridge..........and we have Met Police, London Fire and Ambulance Service, not Essex.Sorry, but most of these pubs are not in Essex, and you won't see any signs saying 'Welcome to Essex' until you cross the boundary into....Essex.
The Nags Head is definitely outside the M25 - only by about 300 metres but it is outside, and therefore is in Essex. As for certain parts being/not being in Essex - lots them are in a London Borough but have an Essex address so think you can continue to argue the point or agree to disagree!!!
Funny how you have put this list up as pubs to avoid but failed to mention all the charity work and the amount of money we have raised at William the conqueror. If everyone avoided it 'like the plague' as you so eligently posted a lot of money wouldn't have gone to worth while charities so I thank the people that do. In fact the video you have posted of one of the events 'The Only Way is Bass' was for a diabetes charity, over 150 ravers attended with not one row or incident. To me that speaks volumes. In the last 3-4 years one of my best mate and his family have owned it and there's been thousands raised there. And many great memories so maybe you should do some research before you start bad mouthing a place. Nice food, good beer, good company (in both rooms of the pub) Maybe the narrow minded fool that posted this should come to an event have a dance, lighten up... Might even enjoy your self
The M25 is not the Greater London boundary but near enough to it in many places. The fact remains though that at least 6 of these pubs are in Greater London rather than Essex. And there's no argument to be had - this is a stone cold fact.
Tom, they can be both in the region of Greater London and the county of Essex. Again, just because they fall under Greater London it doesn't disqualify them from being in Essex. Life is too short for us to be having this discussion, please just enjoy the article.
If you live in Romford, Hornchurch or Upminster your address will say Essex before the postcode line. Also, The Windmill is Upminster is categorized completely wrongly. Avoid!
Jack, it's fantastic that the pub raises money for different charities. That I do not criticise or bemoan, naturally, as you're providing a good service. I would be a 'narrow minded fool' if I just wrote about the pub without visiting it. But sadly, I have. And going in there is like walking into an episode of Shameless. I don't think I'll be coming to one of these The Only Way Is Bass barndances for a good old street boogie with the boyz, but I appreciate the invite.
Essex? Seems like he has not travelled out of havering at all in his short little life.
dont judge a book by its cover comes to mind ..... each to there own as some people love a dirty old boozer and would hate to step into a 'wine bar' and pay stupid prices. I have been to all of these place and have never seen any trouble of course it happenes but this also happens in some of the best places in london and i have experenced first hand in clubs like embassy and cafe de paris and these are exclusive expensive places were all the stuck up people think there the mutts nuts and act like lords of the manor.There are times i like a nice place with a good ambeince and also times i just wanna get smased .....
plus its the poeple your with more than the place
Kevin Window fvck off mate I went to Clacton once
Erhm it looks as if ilford now belongs to essex and so does romford I think not my friend.you need some geography lessons as both of these area's aswell as Havering are all run by borough of london councils.Duh!!!
I'm not sure when you visited the crane but I live in cranham and iam very surprised by you're comment about the crane I was there just the other week, certainly NO broken trampolines and it's quite tidy in there, could be a wider range of beer and toilets need doing up but I don't think it deserves this kind of review!
Romford is in Essex. You must be thick!!!! Just because its a London borough doesn't make it London
Omg I would have thought the pompadors, harold Hill would have got a mention or the queens pub in grays. This needs to be re-done and made into a top 20 worst pubs in greater east london and essex. And George is Clacton really as far as your horizons go, wow! You need to get out more.
Romford used to be Essex until 1965 when London expanded, also taking Bexleyheath from Kent and Hayes from Middlesex among others. But we all know, they're Essex, Kent and Middlesex retrospectively regardless of their official jurisdiction. It's called common sense.
Thanks to the post master general tge boundry lines of greater London got extended from bow a long time ago in 1965 ain't that right dave. And thank to tge mayor of London has also confirms this as Havering residents get to vote on yes you guessed it the london mayor election's. I'm just hoping that the twurp that made tgis review should get out a little more ofetn and try the real Essex pub's before passing judgement and recommending other's this twazack hasn't got a clue of what he's talking about.
The Green Dragon on Shenfield Road is definitely worth a visit. This list does need to be expanded though as there are some absolute horrors around these areas that should be named and shamed.
You're too young to have visited The Ship in Tilbury, once officially voted the roughest pub in England. Went in there just the once and even though there was only a dozen customers, if I hadn't been with a regular I genuinely would have been in fear for my life. Foreign sailors would come ashore looking to get bladdered and a scrap and they didn't last five minutes in there.
Surely if you have Essex in your address then you are in Essex? Romford, Ilford, Dagenham all have Essex in their address line, not London. I see those areas are technically in both East London/Essex. Why this upsets people so much is beyond me.
I left essex in 1986 but back then anything in tilbury was rough.
the windmill in upminster has a massive rat problem and the optimist tavern the most dirty kitchen i've had the misfortune to try and work in.
Well, well. The GLA was decommissioned a good while back and Essex encompasses a very large area, try looking at a county map, that might help you understand, there isn't a pub in this article that I would say was outside Essex, and as for Romford, well, I was born in Dagenham, raised in Romford and haunted Harold Hill till I was 28, Essex boy? Fucking right I am, More that partial fondness of shotguns, land rovers and scaring wankers, too right. Fact is most of the pubs in the east of Essex are shit holes, they always have been and always will be, fucking heritage, And for the dip shit media lovers out there, remember the riots a while back, well I believe the BBC called it Romford fucking Essex. When I wrote my address all my life I've wrote Romford fuckin Essex, If you don't think Romford is in Essex, your a cunt, nuff said, Good Evening to you!
Ilford and havering are in essex before your postcode it says essex why are you arguing over this! I lived in Harold hill and lived in essex and now I live in Basildon and live in essex! Everyone has their own opinion about these places get over it there are a lot more important things in life
You wrote your address as "Romford fucking essex"?! Sorry hard!! :) please don't shoot me with your sawn off and stick me in the boot of your land rover geez!!! Haha!
Andy N - that pub sounds simultaneously terrifying and intriguing in equal measure.
I agree The Chequers Pub is not The best looking of Boozers but by FAR it does the best pint in the Whole of Havering Borough..!! It is a friendly environment from the local community, people only stared at you coz they probably can see that your a 2bob tosser... The Chequers is a mans boozer.. So I fink you might want to take ur bored fake ID and drink wer you belong like Time and Envy...
Chequers Firm
Counties do not come into addresses now, just the town or city followed by the postcode, so putting Romford, Essex, is out of date and totally wrong, because it's not, and no, you can't be part of London AND be in Essex. No matter what some people are saying on here, nowhere in the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge or Havering, are in Essex, not even a tiny little bit!You know it's true, it's a fact, and all the swearing, Ron A, isn't going to alter that. Check Wikipedia for the facts if you can't take it.
I with I'd had the pleasure of meeting you in the chequers I'd have gladly escorted you out though the window ;)
Posh little cunt... they probably didn't want to see you in the corner on your own being stood up by your mates on New Year's Eve either!
Ipsy, I don't understand, so counties don't exist anymore? Is this to do with the EU? Could you please go into more detail.
I agree half these pubs are proper rough, especially Yates's! To this argument about if Romford, Hornchurch, etc. is in Essex? YES, as much as anywhere else is its own county, like Kingston is in Surrey but also London borough of Kingston. So it can be in Essex and a London borough!
You make several referrals to kids in pubs and kiddies play areas , enough said !!!! NONCE. If you don't like the pubs where you live FUCK OFF
As a 22 year old embryo you seem to have had in my calculations only four years drinking experience. For a young man to be sat on his own (quite sadly) on New Years eve and a very keen eye on children's play areas can only mean one thing to me - your a sad lonely wannabe Jimmy Saville with no friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As a regular at The Golden Crane I cannot disagree more with your slanderous juvenile insults. The garden is in impeccable order and has been a complete delight for a lot of families throughout the summer. It is clean, tidy and has two amazing trampolines and a huge fantastic play area in a very safe gated environment. The staff, landlord and customers are always in good spirits and make The Golden Crane a joy to visit .There is always plenty of draught beers, spirits and wines along with a fantastic new menu. It has always had a very good reputation and believe me - and I think I speak on behalf of all that drink in The Golden Crane - we don't want your childish pathetic views, nor do we want you to show your face in there again. Consider yourself barred!!!!!!!
As a 22 year old embryo it worries me slightly that you think that a man that sits on his own in a bar on New Years Eve (Billy no mates) and a constant referral to children's playground items (wanna be Jimmy Saville)has a right to write such slanderous crap!!!! As a regular in The Golden Crane I take umbridge to what you have written. The garden is impeccable and there is two very safe trampolines and a fantastic new children's play area, which is totally secure. This has been a God send to many families throughout the summer. There is always a full range of beers, wines and spirits along with a fantastic new menu - which I can personally say is delicious. I think I speak on behalf of the staff, landlord and regulars, we do not appreciate your stupid childish comments. Consider yourself barred as believe me you will never be welcome again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
George is a rubberwrist.
Ron A - Yet Sky called it East London, and when Lee Rigby was decapitated by those lunatics the BBC also called Romford and Harold Hill, East London. Geographically speaking, Essex begins in Brentwood! Now let it go.
Hi , I lived in east london all my life and moved to essex in the last two years. I now own a house in Loughton which is under epping council my post code is an ig10 post code. I am classed as essex as I'm also policed by essex police. Yes Romford and ilford are now part of london but for many years they have been part of essex and in most people's hearts will remain part of essex . When you have lived in east london all your life going to Romford was always a day out in essex and always will be. And just for information it's actually not incorrect to write Romford essex and so on . I've been to most of the hell holes on this website and yes I would call them pubs in essex . But even tho these are awful there are some beautiful pubs further into essex
The Anchor in Tilbury can safely be described ,without fear of Legal action, as a detestable shithole. My misfortune was to have agreed to meet my brother there as we were contracted by a Stuctural Engineering Company to take blockwork samoples from a Housing Estate that had ben emptied of residents as every property had either collapsed or was at risk of the same. My first mistake was entering this kharzi which could substitute itself for the 4th Circle of the Malebolge in Dante's Inferno.Secondly I appeared to be engaged in honest Trade which enraged the inbred and psychotic vermin who infested this Privy of an establishment.I ordered a Light Ale and was met with surly grunting from the retarded barman as the assembled detritus of Humanity glared at me with ill concealed suspicion,hatred and (possibly in a couple of cases) Lust.As this was pre-mobile phones I waited near the exit for my siblings belated arrival.Never again shall I subject myself to such an unlovely;unkempt midden.I doubt if the ensuing years have been kind to this horror story of a Licensed premises, I just pray Franklins Demolition ( or any other demo' outfit) has levelled the place to the ground and sowed it with Salt as Carthage was millennia ago.P.S. The Light Ale was warm
Coming from north London but working in Cranham,I find the Golden Crane a nice quite little pub,you need to get in some pubs where I live in Tottenham they are real shit holes.would love to have this as my local.
after reading your profile ,there is no need to say any more (wan*er )to say the least ,coming from Essex supporting Man Utd for starters ,you have proberly not been in half the pubs you write about,get in the real world and stop writing shit. HIS PROFILE:All round lothario and international playboy who once killed a man just by looking at him. And in the real world, a Manchester United fan with a fondness for late night kebabs, running through muddy fields and an addiction to black coffee..
I used to drink in the Winston Churchill quite a bit at one time. If your mate finds it unsafe, I'm sorry to say he must be a bit of a tart. It always used to have plenty of people from the nearby East 15 Acting School in there. Anyone who finds a normal local pub with a smattering of drama students intimidating really needs to get out more.
Well I work in the golden crane && im not moaning :) And I can asure you theres no chance of pubes being in your or your friends drink As all the bar maids put together dont own one between us .. Thank you && goodnight
Hayley You single... Can I give you a tour round Essex n you can take me for a tour in n around your mouth... Lmfao
You fuck, I bet you've never even seen a proper tear up. NUMPTY.
No ones mentioned the pinewoods which is a thrilling and exhilarating drink. Also to join the crap debate about Romford not being in Essex.... Whoever thinks that Romford is not in Essex is obviously from one of these so called 'London boroughs' because the only reason you would argue that Romford is not in Essex can only mean that you are what's known in Essex as being a 'complete cunt'. Arthankyouverymuch.
Another utterly pointless ST article designed to tick lots of SEO boxes.
All my favorite pubs, what a wanker
Fucking hell George. That didn't go quite as planned as you thought.
George get a lift you sad prick. Go away and suck your cock and leave the drinking and pubs to The real Essex Geezers not some soft pathetic cunt like you
I drink in chequers everyday on lunchbreak . No better pub in hornchurch for hospitality .
I would just like to say I drink in the Churchill and the people that run it now are doing a good job there. Allot of new faces and atmosphere is so much better. Plus entertainment at the weekends and I if I may say the beer is good too!
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Those pubs sound upmarket, the author has obviously never been to pubs in bedford, we call it a good night if you only got stabbed once!
^^^The jeremy kyle wasters are out and on the defensive. Dirty scally cunts.
Lots if god work for charidee? well done, that makes you the jimmy saville of pubs
I hate to agree but Romford ect were offed by Essex in the 60s the locals have ignored it and Essex isant part of our address Wally's keep putting it there if you drive under the m25 your met by a huge sign saying welcome to Essex x you may wanna visit Essex and add some some Essex pubs to your Essex list although I wouldn't visit any of em lol xx
What about the Pinewoods in Collier Row??, BIGGEST Crap hole in Essex!!.
Praise the lord for Tom Armstrong managing to correct the fuckwits on here who have poor geographical knowledge. I live in a part of Essex which is inside the M25 and also on a London tube line!
Agree about Yates and Bentleys, Think there should be a Jaywick pub on this list (Clacton) and The Alderman in Harold Hill should definately be the worst in Essex. These 5 are defom not the worst, this man sounds like he needs to man up and get a life.
Pubs in Essex are shit, just full of poor people on benefits. The Griffin Buffer however offers a simply delightful alternative to your weekly/daily (for some) tipple in the local gulag. A wide variety of European lagers, friendly environment and how could I forget the L.E.D crack smoking rotating lambs that traverse the walls when someone orders a shot.
Doesn't seem to be a very extensive report of pubs in Essex as they have clearly never been to Thurrock as there would be more than 7 pubs on the list I think
I think the guy's a massive knob! Who told him about all this opinion stuff huh? Wow, what a cheak, I can't believe he feels he's got the right to write about these places he visited and had a shit experience. What an embryo!!!! Actually, I think it's a half decent peice of journalism and I know some of these pubs quite well. I guess the actuall argument after all this is where the London/Essex border is lol. People just don't like opinions huh. Good peice young sir!
no mention of the majority of pubs in southend, and that includes the woodcutters, which at best resembles the bar in gremlins
London since 1963. If you're still not sure where you live then get a map out. Writing 'Essex' in your address is just idiocy and it means nothing.
http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/romford_essex_times_change_say_twitter_and_facebook_users_1_1379001
Personally if you don't like a pub then don't bloody drink in it! It takes all sorts to make the world go round and veriety is the spice of life. I bet you complain about tv programmes to, the ones you CHOOSE to watch and dislike it and still watch it just to complain about it. Bore off mate!
All of those pubs are in London except the Debden one which is Essex. Those areas were Essex before 1965 but were ceded to London as part of the London government Act 1963. People or businesses from these localities who still put Essex in their address are incorrect. In any case Royal Mail will show you that an address is made up of House name/number, Street, Post Town and Postcode - no county, even if it were Essex, which 6/7 are not.
I'd just like to apologize for accusing you of being like Jimmy Saville twice in two separate, almost identical posts. The truth is that the pub is there to serve the criminal underclass - you're not the target audience so of course you won't enjoy it. I like swigging White Ace in the park and collecting my benefits while my kids spit at local Asians. Is that such a crime, George?
Just to cover a comment someone made earlier about checking wikipedia "for the FACTS". You are aware that anyone can create a wikipedia account and publish anything right?? wikipedia should be used for information gathering not FACTS.
prick,get down to the orset cock,then you will know what a shit boozer looks like.
Lads & lasses, lets calm down. Now, there are opinions & there are facts. Fact is, Romford is in London. Infact, if you're in a London borough, you're in London & are no part of any other county, except Greater London for ceremonial purposes. In my opinion, Essex is a beautiful county with many places worth a visit, woodland etc. Worse pub in Essex? Dunno, the staff in one in Benfleet where naff a few years back, & so's my memory cos i cant remember what its called.
I grew up in Dagenham and now live on the Pennines, Lancs. There are many horrid places and many nice places dependant on age and experience. When i visit Essex i like the Old Dog in Herongate the beer is good but as usual expensive in comparison with the north, but the southerners like to spend their money so being bent over makes me laugh when i get the same beer for £2.80 and they have to fork out 24/7, but in the defence of Essex i do not like the arrogant agressive people but the CAMRA pubs are quite nice.
Essex is a pansy zone. The worst pub there is like Disneyland compared to any pub in London. Shut your mouths you stupid, inbred, country bumpkins!
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Oh dear, the passing of time can be very cruel. The Joker in Seven Kings was in the early 60's my dear old Dad's local. It was a superb boozer in those days, clean, bright, newish and the landlord Joe did the best pub food in Ilford. His Directors Bitter was a pint I dream about here in Perth Western Australia even now. I made the mistake of going back there to have a drink there a few years ago when i came back after a long time out of the country... a lunchtime visit and a heartbreaking experience. What a filthy dive. Never ever go back eh? Perhaps The Avenue is still in business or mebbe The Moby Dick or The Dick Turpin - as I said, it's been a long time since I emigrated. My favourite pub of the 60's and early 70's was The Retreat in Chigwell, I understand that it was demolished?
Anywhere in a London Borough is in London & not in any other county be it Essex, Kent, or Surrey etc. That's right, Romford ain't in Essex, it ain't been for 50 years. Obvious tho innit, Romford is about as London as you can get. Anyone who says otherwise needs to spend less time in pubs.
