tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post1098705645825993224..comments2024-02-29T11:54:28.419+00:00Comments on Ed's Beer Site: The closed pubs of WokingEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-2456756456644940262016-11-13T21:54:25.731+00:002016-11-13T21:54:25.731+00:00Thanks, I never went to either of those. Thanks, I never went to either of those. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-11683870009641641812016-11-13T10:33:48.214+00:002016-11-13T10:33:48.214+00:00Two more to add to your list,The prince of Wales i...Two more to add to your list,The prince of Wales in St johns and the The Queens Head in Knaphill.Both proper pubs but sadly not of these timesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-44323689020860068482015-08-11T11:03:45.547+01:002015-08-11T11:03:45.547+01:00Great article, Ed. I don't suppose I could use...Great article, Ed. I don't suppose I could use it in the News & Ale, the local CAMRA rag around here? It's on the CAMRA Surrey web site where you will also find my official email address. Thanks, JohnAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01612259501051820877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-77824794996978821092015-08-10T22:27:15.539+01:002015-08-10T22:27:15.539+01:00That would be The Cricketers you're thinking o...That would be The Cricketers you're thinking of. Lovely looking pub but seems to mainly cater for familys having meals. <br /><br />Sadly the West Byfleet Hotel/Claremont got knocked through into a big open space and themed as a keg only Mr Q's Pool bar. Haven't been to the latest incarnation so don't know what it's like. <br /><br />The Queen's Head is highly rated as a real ale pub now. Or at least it was when I was last out that way, but come to think of it this is going back a few years...Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-61605286068157725872015-08-10T22:13:46.405+01:002015-08-10T22:13:46.405+01:00I see the Claremont is still going but now called ...I see the Claremont is still going but now called the Catherine of Aragon. It was the Byfleet Hotel when I lived there, and was a rare survivor of the lounge-saloon-public layout.<br /><br />The pubs in Byfleet weren't much cop either, although the Queen's Headf, which I lived almost opposite, was a decent enough local.<br /><br />I remember a very unspoilt old pub on the edge of Horsell that was a short way up an unmade track - does that ring any bells?Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-31603631890809266172015-08-10T21:58:03.894+01:002015-08-10T21:58:03.894+01:00It was the late lamented Ind Coope Burton Ale. The...It was the late lamented Ind Coope Burton Ale. There was a night when it was absolutely magic, and I've never had anything to match it since. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-62382611857961568002015-08-10T21:33:23.805+01:002015-08-10T21:33:23.805+01:00Which was?Which was?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-70707066180785563192015-08-10T16:55:30.626+01:002015-08-10T16:55:30.626+01:00Mostly Woking pubs still are pretty dull, though t...Mostly Woking pubs still are pretty dull, though thankfully The Crown in Horsell is good. I've hardly ever drunk in Byfleet, thought The Claremont in West Byfleet was my local for many years, and it was there I had the finest pint I've ever drunk. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-17973828395787465052015-08-10T15:28:48.481+01:002015-08-10T15:28:48.481+01:00I lived in Byfleet for four years in the early 80s...I lived in Byfleet for four years in the early 80s and so remember some of these, although tbh I seldom visited Woking pubs as most of them were pretty dull.<br /><br />I certainly recall when the College Arms, which was then a Bass pub, was knocked through in about 1983, and doing an interview for the local CAMRA magazine with the licensee, who was obviously a full-on alcoholic who had a bad case of the shakes at lunchtime opening time.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com