[Drinking] Samuel Smiths Brewery (Humphrey Smith) - Fascinating Read

[schmunk]

Always loved Þe Olde Cheshire Cheese on Fleet Street, but haven't been for years.

 

[BrightonCottager]

Fascinating thread. Thank you.

 

[zefarelly]

A most interesting article . . . . Haven't ever been in on of his taverns and hopefully never will.

 

[kevo]

In the late 80s I used to use The Fitzroy Tavern in Charlotte Street a lot.

There was a big portrait of Dylan Thomas with a little plaque above his 'favourite place to sit' (probably still there). One day when I went in the bloke who played the dim pub landlord in 'Brush Strokes' was sat there.

Nice pub, that one. I sometimes used to go the Champion, another Sam Smiths boozer also in Fitzrovia.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Decades ago I used to go to the White Horse (aka Nellies) in Beverley, East Yorkshire which was a fascinating old pub, still lit by gas with loads of corridors and small rooms.

It has been a Sam Smiths pub since 1976. I looked at its Trip Advisor reviews recently, and amongst the five star raves there were some real stinkers about the staff attitudes and management.

THE WHITE HORSE INN (2024) All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)

www.tripadvisor.co.uk

 

[Pevenseagull]

Nice pub, that one. I sometimes used to go the Champion, another Sam Smiths boozer also in Fitzrovia.

And Princess Louise, Holborn. Excellent pub

 

[clapham_gull]

Bricklayers arms - still going. An obscure one off Tottenham Court Road.

 

[Bodian]

And Princess Louise, Holborn. Excellent pub

Didn't know that was a Sam Smiths. I went in there a few years back and was impressed with the interior - and do remember the lack of TV and music. Which was nice.

 

[jcdenton08]

Didn't know that was a Sam Smiths. I went in there a few years back and was impressed with the interior - and do remember the lack of TV and music. Which was nice.

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Hope they aren’t photos taken on a phone by you, you’ll be on old Humphrey’s banned list by now.

 

[Bodian]

Hope they aren’t photos taken on a phone by you, you’ll be on old Humphrey’s banned list by now.

Not a phone, I don't have one! But on a proper camera....

 

[jcdenton08]

Not a phone, I don't have one! But on a proper camera....

I’ll have to check the rule book! He’ll probably allow a daguerreotype?