David Desi Pubs Dason

Bolton, 1983

Ashton under Lyne (knees up). Images (c) Martin Parr and courtesy of John Rylands Library, University of Manchester

Manchester Middle Oldham Street

Martin Parr’s Yates’s Wine Lodges, England, 1983 is seminal.

‘Shot mainly in Northern towns and cities, this early photo-story examines the culture of one of Britain’s oldest pub chains’

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We’ve had this horrible chesty virus all weekend. I’m going to attempt a walk for the first time. I’m going to the pub aren’t I?

It’s also free and legal. Plus you can dip in and dip out unlike a lot of modern games

I guess it’s the benefit of it not starting on Boxing Day

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I am just one of a group of British Sri Lankans promoting this event on Sunday, 3-11pm at Big Chill King’s Cross. But the message stands: nearly half a million Sri Lankans have been affected by Cyclone Ditwah and resulting landslides and extreme flooding. Around 500 are dead and 400 missing (WHO)

‘What’s next? Halal Foster’s?!?’

Maybe I’ll write a book about the Sisyphean toil involved in far-right brainwashing

Why do people want to be party to such manufactured outrage? It must be so tiring being a racist trying to find or make content to fit an agenda

Is any of the meat you serve halal? へ We source our meat from a variety of suppliers, mostly in the UK and Ireland. All livestock is stunned before slaughter, to ensure that the animals are insensitive to pain. All farmed seafood is stunned before processing. Animal welfare standards are integral to our sourcing requirements and are set out in Wetherspoon's Supplier Charter. No suppliers have been requested to supply us with halal-certified meat; we have no plans to introduce this requirement in the future. In addition, meals are not prepared or cooked to a halal standard.

There’s a series of videos on Facebook claiming Wetherspoons is now serving halal food. This is from the pub chain’s website

You missed a guy ‘warming the crowd’ playing records on acid

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When it was open I saw Alabama 3 there

Let me find out more next week

Thanks! Which pub was this?

AFRAID YOU MIGHT TASTE SOMETHING LAGERBOY?

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Under the Bridge — A Definitive History of Wychwood Hobgoblin — Pellicle My love affair with pubs started in Staines. It’s where I found my tribe—the pub as an expression of individuality, an alternative to bland Britain. But I was afraid at first. In 1996, my British-Asi...

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Just remember when he smashes a run a ball double century, Spurs won’t win the league this year. Bittersweet for you

There’s more chance in Spurs winning the league this year, Rob

It’s a tough watch. Each shot a jump scare. But let’s unite in the fact that all of these Aussie ex-pros are just utterly insufferable regardless of the results

Really good, thread. Loved reading it

A whole bunch of us have grown up in the UK knowing to flee in the other direction if we spot this flag anywhere. We’re not going to pause to see if there are stickers stuck below them.

And if they’re stuck elsewhere, we will not get close enough to see the text - again, we’re just going to leg it.

It’s a parallel universe we used to inhabit, Ray. The landlord of the New Cross Hob used to let me do sink washes when I stayed over at my sister’s during uni. The missing pieces in the puzzle are him and a Māori guy who ran the Brixton one among others

Always lovely to be included

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That does look banging, mate

I’ve started to do a thing… whenever I see a place in the news I do a Henman-style fist pump if the area has a desi pub

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#134: Nightswimming Brussels Commune Advent Calendar Day 9: Ganshoren

Brussels Notes #134: Nightswimming

Thursday night swims in the local pool in Ganshoren have become a regular meditative ritual for me now, though I'm usually to antsy to really achieve a flow state.

Anyway, we're over halfway in my little Brussels commun series - have a read of today's entry below