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R Smith's avatar

I’m glad a place like that exists still. There might be hope after all. It makes me think though, I wonder where Layla Moran does go? I’d go wherever that is out of morbid curiosity. Wouldn’t it be interesting to see her in there with her forger girlfriend? Sure, one wouldn’t want to be stabbed by her, have her strangle you with a computer cable. Or even throw her dips at you. She’d probably end up slapping you, like her unfortunate ‘boyfriend’, but I could live with that. I don’t imagine it would hurt much. Yes, you’d have to get used to her teeth clanking against her glass as she drank. But, she might finally manage to explain what a ‘pan-sexual’ actually is. She might explain why she suggested giving 11-year olds the vote. She would display no knowledge of Gaza, despite forever going on about it. We could learn the techniques of forgery. I could go on. As I say, curiosity more than enjoyment. That it would be educational, in all the wrong ways, is a certainty.

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PAUL SUTTON's avatar

I'd bet she goes to the Tap Social - right opposite where I get my tires done. It's a dump - phony as hell, serves horrible beer to hipsters. In an aluminium shed! But she'll mostly do dinner parties!

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R Smith's avatar

That sounds completely awful.

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Hilts's avatar

OMG- The place is bloody amazing. I’ve loved all these years and I certainly’dined’ in there over the years ( if you can ‘dine out in Egypt, you can ‘dine anywhere) . Why do I love it- all the reasons given above - all sorts of people from all walks of life of life - all ‘popping in “ for whatever. As a bird I can go in there alone & have no bovver

What is also good , it has none of ‘my betters🙄 are anywhere near the joint , which makes it a very brilliant joint. Long may it continue 😉

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PAUL SUTTON's avatar

There are hardly any pubs left like this. In there for some football, lovely atmosphere - more families eating now too. I loved Tracy et al, but it had become somewhat seedy! And that chef - oh lordy, his fingernails were deadly.

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Hilts's avatar

YES- but that in a way what made it so ‘unique’ - all that filth would probably appeal to the ‘excrement rebellion’ type - you know organic and plant based!

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Peter Challis's avatar

So glad it appears that the Seacourt will be spared the dreaded makeover. Somewhat akin to a church, a genuine pub is one that allows memories to be laid down and accumulate over time, rather than being continually gutted and remade in some facile consultant’s image. The new Albanian landlord also sounds like good news - fellow Albanian (‘Jimmy’), who’s taken on the Marsh Harrier in Cowley, has also kept it as a local boozer.

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PAUL SUTTON's avatar

I really like Albanians - down to earth, not affected. He was horrified in particular by a sordid mattress that I saw being thrown into a skip. I dared not look - like a scene from some slum clearance!

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Psymask's avatar

Lurvley pub! I’ll pop in next time I’m in the area. I was in Chichester the other day and popped into a random pub for a pint and got that feeling. Proper pub feeling! Quite enjoyed looking at the google maps photos of the Seacourt.

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PAUL SUTTON's avatar

You'd be most welcome! It's an old 'estate type' place, great for local. The area is supposedly 'going upmarket' but it's largely unchanged for decades. These places are redoubts really.

I do go into Oxford a bit, but it's increasingly dull. The university is too dominant.

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Hilts's avatar

Did the ‘red wine’ request‘ee get a good pasting? The is like a comedy skit🤣

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PAUL SUTTON's avatar

No but he sat looking around very uneasily. I overheard them - they were going to Fish Tail, and practically legged it out of the door.

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