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Here, Here with regards to the previous posting from Mr Brady!! Although I concur with a number of the points raised, I feel that I must put the record straight...
With reference to the thumping/slamming incident, metaphorically speaking it was actually a SCALPING of such magnitude; one of which hasn't been seen since the 'CHOCTAW & MOHAWKS' were pushed back beyond the Mid-West frontier in 1831!! And the aforementioned recipient of the 'SCALPING' mentioned that it was like a box of Pringles, with 13.5% extra free!! I should know, because I've oil-rigged it too, and she was disappointed to say the least with my northern pinky!!
J.Angus' post-public house routine also includes booting up the auld lap-top and 'flogging-on' to 'left handed web-sites'!! I actually think that he is a 'batty boy' who is ROSG compliant (Receiver Of Swollen Goods)!!
He's also started knocking around with some Geordie tube, who mimics his every move like a little 'mini-me'...both lunging like adolescent fools. Now HE IS hung with an impressive 'Schlong', yet is it somewhat wasted on 'zero boy'...
Putting aside the somewhat dodgy punters, it's a quality boozer...
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I notice Angus has been extremely quiret after his tyrade of abuse on the McNally lads in his last posting, I also noticed whilst he was doing his PR excersice on Monday in the PUB that he was hanging out out the older McNallys back door to claim he had nothing to do with the postings. (I assume that is the only time he has ever got his bolt off in the pub). As for the decking incident being called a thumping, I also heard a story about that and a good friend of mine said that it wasnt a thumping infact it was a good old fashioned SLAMMING, and the gentleman that delivered the slamming was hug like a Blackpool donley and went like a sowing machine by all accounts. This was obviously not Angus as his routine after not getting his fix in the pub, is usually a take away and a night in front of the tv, watching a dvd purcased from the chinese distributor who visits the pub now and then.
Anyway nice local apart from Angus's presense when he searching the pub night after night looking for anyone stupid enough to release his Ectoplasm. Thank you
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Unfortunately, 'The Testosterone Fuelled Teesside Tool' was in again last night. After the unsightly and hideous viewing of his RSS (Rusty Sheriff's Star) last Thursday evening, it was obvious that he hadn't got his bolt off over the weekend, as he mimicked carrying his 'crown jewels' around the pub in a wheelbarrow...rather reminiscent of Busta Gonad in his heyday!! Slightly more worrying was watching the local female fraternity scurrying for the exits after he'd claimed his first victim of the evening with a 'silverback'!!
Richard...BAR HIM!! This man is a menace to society and the total demographics of your cliental is changing by the week (it used to be 60-40% men; now it's 85-15% men!!). The stats speak for themselves, as the common denominator in this unfortunate episode, is his presence in S.W. London!!
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I frequent the pub on most evenings during the week on the way home after work and find it to be a great little boozer. The real ales are great and the Staff are always polite and efficient. The punters are all friendly and the northern lads seem to bring a buzz to the place, and obviosly a lot of money as most of them appear to knack a bakers dozen every night.I did venture in the pub on a Saturday evening with the wife after we had been for a meal and the atmosphere changed a bit, it was in the summer and there was a rowdier crowd in and we walked on to the nice little decking area and came across one of the female regulars getting thumped on the decking. Apart from that great little place, nice food, great staff its a first class local.
PS. The comments from angus are very harsh and will be making a complaint to the staff about that. We dont need anti-social, nasty comments spoiling the atmosphere in there, especially when he's always drunk and taking his clothes off, and scowering the place trying to get his shot off. Thanks.
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I frequent the pub on most evenings during the week on the way home after work and find it to be a great little boozer. The real ales are great and the Staff are always polite and efficient. The punters are all friendly and the northern lads seem to bring a buzz to the place, and obviosly a lot of money as most of them appear to knack a bakers dozen every night.I did venture in the pub on a Saturday evening with the wife after we had been for a meal and the atmosphere changed a bit, it was in the summer and there was a rowdier crowd in and we walked on to the nice little decking area and came across one of the female regulars getting thumped on the decking. Apart from that great little place, nice food, great staff its a first class local.
PS. The comments from angus are very harsh and will be making a complaint to the staff about that. We dont need anti-social, nasty comments spoiling the atmosphere in there, especially when he's always drunk and taking his clothes off, and scowering the place trying to get his shot off. Thanks.
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Aye...I think that fat Boro' half-witt was in last night and it was quite amusing coz he 'over-lunged' whilst comatosed at the bar and split his 'shreddies' right from his hoop to the upper nether regions of his crack!!! I actually work with this guy and his nickname is 'safety helmet'...quite frankly I think he is a helmet of Biblical proportions.
On a serious note, the beers good and more importantly the craic's great, caused by all the northern commuters who make 'The Smoke' a jovial place to be Monday - Friday!!
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I actually think its the best pub in Sutton, the Bar Managers are excellent, the beers and lagers of constant good quality and a jovial atmosphere especially when the football games are on. SOme of the characters who dwell in there do leave a lot to be desired, but on the whole its a pub we feel safe drinking in there with no drugs evident or anti social behaviour from the vast array of travelling people who visit. Only one bad thing though is the view being obstructed by the newspaper stall which stops us seeing all the totty coming out of the station on a night. Food is good as well.
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I like to go in after work and have a quiet pint, but some loud Middlesbrough fat chav keeps getting his arse out and shouting YO!. Some other geordie idiot keeps doing lunges and a geezer with an extremely spotty boil ridden face and equally bad breath keeps asking when a guy called Ron is retiring. I just have got to stay at the top end. Bar staff are ok though - just get rid of the idiots - especially the McNallys - Phill and Lewie!!!
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i popped in here a month ago with 2 mates for a swift half before catching a train and i definatly wont make that mistake again. after playing british bulldog to get to the bar with some chav locals who looked as if they hadnt left the building for some years we were subsequently left to rot at the bar for an eternity. when some huge northern women who looked and talked like something straight out of viz did semi acknowledge our existence it took another ten minutes for the foulest tasting excuse for a pint of beer i have ever tasted to arrive. to call it monkey piss would insult our simian friends.when i asked a rather camp barman where the toilets where he looked at me as if id just thrown him off of the x=factor.the said toilets were filthy and swimming in urine and seemed to be a meeting place of some sort with the cubicles full to bursting. as an advert for sutton this pub falls woefully short and me and my companions shall not be returning!
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Thanks to the lady who was perusing the food menu by opening it fully out and propping it against the beer pumps obscuring 5 of the 6 clips. Actually they only represented 3 beers as they had 2 Broadside, 2 Bombardier, 2 OSH, and the same replicated on 3 more pumps at other end of bar, hmm, so 9 handpumps, 3 mainstream beers! A board to left of bar displays old clips indicating that Adnams & Fullers are the principle suppliers here. A modern, open plan pub immediately next to Sutton stn, layout offers a variety of booth seating and tall tables. Pleasant service, but beer served in warm glass straight from washer (it wasn’t busy, so they couldn’t have run out), dodgy ‘funk’ soundtrack. More cons than pros for this correspondent.
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One of the best pubs in Sutton. Good staff, good beer and a good atmosphere. Cab rank is just outside when you've had your fill.
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I heartely agree with the blonde barmaid, the Manchester united supporter is a gobby sod but aren't Chelsea fans there for other football fans to annoy. I also agree that the Manc is a dashingly good looking fellow with personality that could charm the most ardent femenist out of her chastity belt and into bed in less time than it takes Drogba to dive over. And as if to prove my point I've just climaxed just by thinking about him.
The other Blonde bar maid (and no I'm not polish, there are some English Barmaids working in Sutton you know, perhaps i should put on an outrageous foe polish accent just to keep everyone happy as that seems to be the trend these days. In fact sod it i resign. I'm off to work in Smollenskys)
anonymous - 14 Aug 2007 14:11 |
Yeah Richard nice try, I notice the Blonde bar maid is no longer there, what ya done with her.
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Nice try Richard, but I suspect the real Blonde Bar Maid would have known her actual name.
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So that's how it is in the bank then. Phil’s OK he sits in the corner, drinks his Guinness and offends no one which is more than can be said for some that go in there, especially the loud mouth Manc who spends most games shouting at the TVs and annoying the Chelsea fans, although I have to admit he's very good looking and I find him absolutely irresistible.
THE BLONDE BAR MAID
anonymous - 19 Jun 2007 11:00 |
sid u must have a high boredom and bullshit threshold!
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How dare you pj99! I'll have you know the Macnally's are marvellous lovers, who have never failed to satisfy me sexually.
Love, Simon (Sid Smith).
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nice pub but when u have 2 listen 2 phil mcnally and his crap all the time its 2 much ,the guys a prat and if his son lewie is there,talk about like father like son,ive never met 2 bigger prats in all my life,place wud b much nicer without them but hey i aint goin 2 let them stop me using a place i like
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Best pub in the high street, the staff are superb and, as has been noted elsewhere, the landlady is not to be messed with and runs the place with a grip of iron. However this means that the place in low on chavs and high on good service and well kept, well priced beer. A word of warning though there's one exception to this, should you fancy a Magners, it's £4.10 a bottle!!!!
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Remains one of the best pubs in the High Street. Perhaps becoming a little too popular though as can be crowded at times.
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One of the better pubs in sutton. a hell of a lot better than it used to be. great place for a sunday afternoon drinking, eating and watching football.
decent size no smoking section at the back
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Pinching people is putting it lightly; Mr Spock has a less lethal grip than the land lady. Never stand at the bar with your back to it as she creeps up behind you and before you now it your shoulders in a grip a great white shark would be proud of. I kid you not I once had to go through three months of physio therapy just because I cheered a goal against Newcastle. It’s a good pub actually and well run. A great place to watch sport although it does get very busy when Chelsea play. Turn up early if England are playing as they have the good sense to shut the doors before it gets too over crowded so you get a good atmosphere without having to hold your drink with your teeth due to overcrowding.
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Nice pub,friendly people and staff. Landlady is great even though she does like pinching people. Good place to start your night. Probably the best of the pubs in the high st.
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This pub has been elected to the 2007 Good Beer Guide, but i'm not entirely happy with it.
There are better pubs in Sutton, three good Young's pubs and a good Fullers, but apart from Wetherspoons there is little other choice in this area.
What Sutton could do with is a good free house.
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Generally good helpful staff. Good beer. I wouldn't go out of my way to get here, but better than most in Sutton main high street.
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anybody who thinks this is "the best pub in sutton" needs to try setting foot outside the confines of the high street,its a barn with beer like so many others in the high street.Try exploring a bit!
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The best place in Sutton - its not hard - probably the only place of note to drink in the area. Great when you get off the train on a friday night for a quick one before home and they serve Speckled Hen on tap so it gets an extra poitn or two from me :) Never eaten here but the food looks good enough (if they could mix the great food of the Cock and Bull http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/16/160/Cock_and_Bull/Sutton
with the excellent beer and great antmosphere here there would really be not other place worth goin in sutton). A fantastic no nonsense pub, friendly, no idiots, just people having a drink.
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Quality boozer in Sutton. Can never convince the staff to give us a lock in, the landlady always has a go at me for ordering my drink before the wife's and she twists my nipples whenever she can! Very friendly, well worth a visit.
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This is a good pub. Have discovered it recently, and popped in a few times, usually only during the day. Nice pub though, does a nice pint of Carling, always seems popular. The food looks good, even if I've never tried it.
Can be a bit "Old Man-ish" but that is because I have only popped in during the day. I think it has a better age range in evenings. Given it an 8.
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What a great pub this is. Music isn't too loud so you can actually have a comprehensible conversation with your mates. One of the offers is buy 2 glasses of wine, get the bottle free - an excellent idea.
Highly recommend the Old Bank.
Briony - 4 Nov 2004 13:31 |
always enjoy drinking in the Bank,and can only endorse the positive comments here. Best pub in Sutton. I know that isn't hard, but proud to say the Bank is my new local.
MATTHEW - 24 Jul 2004 09:20 |
It's best to leave the ego at the door here as the bar staff epsecially gayle will bring you back down to earth with a hell of a bump if you brng an attitude. Best pub in Sutton for precisely that reason, there's no posers or assholes to be seen.
anonymous - 16 May 2004 18:27 |
Great regulars. On the very rare occasion there is trouble, Felix will sort it. If they improved the ventilation and made it less smokey it would be even better. Friendly, relaxed, mature.
Robert - 13 May 2004 20:16 |
Great pub, bar staff very friendly once you get past the innate sarcasm, and Gayle makes a wonderful surrogate mum for us all. Only problem is the air conditioning - seems they've taken the "it's a bit smoky" criticism a step too far and now have industrial fans blowing cold air down on to the bar - can make for a very chilly evening sometimes so wrap up warm!
Humanbean - 6 May 2004 16:03 |
I like this bar - one of the best in Sutton. Doesn't seem to attract any yobs. Nice place to have a drink and chat!
Jo - 15 Mar 2004 15:39 |
There's plenty of females behind the bar these days and all pleasing on the eye although for some it seems that the sight of 1664 is more appealing. new girl started recently, very nice.
anonymous - 6 Feb 2004 12:23 |
there's some people that talk about this pub that don't really have a clue. To sum it up the staff are friendly, the beer is good, there are that many idiots left drinking in there and you get respect if you give respect.
youwouldlike2know - 2 Feb 2004 02:02 |
You do get the good days where there are more female bar staff than male .
But it doesn't matter either way as long as the 1664 keeps coming
Peter - 30 Jan 2004 13:13 |
Evening folks.
Jack is now running The Gate. Don't ask me the address, I don't know. It's London somewhere...East End, I think.
Surprised there's not more comments considering I've been away from here so long.
Question: Do you think the lack of female barstaff makes the pub look gay?
Some people think the lack of breasts behind the bar turns it into a gay bar...twats that they are.
Please note that I'm not the only one posting as "The Barman". If you got a problem with something TB says, ask me and I'll let you know if it was me or not.
Shouts to Bald Andy and his Chinese friends and Jamie who got broken tonight - who can't take his shots!!? ;)
The Real Barman :)
The Barman - 9 Jan 2004 03:38 |
Wnt there when it opened long time ago, wasn't it Bertie Belchers by David Bruce. Beer was good.
Glenn and Harry, only Hacker Pschorr I know is the Hole in the Wall at Waterloo (just under £3).
Tim V - 16 Oct 2003 19:11 |
Good news is the Bank re-opens on Wednesday after being redecorated they have even put a telly down the front end of the pub .
Peter - 7 Oct 2003 12:36 |
Gent's bogs are in a terrible state at the moment. Both doors busted, dried shit over the floors etc. Shame. Used to be a nice place to have a dump!
Steve - 10 Sep 2003 19:14 |
Stella good too, but I agree, Hacker is a must
glenn - 29 Aug 2003 15:38 |
Or Tennants Extra would be superb
Britishbeef71 - 29 Aug 2003 13:26 |
Tell the landlady your a Sunderland fan and you'll be her favourite customer.
anonymous - 29 Aug 2003 11:11 |
kronenbourg good but any chance of hacker on draught?
Harry - 28 Aug 2003 15:32 |
Not bad nowadays, no more duelling banjos due to the baring policy (Tony Mc, Gas etc, mind you they still let Cyril in) Speckled hen for real men, London pride for pussies
Kev - 25 Aug 2003 17:09 |
see I was correct there are new Woman behind the bar.
slap cyril appreciation society - 4 Aug 2003 15:22 |
Actually, it's happened now so for those who don't know, Jack has moved on to greener pastures. No more eye candy for you lot.
The Barman - 3 Aug 2003 21:00 |
I know the Old bank will be brought by a russian billionaire at the end of the month who will recruit every other barman/woman in the area leaving all the other pubs with no staff causing them to close and will then rename the pub The Bankski. Or could it be that the music will actually be turned up so it's not like listening to someone elses personal stereo.
Mr whoja nicka bollockof - 24 Jul 2003 11:05 |
I can't believe you want "The Barman" to go. What would you do without him. Sad news at the end of the month ? Whatever could you mean ? Will this change the face of the pub as we know it ? Thanks for the smiley. D
anonymous - 23 Jul 2003 11:33 |
I know they'll be yet another new girl behind the bar who gets interogated by Cyril.
slap cyril appreciation society - 18 Jul 2003 09:53 |
Jeez, you really don't get the humour thing, do you? I'm not out to offend so I'll keep it simple in future.
I'm not leaving. Sorry. Nor am I telling. Wait and see.
And 'D', you get a smiley: ;)
Roll on Wednesday...
The Barman - 17 Jul 2003 01:47 |
I know, at the end of the month the decking area will close and the patrons wil no longer have a stunning view of platform 1, or the back of the news agents. Or maybe the house doubles will go and that superior house vodka will no longer be available.
Get Hacker in the bank society. - 15 Jul 2003 14:01 |
Not a lot is what I would guess. But with a bit of luck 'The Barman' is going to leave and give us all some peace.
Have a guess - 14 Jul 2003 13:38 |
Go on then...what's happening at the end of the month?
Steve - 13 Jul 2003 16:24 |
It's a terrible thing when sarcasm goes to waste... I would "Have a guess", but the inability to spell, use punctuation or grasp simple concepts like humour don't even begin to narrow it down. It could be any of our customers :p
Slightly more relevant: lots of people are going to be unhappy come the end of the month.
The Barman - 13 Jul 2003 11:14 |
To the BARMAN below Pubs do have late licences - time you got in to the 21st centuary!! As for not wanting 'drunken tarts' in the pub well you serve the beer so if you don't want drunk women in the pub well don't serve people who are drunk then, doh. Go join a gay bar then if you don't want drunken women coming in.
Have a guess - 4 Jul 2003 15:41 |
Hey, yeah, Laura back at work? She's in San Francisco, according to the last postcard we received...
Oh, and Emma has left (someone asked that ages ago).
In the meantime, what's wrong with flicking your ash on the floor? Everyone else does!
And no, we don't want a late license. We're a PUB! Not some late night drinking venue where you can find drunken tarts and horny, desperate barstaff....oh, hang on....
The Barman - 4 Jun 2003 00:20 |
BRILLIANT. GOOD BEER, FOOTBALL ALWAYS ON, NICE BIG BAR, RIGHT NEXT TO STATION. JUST THE TICKET.
Matt - 23 May 2003 16:34 |
Best pub in Sutton. Great to see Laura back at work. We've all missed her!
Paul - 4 May 2003 04:20 |
My favourite pub in Sutton, with a warm, friendly atmosphere and nice bar staff. My only complaint would be that for some reason they are obsessed with taking your ash tray away from you before you've finished drinking at the end of the night which means that you have to flick your ash on the floor - seems pointless to me?! I also think they should apply for a later licence!
Jennie - 30 Apr 2003 12:37 |
this pub is the best one on sutton high street the people are fab and the staff are friendly and you should go in when jacks working and when felix is aswell last thing just want to say hi to gail, richard, jack and felix
joanne - 30 Apr 2003 12:05 |
if you want a good "laugh". The tables by the windows are best. Normally inhabited by kays appreciation society.. Although my personal favourite is Gerri. I think she's Jacks Mum. LUCKY Jack!
toby - 18 Apr 2003 09:02 |
Best pub in Sutton. Good food, great beer, great service, all the staff are friendly and seem to enjoy working there. And if you fancy somrthing nice to look at while you're there, try and go on a night when Jack's working!
Sarah - 9 Apr 2003 17:07 |
its serves the best kronenbourg in sutton,good atmosphere,big screen,and my womens son works there!
martin - 28 Mar 2003 09:27 |
I heard the same as psyduck - though that was after I went due to the listing in Time Out!!
Might not be a gay pub, but is gay friendly.
The pub itself is OK (just OK) - seems a bit soul less to me. May be its just me but I always think it'll be better han it actually is - possibly it suffers from being right next to the station in that aspect (though I'm sure the station provides heaps of trade).
Jonno - 7 Mar 2003 15:58 |
The gay rumour started because the then editor of time out magazine got barred while shouting "you can't bar me - I'm the editor of time out" the next week it started appearing in time out in the gay listing. It is not and has never been a gay bar
psyduck - 6 Mar 2003 20:50 |
The name Old Bank comes from the premises being an ex-bank
Peter - 3 Mar 2003 13:31 |
Reasonable pub, quite busy even on a Weds, was smokey despite new air-con. Didn't appear very gay friendly to me - I wouldn't take a boyfriend there.
Rob - 19 Dec 2002 16:02 |
Cracking pub. Toilets sometimes a bit broken but generally servicable. New decked area outside shows promise (only open for a few weeks of this summer). Good atmosphere (although tables around front door usually best avoided). Probably the best all-round pub on the High Street. It has never had karaoke though. It is smokey, but no more smokey than any other pub. Unsure if it's a big gay club, but certainly anyone is welcome - there's a good mix of ages/race etc. Few teenagers though, which either is or isn't a bonus ;)
Steve - 22 Nov 2002 16:51 |
I work here. Firstly, we've never had karaoke. The music is always low enough that you can talk without shouting. Secondly, the air-cons work now so it's not as smokey as it used to be. Thirdly, as for 'gay-friendly', we're 'everyone-friendly'.
The barman - 4 Oct 2002 23:59 |
Had no idea this pub had a gay undercurrent. But usually can't see further than a few feet due the thick smoke which seems to be ever-present. It's the first pub you hit coming out of the station so it can't really fail, can it?
mike - 23 Aug 2002 14:23 |
karaoke on a Thursday night. Bar maid has nice tits but is a little dim. Nice crowd in there (a few of the men are a little too friendly, but not with me)
Barry Pollard - 4 Jul 2002 18:56 |
Lovely atmosphere, beautiful decor, and probably the only gay-friendly pub in Sutton.
Cal Mitchell - 4 Jul 2002 13:57 |
