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Nice, friendly & a decent pint of Guinness.
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My first visit to this pub last night. What a great pub! Friendly staff and punters, decent beer and the best live band on the circuit. Take my advice, if you get the chance, go and see the Rhythm Pigs.
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The world's last proper pub now the "Tumbly" has been murdered.
Beer is horrible but the atmosphere is good. Unusually for pubs these days you are actively encouraged to enjoy yourself whilst on the premises. Rapidly becoming a favourite of mine.
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Rather more adventurous on the beer front than previously. Ringwood Bitter, Sharpes Doombar and Wychwood Hobgoblin all in decent condition. Old Rosie cider was also available and dangerously drinkable.
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First time I've been here this century! Stopped during a rainy bike-ride. Nice welcome from the landlord & Landlady, who were very chatty. Nice dog, and the locals very friendly as well; A PROPER PUB!!!
Doom Bar in great nick, at £2.55 pint. Plenty of food on offer. Must be a good place to miss a train....
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Missed my train, so popped in for a pint......... what a great "PUB" which also has live music. The staff are very friendly as are the locals. Do not expect plush .. but do expect to feel comfortable (My other half is happy to visit alone), very few of these old victorian station pubs left.This pub is now our local, although we have to use the bikes as wheeled zimmer frames in order to get back home. If you get stuck at North Camp Station drop in, don't be put off by the motorcycles or long haired customers .......... not what you expect. Oh well back on the cycle for another hangover!!
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Lively pub with very friendly staff. Extremely biker friendly. Used by the 3B's motorcycle club as their club meeting pub, which means that the beer has to be good!
Good selection of ales, food is good, the beer garden is great for kids with a super little play area.
Skittle alley/private function room out the back too, which is great for parties.
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Popped in there after missing our train to Guildford and we were pleasantly surprised by the friendly barman, great ales selection and warm welcoming atmosphere. Shame we had to meet people in Guildford otherwise we would have stayed there all night.
Worth missing a train for.
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Had a great Friday night up there, music and Ales were great, atmosphere was excellent - even had it's own Husky (though didn't meet the eskimo though)!
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Lively independant local pub, very friendly locals who know how to enjoy themselves,
Have great live bands there every friday. Was there yesterday and saw a great band called The Casinos. Just a little 3 piece, but they sounded fantastic and played a few Wilko Johnson and Dr Feelgood numbers.
Pubrock lives!
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the old ford is a great place to visit. it has a wide variety of drinks to suit everyone. the beer garden is closed at the moment but ive heard it should be up and going in time for the summer. the locals are very friendly and so are the staff.
The bands they play are good and suit a variety of tastes and are on every friday. The function room is for hire for any occasion and food is served if asked for.
although if you drive to the pub it can be a bit difficult to find, but the train station is next door which goes to reading or guildford.
overall i think this is a superlittle pub!
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Does live music on a Friday, some good bands especially an outfit called Listen With Mother, who are there later this month I think.
We were in last weekend, very nice pint of TEA indeed. The pub has dropped Pride now, spoke to the landlady and she greed with me that something strange has happenned to Pride, it just tastes pretty crap recently - wherever you go! Rumour is that whilst the pies will stay, the food will be run down to accommodate the government's "smoking and eating in public places" directive. God I love this government - come the revolution......
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Very handy place to have a pub - just next to the station, this place has some very interesting decorations inside. Seems like a true british pub, lots of ales to buy
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Do the Old Ford and somewhere like Yates actually exist in the same world? Not that I'm knocking chain pubs, but this is the kind of pub we could see more of - one with a bit of character rather than profit maximisation being the sole goal. The beer seems alright to me, maybe it has got better since mally last came here
Will2 - 24 Oct 2005 14:52 |
As an regular vistor to this traditional pub I am concerned at the direction it is heading. Always known for it's real ale my last visit found the Hogs Back Tea "off". I decided to try a London pride instead and what I got amounted to one of the most insipid pints of real ale I've ever had the misfortune to be served. And the price was £2.55 too!
I know the pub has had a series of managers and I don't think the care and attention is there at the moment. Evenm the excellent beer garden is starting to resemble the amazon jungle.
Let's hope this is a blip, as the world needs the Old Ford in its former glory! I won't give up though I'll try again and let you know how things are going.
mally - 16 May 2005 13:04 |
This is a proper pub of which there aren't too many left. Always a good atmosphere and the ale is always in good condition. Definitely worth a visit!
Duncan Brion - 18 Nov 2004 17:42 |
cracking little pub now, every time i go back to farnborough i make a call here, my wife likes the place too, in the summer you can sit in the large beer garden, take mosquito spray though
tim - 25 Jul 2004 22:57 |
After seeing the remarks from those who went before I thought that I would check out the Old Ford last night (been there before, but not for 5 years or so). Really good service and some decent, very quaffable ale. Nice place, well worth a visit. Thanks for the advice chaps!
Pete - 25 Mar 2004 11:16 |
The Old Ford is (appropriately!) home base for a Land Rover owners club. Meeting every third Monday of each month, the club chose the pub for its friendly atmosphere, great location, excellent guest beers, and (based on 'don't drink and drive') excellent rail connections: both North Camp AND Ash Vale stations being within easy walking distance.
Richard Seddon - 15 Mar 2004 10:57 |
Another pub i used to pop into oocasionly when living in Farnborough bit of a trek from the town centre though, but used to do good real ale.
thomas - 10 Feb 2004 13:49 |
Having just reopened the Old Ford remains relatively quiet due to its out-of-the-way location, but is still a lovely pub. The new licensees are working hard to attract new customers, and a regular quiz night is now running.
At £1 a pop the pool table is a little expensive, but this is one of few pubs which possesses a jukebox with decent tunes and where the Sky Sports TVs are not the central feature. Well worth a look.
Jason Holdcroft - 10 Jan 2004 17:28 |
