The Newport Inn, Braishfield

On a Saturday night, be prepared to enter a time warp. Something happens here that you would have been mildly surprised to see as late as about 1965. It was a privelege to experience it but even more so for my grown up children. The atmosphere was authentic (real locals only - apart from us) and wonderful. Be prepared to sing along to old music hall tunes played by a wonderful (70 year old?) lady on the piano. Everyone knows the words and sings along with gusto. To rate this pub as 10 out of 10 is not doing it justice. It's in a special class of its own, as places like this just do not exist any more. I just wished I could have bottled the experience and taken it home.

21 Aug 2006 09:45