Fulham Broadway station query
 

This week, I used Fulham Broadway station for the first time in a
while, and I was reminded that the exits for the platforms are halfway
along, forcing you to walk through the new shopping centre they've
built next door.

In the original station, the building was on the other side of the
train shed. The listed building is still there, and now acts as an
eating/drinking court. Quite a few original features remain, such as
the old booking office windows, which now serve rather expensive
drinks (expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre).

https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/albums/72157676441818868

But I've not worked out where the original platform exits were. Were
they, as I assume, nearer the road, so it was a shorter walk to exit
the station, with no requirement to walk past a load of shops?

Fulham Broadway station query
 

In message , at 14:22:43 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!
--
Roland Perry

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 15:29:50 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 14:22:43 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

Fulham Broadway station query
 

In message , at 15:51:48 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?
--
Roland Perry

Fulham Broadway station query
 

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:51:48 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

Fulham Broadway, as I said. I hope I'm remembering the prices right, but
I'm sure a round of three beers got ample change from a tenner at the
'spoons, but three pints cost around £20 in the arcade.

Fulham Broadway station query
 

In message , at 21:23:01 on Fri, 7 Dec 2018,
Recliner remarked:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:51:48 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

Fulham Broadway, as I said. I hope I'm remembering the prices right, but
I'm sure a round of three beers got ample change from a tenner at the
'spoons, but three pints cost around £20 in the arcade.

It's dead, Jim.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...spoon-pubs-in-
london-are-shutting-down-a3253666.html
--
Roland Perry

Fulham Broadway station query
 

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:23:01 on Fri, 7 Dec 2018,
Recliner remarked:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:51:48 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

Fulham Broadway, as I said. I hope I'm remembering the prices right, but
I'm sure a round of three beers got ample change from a tenner at the
'spoons, but three pints cost around £20 in the arcade.

It's dead, Jim.

Except that it's not. As usual, you need to do better research before
making definitive, but completely misinformed, statements like that.


https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...spoon-pubs-in-
london-are-shutting-down-a3253666.html

That was then and this is now. I can assure that the Oyster Rooms is a
huge, busy pub with about ten draught beers and ciders on tap.

I'm sure you'd love Tim Martin's Brexit posters, too.

Fulham Broadway station query
 

In message , at 22:14:37 on Fri, 7 Dec 2018,
Recliner remarked:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:23:01 on Fri, 7 Dec 2018,
Recliner remarked:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:51:48 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

Fulham Broadway, as I said. I hope I'm remembering the prices right, but
I'm sure a round of three beers got ample change from a tenner at the
'spoons, but three pints cost around £20 in the arcade.

It's dead, Jim.

Except that it's not. As usual, you need to do better research before
making definitive, but completely misinformed, statements like that.

You aren't so much misinformed, as jumping to conclusions. I did use the
Wetherspoons site: https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs
because I was wondering if it might have price lists for each pub, to
check out your £2/pint in the Wetherspoons claim.

Nothing showing for Fulham, so I did some more research, and discovered
a couple of reports it was closing (as a Wetherspoons).

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...spoon-pubs-in-
london-are-shutting-down-a3253666.html

That was then and this is now. I can assure that the Oyster Rooms is a
huge, busy pub with about ten draught beers and ciders on tap.

OK, so it was either reprieved, or hasn't found a buyer yet.
--
Roland Perry

Fulham Broadway station query
 

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 22:14:37 on Fri, 7 Dec 2018,
Recliner remarked:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:23:01 on Fri, 7 Dec 2018,
Recliner remarked:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:51:48 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

Fulham Broadway, as I said. I hope I'm remembering the prices right, but
I'm sure a round of three beers got ample change from a tenner at the
'spoons, but three pints cost around £20 in the arcade.

It's dead, Jim.

Except that it's not. As usual, you need to do better research before
making definitive, but completely misinformed, statements like that.

You aren't so much misinformed, as jumping to conclusions. I did use the
Wetherspoons site: https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs
because I was wondering if it might have price lists for each pub, to
check out your £2/pint in the Wetherspoons claim.

Nothing showing for Fulham, so I did some more research, and discovered
a couple of reports it was closing (as a Wetherspoons).

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...spoon-pubs-in-
london-are-shutting-down-a3253666.html

That was then and this is now. I can assure that the Oyster Rooms is a
huge, busy pub with about ten draught beers and ciders on tap.

OK, so it was either reprieved, or hasn't found a buyer yet.

Neither.

You really need to improve your Googling skills. And read the posts you're
responding to properly.

Fulham Broadway station query
 

In message , at 08:27:01 on Sun, 9 Dec 2018,
Recliner remarked:
expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

Fulham Broadway, as I said. I hope I'm remembering the prices right, but
I'm sure a round of three beers got ample change from a tenner at the
'spoons, but three pints cost around £20 in the arcade.

It's dead, Jim.

Except that it's not. As usual, you need to do better research before
making definitive, but completely misinformed, statements like that.

You aren't so much misinformed, as jumping to conclusions. I did use the
Wetherspoons site: https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs
because I was wondering if it might have price lists for each pub, to
check out your £2/pint in the Wetherspoons claim.

Nothing showing for Fulham, so I did some more research, and discovered
a couple of reports it was closing (as a Wetherspoons).

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...spoon-pubs-in-
london-are-shutting-down-a3253666.html

That was then and this is now. I can assure that the Oyster Rooms is a
huge, busy pub with about ten draught beers and ciders on tap.

OK, so it was either reprieved, or hasn't found a buyer yet.

Neither.

Too much trouble to say what's actually happened, is it?

--
Roland Perry

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On 07/12/2018 17:10, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:51:48 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

My local Spoons in suburban south London often has at least some
sub-GBP3 pints - I've seen a beer at near enough half the price the
nearby "nice" pub was charging for it - and I saw a sub-GBP2 one
recently (probably in Croydon or South Norwood).


I had a look at the new St Pancras one the other day. GBP4...
--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

Fulham Broadway station query
 

Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 07/12/2018 17:10, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:51:48 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

My local Spoons in suburban south London often has at least some
sub-GBP3 pints - I've seen a beer at near enough half the price the
nearby "nice" pub was charging for it - and I saw a sub-GBP2 one
recently (probably in Croydon or South Norwood).


I had a look at the new St Pancras one the other day. GBP4...

Yes, their prices are very location-dependent, but usually much lower than
the local competition.

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On 09/12/2018 16:53, Recliner wrote:
Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 07/12/2018 17:10, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:51:48 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

My local Spoons in suburban south London often has at least some
sub-GBP3 pints - I've seen a beer at near enough half the price the
nearby "nice" pub was charging for it - and I saw a sub-GBP2 one
recently (probably in Croydon or South Norwood).


I had a look at the new St Pancras one the other day. GBP4...

Yes, their prices are very location-dependent, but usually much lower than
the local competition.

Why? Are they awful?

--
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Mallinder. Stereolab. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel. Steve Mackay. Steve
Mason. Steve Reich. Steve Wynn. Stiff Little Fingers. Stonephace. Stump.
Sub Sub. Subway Sect. Suede. Sufjan Stevens. Sugar. Suicidal Tendencies.
Suicide. Sun City Girls & David Oliphant. Sun Ra. Sunday Painters.
Swans. Sweet Baboo. Swell Maps. Swing Out Sister. Swollen Monkeys. Syd
Barrett. Sylvan Esso.

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On 09/12/2018 18:26, Basil Jet wrote:
On 09/12/2018 16:53, Recliner wrote:
Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 07/12/2018 17:10, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:51:48 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

My local Spoons in suburban south London often has at least some
sub-GBP3 pints - I've seen a beer at near enough half the price the
nearby "nice" pub was charging for it - and I saw a sub-GBP2 one
recently (probably in Croydon or South Norwood).


I had a look at the new St Pancras one the other day. GBP4...

Yes, their prices are very location-dependent, but usually much lower
than
the local competition.

Why? Are they awful?


Their USP is cheap beer and food.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read.

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 18:41:39 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote:

On 09/12/2018 18:26, Basil Jet wrote:
On 09/12/2018 16:53, Recliner wrote:
Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 07/12/2018 17:10, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:51:48 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

My local Spoons in suburban south London often has at least some
sub-GBP3 pints - I've seen a beer at near enough half the price the
nearby "nice" pub was charging for it - and I saw a sub-GBP2 one
recently (probably in Croydon or South Norwood).


I had a look at the new St Pancras one the other day. GBP4...

Yes, their prices are very location-dependent, but usually much lower
than the local competition.

Why? Are they awful?


Their USP is cheap beer and food.

Along with no loud music and a choice of real ales. I like them, as do
many others.

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On 09/12/2018 21:28, Recliner wrote:
On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 18:41:39 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote:

On 09/12/2018 18:26, Basil Jet wrote:
On 09/12/2018 16:53, Recliner wrote:
Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 07/12/2018 17:10, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:51:48 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

My local Spoons in suburban south London often has at least some
sub-GBP3 pints - I've seen a beer at near enough half the price the
nearby "nice" pub was charging for it - and I saw a sub-GBP2 one
recently (probably in Croydon or South Norwood).


I had a look at the new St Pancras one the other day. GBP4...

Yes, their prices are very location-dependent, but usually much lower
than the local competition.

Why? Are they awful?


Their USP is cheap beer and food.

Along with no loud music and a choice of real ales. I like them, as do
many others.


Depends, some are very good, others have got very tatty and are often
understaffed.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read.

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 21:48:24 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote:

On 09/12/2018 21:28, Recliner wrote:
On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 18:41:39 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote:

On 09/12/2018 18:26, Basil Jet wrote:
On 09/12/2018 16:53, Recliner wrote:
Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 07/12/2018 17:10, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:51:48 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

My local Spoons in suburban south London often has at least some
sub-GBP3 pints - I've seen a beer at near enough half the price the
nearby "nice" pub was charging for it - and I saw a sub-GBP2 one
recently (probably in Croydon or South Norwood).


I had a look at the new St Pancras one the other day. GBP4...

Yes, their prices are very location-dependent, but usually much lower
than the local competition.

Why? Are they awful?


Their USP is cheap beer and food.

Along with no loud music and a choice of real ales. I like them, as do
many others.


Depends, some are very good, others have got very tatty and are often
understaffed.

Yes, they can be slow to clear away empty glasses, dirty plates, etc.

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 02:22:43PM +0000, Recliner wrote:

the old booking office windows, which now serve rather expensive
drinks (expect to pay over ?6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre).

For different beers, of course. It is of course outrageous that
different products have different prices.

--
David Cantrell | Hero of the Information Age

[OS X] appeals to me as a monk, a user, a compiler-of-apps, a
sometime coder, and an easily amused primate with a penchant
for those that are pretty, colorful, and make nice noises.
-- Dan Birchall, in The Monastery

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 09:48:24PM +0000, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 09/12/2018 21:28, Recliner wrote:
Along with no loud music and a choice of real ales. I like them, as do
many others.
Depends, some are very good, others have got very tatty and are often
understaffed.

So Wetherspoons pubs are like other pubs then.

--
David Cantrell | top google result for "topless karaoke murders"

European immigration: making Britain great since AD43

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On 10/12/2018 10:23, David Cantrell wrote:
On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 09:48:24PM +0000, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 09/12/2018 21:28, Recliner wrote:
Along with no loud music and a choice of real ales. I like them, as do
many others.
Depends, some are very good, others have got very tatty and are often
understaffed.

So Wetherspoons pubs are like other pubs then.


There are more consistent chains.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read.

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:20:33 +0000, David Cantrell
wrote:

On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 02:22:43PM +0000, Recliner wrote:

the old booking office windows, which now serve rather expensive
drinks (expect to pay over ?6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre).

For different beers, of course. It is of course outrageous that
different products have different prices.

Even in Wetherspoons, not all beers are the same price.

But the most expensive real ale in the current Fulham Broadway station
Wetherspoons is around half the price of the cheapest beer in the bar
in the old Fulham Broadway station next door. I didn't check if
there's any overlap in the beers they sell.

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On Friday, 7 December 2018 14:22:48 UTC, Recliner wrote:
This week, I used Fulham Broadway station for the first time in a
while, and I was reminded that the exits for the platforms are halfway
along, forcing you to walk through the new shopping centre they've
built next door.

In the original station, the building was on the other side of the
train shed. The listed building is still there, and now acts as an
eating/drinking court. Quite a few original features remain, such as
the old booking office windows, which now serve rather expensive
drinks (expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre).

https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/albums/72157676441818868

But I've not worked out where the original platform exits were. Were
they, as I assume, nearer the road, so it was a shorter walk to exit
the station, with no requirement to walk past a load of shops?

The platform exits were reached via the staircase at the western end of the station. This lead you into the old ticket hall and you would arrive at the street through what is now the food outlet you referred to.

Fulham Broadway station query
 

upinthesky wrote:
On Friday, 7 December 2018 14:22:48 UTC, Recliner wrote:
This week, I used Fulham Broadway station for the first time in a
while, and I was reminded that the exits for the platforms are halfway
along, forcing you to walk through the new shopping centre they've
built next door.

In the original station, the building was on the other side of the
train shed. The listed building is still there, and now acts as an
eating/drinking court. Quite a few original features remain, such as
the old booking office windows, which now serve rather expensive
drinks (expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre).

https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/albums/72157676441818868

But I've not worked out where the original platform exits were. Were
they, as I assume, nearer the road, so it was a shorter walk to exit
the station, with no requirement to walk past a load of shops?

The platform exits were reached via the staircase at the western end of
the station. This lead you into the old ticket hall and you would arrive
at the street through what is now the food outlet you referred to.


Yes, I did wonder if what is now just a footbridge was previously connected
to the old station, but couldn't see any sealed-off doorway.

There's also an old street exit still visible, which looks like it's still
in part-time use (maybe on match days?). That looks like it bypassed the
old booking hall:

https://goo.gl/images/NnqnyZ

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On Friday, 7 December 2018 14:22:48 UTC, Recliner wrote:
This week, I used Fulham Broadway station for the first time in a
while, and I was reminded that the exits for the platforms are halfway
along, forcing you to walk through the new shopping centre they've
built next door.

In the original station, the building was on the other side of the
train shed. The listed building is still there, and now acts as an
eating/drinking court. Quite a few original features remain, such as
the old booking office windows, which now serve rather expensive
drinks (expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre).

https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/albums/72157676441818868

But I've not worked out where the original platform exits were. Were
they, as I assume, nearer the road, so it was a shorter walk to exit
the station, with no requirement to walk past a load of shops?

The old entrances and exits are no longer used, even on match days.
On match days the doors at the East end of the station are opened. This takes the football crowd via the shopping centre car park into the Fulham road..

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On 09/12/2018 18:26, Basil Jet wrote:
On 09/12/2018 16:53, Recliner wrote:
Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 07/12/2018 17:10, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:51:48 on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

My local Spoons in suburban south London often has at least some
sub-GBP3 pints - I've seen a beer at near enough half the price the
nearby "nice" pub was charging for it - and I saw a sub-GBP2 one
recently (probably in Croydon or South Norwood).


I had a look at the new St Pancras one the other day. GBP4...

Yes, their prices are very location-dependent, but usually much lower
than
the local competition.

Why? Are they awful?

Variable. My definition of a crap place is that the only entry in the
GBG is a Spoons.

That one with staff wearing bodycams and drug dealers in the bogs is
very different to the one in a converted opera house.

For all their faults, they do have a minimum standard, and they do
reliably serve something resembling hot food without all the "FOOD
SERVED ALL DAY!!! [but not after 1pm or at weekends]" hassle of "proper"
pubs.

(all real ales at The George in Croydon are currently under GBP3)
--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

Fulham Broadway station query
 

On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 00:05:51 GMT, Arthur Figgis
wrote:

On 09/12/2018 18:26, Basil Jet wrote:
On 09/12/2018 16:53, Recliner wrote:
Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 07/12/2018 17:10, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
15:51:48 on Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner
remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode
please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under
£3.

When and where?

My local Spoons in suburban south London often has at least some
sub-GBP3 pints - I've seen a beer at near enough half the price the
nearby "nice" pub was charging for it - and I saw a sub-GBP2 one
recently (probably in Croydon or South Norwood).


I had a look at the new St Pancras one the other day. GBP4...

Yes, their prices are very location-dependent, but usually much
lower than
the local competition.

Why? Are they awful?

Variable. My definition of a crap place is that the only entry in the
GBG is a Spoons.

That one with staff wearing bodycams and drug dealers in the bogs is
very different to the one in a converted opera house.

For all their faults, they do have a minimum standard, and they do
reliably serve something resembling hot food without all the "FOOD
SERVED ALL DAY!!! [but not after 1pm or at weekends]" hassle of
"proper" pubs.

(all real ales at The George in Croydon are currently under GBP3)

South Wales prices are typically £2.15pp. Port Talbot maybe £1.89 still.

Airport/NEC 'spoon prices are always higher.

--
Bah, and indeed, Humbug.

Fulham Broadway station query
 

"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
...
On 09/12/2018 18:26, Basil Jet wrote:
On 09/12/2018 16:53, Recliner wrote:
Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 07/12/2018 17:10, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:51:48
on
Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Recliner remarked:

expect to pay over £6 a pint, around three times the price in
the Wetherspoons in the new shopping centre

There's a Wetherspoons selling beer at £2/pint? Postcode please!

Their beers start at just under £2, and I think all were under £3.

When and where?

My local Spoons in suburban south London often has at least some
sub-GBP3 pints - I've seen a beer at near enough half the price the
nearby "nice" pub was charging for it - and I saw a sub-GBP2 one
recently (probably in Croydon or South Norwood).


I had a look at the new St Pancras one the other day. GBP4...

Yes, their prices are very location-dependent, but usually much lower
than
the local competition.

Why? Are they awful?


Their USP is cheap beer and food.

and the cheapness often shows up in the food

you have to know the menu to avoid the crap offerings

tim