Quote Originally Posted by Heathblue View Post
We did have a spell of using the Birch but not so much now, gone back to the Arches as the go to pub, they don't even hide the funny business in the Birch The potters was lively I remember it opening, a guy called Alex was the original Landlord, just about all the local hoodlums made it their base but the boozers stayed with the Rompney and Brains Daaaaaarrrrk.
The Arches is more of a food place now, isn't it? Remember the three separate Bars? Top end for the coffin dodgers, middle for the thirties-forties. and the end bar for all the loonies from the estate