Mid evening visit. Bit of a noise box. Not easy to relax here.

Early evening crowds are beginning to dissipate and I find a table in the smallest of the three rooms.

Jam-packed full to the rafters in here.

Late afternoon not as busy as I was expecting. We found a table by the fire in the saloon bar.

This is a fine old pub – not many around with three separate bars to choose between. Unfortunately, loads of people know what a good pub it is and even on a Tuesday evening it was uncomfortable crowded.

Evening. First visit for years to a place which used to be a regular haunt when it was just a street corner local. Now much affected by gentrification which is reflected in the £4.50 pint.

I was feeling quite flush tonight so came in here – it’s still £4:70 a pint for the stronger beers. Very nice place though, and busy too on a Monday evening.

11:30 First stop on a South London pub crawl. We were the first customers and having the pick of the pub chose to sit in the left hand bar. My first visit here for many years, changed a bit, but still has a good traditional back street local feel.

Friday evening, loads of drinkers on the pavement and road but room inside. We found a table and had some Thai nibbles to keep us going. It was D-Day celebrations and they had three D-Day beer recipes. It would be silly to have drunk anything else.

I’ve been hearing lot of good things about this pub lately, including thebrewingman’s report below. Great beer line up tonight and quite busy. But... No price was mentioned for my pint, so I handed over a £5 note and was surprised to see just 30p given as change – short measure too. The barman had gone to serve in the other bar and it took ages to attract his attention back to say I thought he had made a mistake with my change. No, he confirmed, it’s £4:70 a pint. I think that pubs have a moral obligation, if not a legal one, to make that sort of pricing clearer to customers. Despite other tempting beers on the bar, I decided in the circumstances that one was enough.