Stratford
Ye
Olde Black Bull
13, Broadway, Stratford, London, E15 4BQ
Date of Visit : 25th August 2005
Approx. Time of Visit: 5.45 pm
Route Used: DLR from Canary Wharf
Distance Traveled : 4.06 miles
Guests: None
Clientele: Locals and students
Pub Number : 070
| Beer |
Cost |
Comments |
| Guinness | £2.40 | |
| Foster's | £2.24 |
| Characteristics | Rating | Comments |
| Ambience |
|
All comers welcome, chatty atmosphere |
| Facilities |  |
– 2 x TVs, 1 x fruity. Juke Box and a classic arcade machine |
| Ladies |  |
50% of a busy pub were women, 50 % of whom were lookers. Not bad stats! |
| OVERALL |  |
Run-down and ramshackle but welcoming |
On
leaving work we mentioned to a colleague our triple choice of pubs for the
evening and all he could muster was “it’s been nice knowing you!”.
We took a right out of the station and followed the main road around to
the junction where we turned left (our route back showed us that we could have
simply cut through the Stratford Shopping Centre).
Today was GSCE results day and we were hoping for expecting to
find the pubs swamped with young women clutching certificates in one hand and
glasses of cheap wine in the other.
On first glance in Ye Olde Black Bull it appeared we would be lucky until
a quick age check showed that the main clientele were actually university
students.
The pub was adorned in a plethora of fake fern trees and there was a very
greasy spoon style kitchen (sadly closed) on show in the corner of the pub.
A student filly mimicked the resident local builders with her show of
arse-crack but it was not enough to entice us for a second pint of cheap beer.
Destiny and Mile End beckoned…
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