tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post5414631750091005335..comments2024-03-25T07:15:16.752+00:00Comments on white rabbit: Becky's Dive Barwhite rabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-6898903792828978292020-12-24T01:03:57.129+00:002020-12-24T01:03:57.129+00:00That poor old piano...it had beer tipped into it, ...That poor old piano...it had beer tipped into it, was chundered over and abused-but still managed to produce an off key rendition of any rugby song! Another Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977186623036089510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-19707788784673666002020-12-22T15:08:54.697+00:002020-12-22T15:08:54.697+00:00Then there was the piano in Becky's Dive, or w...Then there was the piano in Becky's Dive, or what was left of it .The wet and warped keys refusing movement and the lank rusted strings long since deaf. Notwithstanding by the end of Friday nights there were turtles over who would 'play ' it nest. B.Catlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02631748715183761227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-45957861419435471112020-12-07T23:53:48.893+00:002020-12-07T23:53:48.893+00:00Hi from Darwin Jackie! Lol! Yes it was certainly a...Hi from Darwin Jackie! Lol! Yes it was certainly an adventure going to the loo. The guys found it the same. Many just went halfway down the stairs and peed in the general direction of the loos! <br />Another Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977186623036089510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-5942079302584779422020-11-17T00:42:13.988+00:002020-11-17T00:42:13.988+00:00Jackie Healy, Hi I'm anonymous from yesterday ...Jackie Healy, Hi I'm anonymous from yesterday and I remember that we had to be really drunk to get up the courage to go down to the cellars to the toilets and the more we drunk the more urgent our need to go down became.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852359655803629935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-44364499326699807902020-11-16T23:52:04.276+00:002020-11-16T23:52:04.276+00:00Hi "Unknown". Anyone going down to the c...Hi "Unknown". Anyone going down to the cellars at Becky's would need to be brave-the smell from the dunnies would even scare the ghosts away! <br /> Another Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977186623036089510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-59378204956227458672020-11-15T14:13:48.298+00:002020-11-15T14:13:48.298+00:00Does anyone remember Becky's ghost tours of th...Does anyone remember Becky's ghost tours of the cellars and how she told us that debtors were drowned in their cells by the gaolors opening the subterranean windows to let the Thames in?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852359655803629935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-46107017705132931452016-04-16T20:32:37.518+01:002016-04-16T20:32:37.518+01:00I remember the Mopps folk group and sing songs wit...I remember the Mopps folk group and sing songs with Becky<br /> at her bar with Alfred the pot man and Harry drinking pints of Ruddles county when it was a fantastic pint water these days!Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-53931752706141903112016-04-16T20:22:24.436+01:002016-04-16T20:22:24.436+01:00There will never be another Beckysdivebar just as...There will never be another Beckysdivebar just as there will never be another Beatles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-41652595421166225712015-11-24T03:36:41.124+00:002015-11-24T03:36:41.124+00:00Between The Anchor and The George ,Beckys was alwa...Between The Anchor and The George ,Beckys was always a great stop off,pungent cloudy ales ,a mystery dusty bottle from the shelf,the piano going,the flooded<br />path to the toilet,the barrels floating in the cellars as the pipes hissed in<br />their leaks.Ladies holding five pint cans of County,a Kronenbourg sign,home<br />to a hundred cockroaches,the broken stairs going in,safer to keep to the sides.A real pub,the homogeneous sterile plastic pubs about now are soulless.lesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-51321142916445580582012-09-29T22:57:59.033+01:002012-09-29T22:57:59.033+01:00Peter - Southwark Street. I'm not sure about t...Peter - Southwark Street. I'm not sure about the Old Peculier - it would have been bottled if it was sold there at all. I'd be fascinated to see the photos if you can do the techie stuff.white rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-61420560440069745122012-09-26T22:08:24.722+01:002012-09-26T22:08:24.722+01:00I can't even remember which street Beckie'...I can't even remember which street Beckie's was in, but had some very drunken nights there. Didn't she also sell Theakston's Old Peculier? I do remember a very thick, ropy beer.<br /><br />I still have some photos taken down there, including one of Beckie herself. They are slides. I'll try to work out how to scan them.<br /><br />Peter Peter Whynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-46600280409067456452012-08-12T22:24:36.726+01:002012-08-12T22:24:36.726+01:00Chris - welcome to my humble blog. The Watney'...Chris - welcome to my humble blog. The Watney's Red Barrel story sounds all too terribly true. Oh and never eat any food there. Lord no - not if you valued your intestinal tract.white rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-55537689852084517092012-07-25T11:45:41.077+01:002012-07-25T11:45:41.077+01:00The beer wasn't always good. I remember one Sa...The beer wasn't always good. I remember one Saturday night they ran out completely, and Becky sent to the local offy for a load of Party 7s, cans that held 7 pints of Watney's Red Barrel, possibly the worst beer ever offered for public sale in this country. The sight of them pouring pints from these enormous tins will stay with me for life.<br />Along with the taste of the sausage sandwich Becky made for me one lunchtime when I was so hungry I threw caution to the winds. I was very lucky not to end up in hospital.Chris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-87600194284699234262012-07-22T17:08:36.135+01:002012-07-22T17:08:36.135+01:00Peter - I remember the occasion well. I also remem...Peter - I remember the occasion well. I also remember that Becky being a trouper did not blink at this unusual request.<br /><br />Sybil - You would have liked it. This I do not doubt ...white rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-68557226627456714092012-07-22T16:01:10.175+01:002012-07-22T16:01:10.175+01:00Becky's Dive Bar sounds like my kind of joint....Becky's Dive Bar sounds like my kind of joint. Shame it's gone.sybil lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629349319977383547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-22421830400683284512012-07-20T20:51:43.951+01:002012-07-20T20:51:43.951+01:00I remember ordering '24 pints of Ruddles, plea...I remember ordering '24 pints of Ruddles, please Becky.' Do you?Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-85494062080126493632009-08-25T22:32:31.248+01:002009-08-25T22:32:31.248+01:00I remember visiting Becky's Dive Bar. It was t...I remember visiting Becky's Dive Bar. It was the place I drank my first pint of real ale 47 years ago. <br />The description above is true to life and brings back a wonderful memory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-10832835673909957152009-06-18T09:03:24.006+01:002009-06-18T09:03:24.006+01:00I too remember Becky's well from the 7o's-...I too remember Becky's well from the 7o's-definately squalid but the Ruddles County was spectacular!<br />These was the era of the first Camra "Good Beer Guide" just a few pages stapled together.<br />I departde for Oz in the late 70's, now live in Darwin, we have a pub approaching Becky's standard-the Humpty Doo Tavern.Another Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977186623036089510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-45201134808852008562009-05-14T16:04:00.000+01:002009-05-14T16:04:00.000+01:00Your description corresponds wonderfully with my o...Your description corresponds wonderfully with my own memories of Becky's in the 70s. I found a couple of photos that went with an article I wrote for a now long forgotten travel mag. I have downloaded the pic onto my myspace site www.myspace.com/offstagebooks but if that is a hassle let me know and I will post the photos for your contemplation, cheers Brianoffstagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06631322776958416175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-25876231273772410912009-04-09T13:33:00.000+01:002009-04-09T13:33:00.000+01:00Becky's is to live again! Tony Barry of the Red Ca...Becky's is to live again! Tony Barry of the Red Car Pub Co (Wheatsheaf, Borough Market GBG 2004,2007; Bell, Bush Lane GBG 2004-2006; Swan, Ship Tavern Passage GBG 2006-2009 and the recently acquired Castle, Furnival Street)has taken in on to relace the Wheatsheaf during its temporary closure for railway construction.<BR/>Becky's can never be repeated - it would not be allowed - but the Wheatsheaf's atmosphere (and name) and ten real ales will be the next best thing - and you will not need wellies to go to the gents. Opening night Wednesday 15th April.Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-43567249344930320062009-02-10T11:29:00.000+00:002009-02-10T11:29:00.000+00:00being very bored this morning i googled Becky's di...being very bored this morning i googled Becky's dive bar, somewhere i have fond memories of in the 70's, and it actually came up!!! we used to celebrate new year there after jumping in the fountains at Trafalgar,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-67845615993727781442008-03-16T19:23:00.000+00:002008-03-16T19:23:00.000+00:00Smoked bad haircut? Fuck that! I wouldn't like to...Smoked bad haircut? Fuck that! I wouldn't like to smoke a mullet. Glen Muir has a good mullet though, look the pratt up on Myspace. Goes under the name of "Majick"<BR/><BR/>(he carnt spel eiver)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-11366339125732327062008-03-11T13:09:00.000+00:002008-03-11T13:09:00.000+00:00Damn regulations shut down the best oyster bar in ...Damn regulations shut down the best oyster bar in North Florida a few years ago. Their floor sloped, their toilets stank, and they seemed to have a 12 year old girl serving beer, but they were home to many a local or biker and served the best smoked mullet you'll ever put in your mouth. Then they got his by a hurricane and all the times the inspector looked the other way came crashing down on them. RIP, Posey's. RIP, Becky's Dive Bar.That Hankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05514310999129694443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-79863654810914069382008-03-11T11:02:00.000+00:002008-03-11T11:02:00.000+00:00Ronald - I know the one. It has been sanitised as ...Ronald - I know the one. It has been sanitised as you say. Becky's wouldn't last ten minutes these days.<BR/><BR/>Julie - do you know, I've never thought of that. I'm thinking now. Becky's did figure in fictional form in White Rabbit the novel (see Yer Rock & Roll 6) but a novel centred around it? Hmmm... I got a crime novel to finish first, though.<BR/><BR/>Ol Bug Eyes - I think what I hate is the uniformity of bars now. They are pretty much all owned by big chains and they are all the same.<BR/><BR/>Cheezy - in fact I didn't know that. My local pub excursions tend not to get much beyond the Windmill and the Nightingale these days.white rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-79786443346851522862008-03-11T10:52:00.000+00:002008-03-11T10:52:00.000+00:00That sounds like my idea of heaven. Oh the tyranny...That sounds like my idea of heaven. Oh the tyranny of H&S... :(<BR/><BR/>PS: You may already know this but the Rose & Crown in Clapham Old Town does a pretty good pint of Ruddles.Cheezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176170186766506070noreply@blogger.com