Wanderer
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We used to drink brown and bitter purely cos we knew the barmaid couldn't judge a half in an pint glass so 9 times out of 10 you got two thirds bitter and a half pint bottle of brown, bonus!I can remember being 16-18 and working part time at ASDA, Southgate on a Saturday. We would walk up the high street to the White Hart for a little lunchtime tipple. Three lads would order 3 x Babychams as they were on the bottom shelf and we got an eyeful from the bar girl when she reached for them! We made sure we ordered one first......then the I'll have a Babycham second....then lastly the last....I'll have a Babycham. Horrible drinks but the view was worth it at the time
I used to live near Magees Brewery, was an imposing building at night, very creepy in the gas lights we still had ten, late 60's and we were still in the 30's.
Anyway, we used to climb on the parked up drays, and pour the dregs of one bottle of brown into another, and eventually amassed an quarter pint and necked it, after fishing out the dead jaspers (wasps to Southerners) - but one time we found a full crate of Cherry Brandy's - 13%, and necked a few - wow! Even not I have a taste for it, they sell them in ASDA, drinking one or two those and memories come flooding back....
This wert top of our street....