The FOC thread.

[69FACUPfinal]

Check me out guys - reached the magic 40 today!

Where does that put me on the FOC leaderboard? ;-)

Just above the relegation zone. However safe to say at least another decade, or as long as it takes machesterryoonitid to reclaim former glories....

 

[69FACUPfinal]

Rarely see these in pubs anymore.

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Along with a ploughman's and pork pie the earliest iteration of gastro pub dining.

I had actually forgotten about these delights although I ate many a cheese and tomatoe in my pub at dinner days (late teens/ early 20s, when life was fun and simple) :-)

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Giving up what you enjoy will probably put you in the ground quicker….

What if what you enjoy is playing 'Frogger' on the M56 at rush hour?

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

Along with a ploughman's and pork pie the earliest iteration of gastro pub dining.

I had actually forgotten about these delights although I ate many a cheese and tomatoe in my pub at dinner days (late teens/ early 20s, when life was fun and simple) :-)

proper ploughmans...

 

[69FACUPfinal]

proper ploughmans...
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Omg! The ploughman's par excellence was served at The George and Dragon King St, Leigh circa 1976-1980. Being a Greenalls house though the beer was dreadful particularly the lager.

Proper food rather than out of a packet. Crusty bread, butter massive wedge of cheddar, 2 slices thick ham, 2 pickled onions, a tomato, lettuce and loads of chutney. Sadly,I got sensible in 1980 and stopped pubbing at lunch.

I couldn't eat that ploughman's now though too much food. Pasta salad or a salmon sandwich is lunch choice now!

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

Omg! The ploughman's par excellence was served at The George and Dragon King St, Leigh circa 1976-1980. Being a Greenalls house though the beer was dreadful particularly the lager.

Proper food rather than out of a packet. Crusty bread, butter massive wedge of cheddar, 2 slices thick ham, 2 pickled onions, a tomato, lettuce and loads of chutney. Sadly,I got sensible in 1980 and stopped pubbing at lunch.

I couldn't eat that ploughman's now though too much food. Pasta salad or a salmon sandwich is lunch choice now!

this was the Holt's ploughpersons...still available.

Note...you can still get a pickled egg in at least one town pub ...

 

[remember arthur mann]

The Cockleman.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

What if what you enjoy is playing 'Frogger' on the M56 at rush hour?

You are George Costanza and I claim my $5.......... ;-)

 

[NPBlue]

this was the Holt's ploughpersons...still available.

Note...you can still get a pickled egg in at least one town pub ...

I tried a pickled egg once. Never again.

Worse than beetroot.