Sainsbury's is coming to Stroud Green Road - Woody's is going!
  • Ali

    The Noble used to be called Marlers bar and was an early Weatherspoons which got sold once WLM opened. It used to be rammed

  • ArkadyArkady

    I bar-crawled from The Noble to the World’s End on Saturday - even loosing my WLM virginity in the process. I must say that the first few jars in the Noble were very pleasant indeed. The barkeep allowed me to throw logs on the fire and poke it occasionally, making me feel very manly indeed. As well as warm.

  • WillM
    Was in the Noble last night, and the return of the fire was marvellous :)
  • Sevlow
    The WLM was the 4th Wetherspoons to open. It used to be a car showroom.
  • Misscara

    I heard from some of my neighbours who are long-standing regulars of WLM that the car showroom was in fact where the 'florist' etc. is and WLM was not a car showroom. I can't imagine cars getting in and out of WLM building with all those pillars. I have no idea who is right as I moved here just after WLM opened.

  • Ali

    It was a car show room with garage bit being at the back of current pub.

    The florist was also a car show room and the glass doors it has is a bit like it was in WLM before the changes.

    The glass door used to be open with all the cars on display. Never saw Arthur Daley though.

  • Beek

    I read* that the WLM used to be a pub favoured by occultists before it became a Wetherspoons.

    *annoyingly I can't locate the book, it's here somewhere, shoved in the wrong place...

  • krappyrubsnifkrappyrubsnif
    What is a pub favoured by occultists like?
  • Philistine'sMonster
    Oh come now, it's fucking obvious. An occultist pub has a big sign on the window saying: "kids must leave the premises by 7pm ... Unless they're the offspring of Baphomet"

    Baphomet! He's a goat! 

    Kids: It's a pun! Like children! 

    Hahahahahaha!

    Oh sod you, then.
  • Nick10
    All of the fresh food gone. Completely empty shelves in half the store late this afternoon. Anyone know why?

    Weather related rush? Dramatic fridge breakdown?
  • Ian

    @nick10 - the latter. Went in this morning at 10am and they were putting all the cold foods in big bin bags. Fridges broke overnight.

    Guy doing the clearing was recounting tale of woman who had been in first thing. They told her there was no cold foods because of the break down. She said "do you have any milk" he said, no the fridge is broken down. She said "do you have any cheese", he said no the fridge is broken down. She said "what about butter". I think he remained patient.

  • Roy

    They were just stocking up the fridge with milk when I was there an hour ago so I guess it's fixed now.

  • dion

    Tesco has stolen a march on Sainsbury's and is stocking north staffordshire oatcakes

  • Ian

    @Dion WOO HOO. I will now have to ignore their third rate service for a taste of home each week.

  • dion

    they are round near the pitta, soda breads and crumpets

    if not enough of them are bought, then they may drop off again so i would recommend regular and large purchases just to make sure.

  • Misscara

    That Sainsbo's on Blackstock Rd looks like it's definitely going ahead, could be wrong but I got the impression the guys from the Foodstore might have moved a couple of doors down to a smaller premises, more like a fag and paper shop though. Wonder how they are going to compete.

    Ian - The Hairy Bikers are on BBC1 now, show seems to be all about Staffordshire Oatcakes. Tony Christie has also made an appearance.

  • sgc
    @ADGS - Our local Big Tesco has recently got self service checkouts which also let you THROW CHANGE IN (whereas our Small Tesco has older ones that have no truck with such recklessness) so perhaps if you all vandalise the existing checkouts they will be replaced with the snazzy new ones?
  • slats
    I think the tesco selling oatcakes story was just a cruel hoax..
  • Misscara
    They are on the top shelf of the bread aisle next to the crumpets and flatbreads.
  • JaneDoe
    @slats - it's true. Despite being from the north I had never sampled the delights of an oatcake until I spotted some reduced in Tesco a couple of months back. I am now hopelessly addicted.
  • Misscara
    They are delicious. I'd had them as a child and forgotten about them til Ian started talking about them on here. I have them all the time now, bacon, cheese and mushroom is my favourite.
  • slats
    will open my eyes a bit more!

    top one with (lots of) grated cheese, pop another one on top, microwave for 30 seconds. accompany with pickled onions and a cuppa and it doesn't get much better..
  • Ian

    They have them in today - picked some up an hour ago.

  • dion

    If we keep buying, they will keep supplying.

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