Laugharne, Brown's and pub next door for sale

[JuanTwoThree]

Dylan Thomas's drinking place and a bit of a wankpit as I recall is for sale

Dylan Thomas watering hole Brown's, Laugharne up for sale

Brown's Hotel in Carmarthenshire was where the poet regularly went to drink in the 1950s.

www.bbc.com

Neil Morrissey had it for a while

 

[Pickman's model]

Dylan Thomas's drinking place and a bit of a wankpit as I recall is for sale

Dylan Thomas watering hole Brown's, Laugharne up for sale

Brown's Hotel in Carmarthenshire was where the poet regularly went to drink in the 1950s.

www.bbc.com

Neil Morrissey had it for a while

are you thinking of turning landlord?

 

[dessiato]

That's tempting, but it's in Wales and I don't want to live there. It's too cold.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Isn't that existentialist's neck of the woods.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

That's tempting, but it's in Wales and I don't want to live there. It's too cold.

You're forgetting wet. It never stops raining in Wales, 365 days a year.

 

[existentialist]

Isn't that existentialist's neck of the woods.

The pub in question is my local. Or, rather, was until lockdown.

The hotel has an enviable reputation, at least by name; the pub less so

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The hotel has an enviable reputation, at least by name; the pub less so

Possible because all the locals piss in the sink.

 

[existentialist]

You're forgetting wet. It never stops raining in Wales, 365 days a year.

I'm surprised you haven't moved here! Ah, but it's probably too mild - we get into double figures for 9 or 10 months of the year.

And, actually, this little corner is quite often dry and bright when further West is cowering under a big grey duvet of cloud.

 

[existentialist]

Possible because all the locals piss in the sink.

Yeah, they've replaced all the urinals with washbasins now

Or is it the other way around

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Yeah, they've replaced all the urinals with washbasins now

You've lowered the tone since you moved there.

 

[existentialist]

You've lowered the tone since you moved there.

You don't know the half of it, muahahaha....

Why do you think they're selling Brown's?

 

[JuanTwoThree]

I imagine that in spring and autumn it would be pleasantly lively, in the summer it would be unbearably busy and in the depths of winter you might be serving the one behatted fiddle-playing fucker day and night for weeks on end.

 

[existentialist]

I imagine that in spring and autumn it would be pleasantly lively, in the summer it would be unbearably busy and in the depths of winter you might be serving the one behatted fiddle-playing fucker day and night for weeks on end.

Well, a man's got to eat...

 

[ddraig]

Isn't that existentialist's neck of the woods.

Imagine their ruddy face fits right in!

 

[existentialist]

Imagine their ruddy face fits right in!

Such hatred. Such unresolved shit.

And so spot on - I have been warmly accepted by the natives who, unaccountably, are unencumbered by vintage beefs and simmering, baseless resentments.

You should try it some time

 

[davesgcr]

Very fond of Browns - first went there way back in the 1970's when - apart from terrible garish wallpaper - it was much as it was in the days of the Poet. Had a 2 night stay there the other year in it's refurbished mode and it was very enjoyable , a bonus being the poetry evening plus we got the prime seat in the bay window.

Keep us advised please.

 

[existentialist]

Browns seems to be fully back up and running. The proprietor also farms Welsh beef, and runs what is by all accounts an excellent restaurant - Dexters - attached to the premises.

The Mariners pub ("The New Three Mariners"), which is my local, is now leased to a manager, who's making a damn good go of it - usually two real ales on, a decent lager (Madri), plus the usual suspects (Worthington, Carling, Coors ), and events. I believe there's a beer festival coming up quite soon.

Not to mention a live gig by a Certain Local Band on 25th June, hem hem hem