Great video, nice to see most of the pubs still alive. Gotta be 75% of pubs in the area shut when we moved from Upton Park, most of the ones remaining very different.
You are only looking on the surface. Yes Griffin Park was a great old ground but the club was dying. I would have preferred to stay there but there was no way to survive financially. The new ground is not so bland the architecture is unusual for a football stadium but most importantly there is a thriving fanbase. The club has a strong family and community ethos so it is a pleasure to visit.
@davidm7237 doesn't matter, brentford, like stratford/Leyton, never needed modern growth but to maintain culture. You've no argument other than the downfall of a world worth living in
“This probably is a much greater representation of Brentford F.C and it’s memories than the new stadium will ever be” - fucking amen to that! Visited the new one a couple times and it’s utter shite in every aspect. Up there with West Ham and Brighton’s as the worst in the Prem. Criminal what happened to Griffin Park (along with so many other stadiums), and the first pub you mentioned.
Great video Vin. Lived in Brentford in first few years of the 2000s. There must have been 10+ pubs within a mile of my flat. Insane to think about any Zone 4 part of London having so many today. The four pubs you reviewed in this video were very much 'match day' boozers, we'd never drink there (far too busy on match days, no atmosphere Monday-Friday). Really sad Griffin Park went but I think the new stadium is really good inside. Know what you mean about the soullessness of the flats but beats the shady industrial set ups I remember on Lionel Road South. Used to love thrashing my GTI up there in the early hours Lot of the regen. has improved the place - when I was there, so much dereliction with gangs off the Green Dragon and squatters occupying long-closed factory buildings - Lots Ait was a scary place after dark - town was largely deserted. Best pubs when I lived there were: the Brewery Tap, Albany Arms, Waterman's Arms, Weir and best of all, the Magpie... Miss them, they all barked back to Brentford of the sixties and seventies. Did you go in any Vin? Town has changed so much, that even though it's feels much nicer and safer, it has had its unique maritime and Victorian ghosts largely torn away Stay well mate. 🫶👍
Good stuff vin, had the pleasure of going to griffin park many times in the 90s, the new gaff looks souless,
Great video, nice to see most of the pubs still alive. Gotta be 75% of pubs in the area shut when we moved from Upton Park, most of the ones remaining very different.
You are only looking on the surface. Yes Griffin Park was a great old ground but the club was dying. I would have preferred to stay there but there was no way to survive financially. The new ground is not so bland the architecture is unusual for a football stadium but most importantly there is a thriving fanbase. The club has a strong family and community ethos so it is a pleasure to visit.
Tell that to Leyton Orient, home and culture above cash and success
@@britainslostlivingpubs Leyton Orient was not hemmed in by houses on all sides. There was no room whatsoever for development.
@davidm7237 doesn't matter, brentford, like stratford/Leyton, never needed modern growth but to maintain culture. You've no argument other than the downfall of a world worth living in
“This probably is a much greater representation of Brentford F.C and it’s memories than the new stadium will ever be” - fucking amen to that!
Visited the new one a couple times and it’s utter shite in every aspect. Up there with West Ham and Brighton’s as the worst in the Prem. Criminal what happened to Griffin Park (along with so many other stadiums), and the first pub you mentioned.
Hard to find Brentford’s away end in the high rise
The new stadium and its surroundings are an abomination.
Great video Vin.
Lived in Brentford in first few years of the 2000s. There must have been 10+ pubs within a mile of my flat. Insane to think about any Zone 4 part of London having so many today.
The four pubs you reviewed in this video were very much 'match day' boozers, we'd never drink there (far too busy on match days, no atmosphere Monday-Friday).
Really sad Griffin Park went but I think the new stadium is really good inside. Know what you mean about the soullessness of the flats but beats the shady industrial set ups I remember on Lionel Road South. Used to love thrashing my GTI up there in the early hours
Lot of the regen. has improved the place - when I was there, so much dereliction with gangs off the Green Dragon and squatters occupying long-closed factory buildings - Lots Ait was a scary place after dark - town was largely deserted.
Best pubs when I lived there were: the Brewery Tap, Albany Arms, Waterman's Arms, Weir and best of all, the Magpie... Miss them, they all barked back to Brentford of the sixties and seventies.
Did you go in any Vin?
Town has changed so much, that even though it's feels much nicer and safer, it has had its unique maritime and Victorian ghosts largely torn away
Stay well mate. 🫶👍