"... and if this pub closed down there wouldn't be a pub within walking distance of my house in which case country live would be utterly pointless." A man with his priorities arranged in the proper order, an example to us all.
@@morethandeepmtd It's unenforceable. Look at GAP. They tried to stop other businesses using the word "gap" in any business name. They failed. If it was called "Gap Clothing", they could have stopped the use of those two words, but as it stands they were told many times in court they had no case. These days they just send threatening letters, which you can ignore.
James, literally bought into a pub so he could walk to and stumble home from a pub; living the dream. Edit: "The Necessities" is what my great grandmother used to call them.
Odd how many accidents occur at that exact location every year. Lorries backing into them, pianos being dropped by careless helicopter moving services.
I suggested it before, but for a pub called The Royal Oak, the lavatories ought to be described collectively as The Throne Rooms and individually as "Kings" and "Queens"
Jennifer and Richard, I believe that Jeremy did actually change his name by Deed Poll to Jennifer after losing a TG bet. (I think that if I spelled out 'Top Gear' this comment might be deleted).
@@jackhrp2280 Thank you so much, my day is saved now that my comment is correct; even though you still 100% understood what I said and got the reference to the point where you could correct me. You are my hero.
@@dlittlester - We just call them 'Toilets', generally; the slang terms 'Bog', 'Khazi' and 'Lav', amongst less salubrious ones, are occasionally used. My late father was particularly fond of 'Khazi', (picked up from his time in the army) to the despair of my mother. I'm constantly amused at the twee Americanism 'Bathroom'. No sane person would even contemplate having a bath in a pub khazi!
@@dlittlester I think its a Brooklyn 99 reference? There's an episode where Jake pretends that what toilets are called in the UK. I for one have live here for 20 years and have never heard it used for toilets.
This is literally 10 minutes down the road from my parents house, hopefully try it out round Christmas if Boris allows it, oh and the Beckford Arms is indeed very nice so I'm glad James is on the same page. And, well it's James May's pub so what more do you want?
@Frank Butcher Freedon to die of Covid? Freedom to pass it on to family and other members of your community? Free3dom to overwhelm the NHS? Rights and freedoms come with obligations, they come with responsibilities. There is more at stake here than your "freedom" to go to the pub.
i can't believe he bought this pub, when i lived in the area i used to visit quite often. Old Wardour castle and Compton Abbas airfield are two places i'd definitely recommend going to. I learnt to fly at Compton
Pubs (and cafes, libraries, churches, post offices, parks, etc) are important to have. They're what sociologists call third places. First place is your home, second place is work/school, and third places are places where people gather as a community and develop social bonds. Without third places communities become more fractured and people become more isolated and divided.
James is a great talker and I agree with much regarding his vision for his co-owned Pub. Meaning, his vision coincides with what I and my real ale drinking friends like in a pub (that sells food). The core question is to what extent the food and eating dominate proceedings. For us, a true Pub must always cater for those who want to drink/socialise only - in a separate area... and not feel squeezed out by the eaters. I realise that this is a tricky balance with income to think about and being a country setting too. Best of luck James and your team. We're not local enough to visit...but at some point...
Sounds more like a restaurant than a traditional English pub... I might be working class but a pub to me definitely needs a pool table, darts board and fruit machine... not to mention a live band on occasion...
@@nickturner2813 Pubs should have pool and darts etc. It encourages young people. Different groups mixing is what makes it a pub. Not everyone can afford a sit down meal. It does look like a restaurant...
A great pup in Australia is one that is away from everything but has everyone that know each other! Especially if it’s a quick walk through the fields to get too! I have slept many times in a field on a sat night walking from the pup towards home and thought this is a nice place to sleep. Only issues, sheep don’t let you sleep in
The lav/loo/facilities? Just call it "the Office". (Assumes that there's more than one and they are close/next to each other.) Miss, which way to the Office? Oh, it's just back towards the left a bit. Great, thank you! Then you can put whatever signage you like on the doors to indicate which is for whom. (Or not, as you prefer.)
"The Cowling" - then patrons can say to their drinking fellows: "I'm just off to flood the cowling" to which the correct rejoinder is "Plenty of it!" Seriously though, Ladies and Gents is fine surely?
I think I'll go to his pub. When I can once again travel to the UK. I live in Australia from where international travel is currently banned due to COVID-19.
I don’t see a problem with “restrooms” but one can also use “bulk heads” from ships, “chamber of commerce”, “white house”, “top gear studio”, “HMS mutiny”, “bowel rights room”, “bunker”, I can literally go all day.
I think that all of the pubs in the area that also have rooms to let, should each have a book in each room which contains a list of the other pubs and a description of each.
Loo renaming suggestions: Comfort Room, "Facilities", or go with the symbols idea. As it's called Royal Oaks, maybe an acorn nut for males and the acorn cap for females?
You mentioned Beckford Arms. That is named after William Beckford of nearby Fonthill Abbey. Not much is left of the Old Fonthill Abbey. The tower collapsed soon after it was built. If you travel south from Fonthill Bishop towards the Beckford Arms, you go through a magnificent. entrance archway and past an ornamental lake on the left. To the right there used to be a house called Fonthill Splendens. See grid reference 392500,131500. The story of Beckford and Fonthill Abbey is fascinating and worthy of another Foodtribe video.
I'm very glad he said most microbreweries are trash. This Pub will never fail. There are many people across the world that would be more than happy to throw money at James Mays Pub just to know it still exists even if they don't get the opportunity to visit it.
I agree that the "Smokery" could become a smoking area where smokers go. Maybe add some extra protection from the elements , a cigarette bin , some benches and of course hand sanitiser because of COVID..
Gastro pub all over.. local but most of the locals can't afford the food. They spend fortune on staff, people only go there for special occasions, they only go a few times, locals hardly go, pub dies.
We have an Irish Pub nearby in Florida that says in gigantic letters "WOMEN" . Then in very small print says "are not allowed in here because this is the men's room". The reactions are hilarious when Women walk into the Men's room and Vice Versa. LOL
James; your new pub sounds very inviting. If, after Wigan, I wanted to pay you a visit from Canada, can you give me the name of the village and major waypoints that will help a complete stranger to the UK find his/her way to this fine new/old venue?
"... and if this pub closed down there wouldn't be a pub within walking distance of my house in which case country live would be utterly pointless."
A man with his priorities arranged in the proper order, an example to us all.
sometimes they say if you want/need something doing then you got to do it yourself, and well it seems James has.
Typical alcoholic Briton.
@@Dockhead He bought half of it and he's hands off. He's not even the landlord.
@@Roof_Pizza has he got a pub he wanted in theory, he can go to?
then he partially done it himself and my point stands. alcoholic or not.
@@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire This dutchie thinks that "cycle distance" is enough.
Gin name suggestion: Captain Sloe.
Thank you for causing me to have to look this up.
Genius
@@willp2190 thank you for encouraging me to look this up also. Also Genius.
Name change suggestion. Gareth Standstill. Williams is far too fast for you. Think about that for at least twenty years.
@@voornaam3191 is that an f1 joke
Not Cap Gin Sloe? Missed opportunity there.
Make it a brewery, call the product "Top Beer".
"The Grand Pour".
this was funny but I'm gonna be unfun and mention how none of the 3 are allowed to use even the word top in any of their ventures
@@morethandeepmtd It's unenforceable. Look at GAP. They tried to stop other businesses using the word "gap" in any business name. They failed. If it was called "Gap Clothing", they could have stopped the use of those two words, but as it stands they were told many times in court they had no case. These days they just send threatening letters, which you can ignore.
This
@@morethandeepmtd Get a better hobby.
James, literally bought into a pub so he could walk to and stumble home from a pub; living the dream.
Edit: "The Necessities" is what my great grandmother used to call them.
What's wrong with bathroom?
@@bme0983 There's rarely a bath in it.
“Unless you’ve got a particularly fine example” 😂😂
I do, in fact not have that.
This one got me as well. Dr. May you bloddy eloquent genius.
I belly laughed
His intelligence is not low.
@@scania1982 ??
top gear retires
James May: opens a pub
Jeremy Clarkson: starts a farm
Richard Hammond: crashes into everything
Hahahaha lol
Just hope that Hammond didn't crash to Nuclear Reactor
Brilliant - that’s their humour too! 🤣
because hammond is too young to retire
This never gets old.
I suggest the name “Business Lodge” for the bathrooms.
*Toidy McPoop Face!*
That is great!
Shareholder meetings will be awesome..
I was trying to suggest "vote center", but I do believe White house is a better idea.
How about Log Flumes?
Why not go with the Australian word for them - The Dunny
James May is so relaxing to listen to. Intelligent, amusing and talks perfect sense (most of the time). Its like comfort food in gentleman form.
great and accurate discription
when the world opens up again after covid James' pub will will be a tourist spot for all of us foreign TG/GT fans
Including Kyriakos
You’ve got the most east coast name I’ve ever read
I can see the sign out front in the car park: Dacia Sandero Parking Only.
Odd how many accidents occur at that exact location every year. Lorries backing into them, pianos being dropped by careless helicopter moving services.
i actually bought dacia sandero based on may's love for it.. and i must say its great car
@@younessm6434 really? Not that i could get one since i live in Canada. You can get a saturn astra though, which is a vauxhaul but in canada
@@zenon459 yeaah really and i am a driving instructor and i use it everyday to teach ppl in it and i ve never had a problem with it
@@younessm6434 sometimes simple can be the most reliable
James May is the greatest person to step on this earth
Change my mind
He is certainly much better than his Sister, Theresa.
@@gonzo3915 or Brian.
@@gonzo3915 What happened with them?
@@MausOfTheHouse Ask Boris Johnson
Bob Ross
I suggested it before, but for a pub called The Royal Oak, the lavatories ought to be described collectively as The Throne Rooms and individually as "Kings" and "Queens"
Bathroom names could be Jeremy and Richard
Richard for the small people and jeremy for the fat people
Jennifer and Richard, I believe that Jeremy did actually change his name by Deed Poll to Jennifer after losing a TG bet. (I think that if I spelled out 'Top Gear' this comment might be deleted).
Lol 😂 😂😂😂🤣
@@nioxic77 hahahaha lol
1:40 modern furniture:
Shows Shackletons high seat chair. So easy to get in and out of...you know
You know 😂
Don't you know
Modern by mays standard
Credit to you for quoting one of the most hilarious Top Gear episodes ever :D
It is lovely to find a nice high seat
Beardless Gandalf talks about his pub. Amazing!
🤣👌🏼
He's actually turning from Gandalf the Grey to Gandalf the White!
James is becoming increasingly wise and verbose in his extending years! Excellent to listen to. Non-scripted may play a slight part in that 🤣
You could call the loo what my gran used to call it, "the facility". She'd say "We all know what it's for, no need to spell it out."
Facility baby
Ups on this. I really like "Facilities"
call it the carzy
I guess its time someone told you... your gran was a clandestine warrior in the Special Operations Executive and she was really refering to Q-branch
James May is a business investment in him self, if you make it known that James is an owner of the pub many people will go there
How long til someone falls or gets sick and sues James.... James pays out of court and it becomes a regular thing...
@@marks501 It’s in the UK. You can’t just sue from falling down and if you get sick you have to proof that is it because of the pub
"The Throne" would be a interesting and different name for the outhouse
Perfect
Brilliant comment!
CLARKSON YOU BLIHERING OAF, IM ON THE THRONE!!!!!.... Your cleaning that up...
@@kl743 Blithering and I'm on the
@@jackhrp2280 Thank you so much, my day is saved now that my comment is correct; even though you still 100% understood what I said and got the reference to the point where you could correct me. You are my hero.
: I love James May. He is marvelous.
Water Closet
In Canada we usually call them washrooms, although I've never heard them called that in the UK.
@@dlittlester - We just call them 'Toilets', generally; the slang terms 'Bog', 'Khazi' and 'Lav', amongst less salubrious ones, are occasionally used. My late father was particularly fond of 'Khazi', (picked up from his time in the army) to the despair of my mother. I'm constantly amused at the twee Americanism 'Bathroom'. No sane person would even contemplate having a bath in a pub khazi!
@@brianartillery 1q up c zzz's z#
diuy
Et raw
Or W.C. Thats what my architect Grampa called it. My FIL calls it a head, because he used to live on boats.
@@dlittlester I think its a Brooklyn 99 reference? There's an episode where Jake pretends that what toilets are called in the UK. I for one have live here for 20 years and have never heard it used for toilets.
Jame's corporate response to influencers was the moment I hit like on this video
That was brilliant I thought. I liked, commented and subscribed as a result of that.
Can't wait.
Same!!
Do you live in the UK
Saddos
L'élite de la nation qui regarde James May
As tu seulement le moindre défaut ?
@@kamikazekaos welcome.
James is one of the most interesting people to listen to that I know of. Cool guy.
I almost expected Oz Clarke to make a surprise entrance as James tried to identify the wine. Did I teach you nothing???
I can just see the disappointment in his face. What a great series that was.
Foodtribe, we want Oz to review James Pub! Would je an instant classic.
I wish they made another series
I thought he was going to appear behind James and make him jump. Oz needs to review James pub and it needs to be filmed
James May. A total, total legend!
This is literally 10 minutes down the road from my parents house, hopefully try it out round Christmas if Boris allows it, oh and the Beckford Arms is indeed very nice so I'm glad James is on the same page. And, well it's James May's pub so what more do you want?
I feel bad for the other pubs now, James May's pub is going to be some tough competition, especially among the tourist crowd.
@Frank Butcher Freedon to die of Covid? Freedom to pass it on to family and other members of your community? Free3dom to overwhelm the NHS?
Rights and freedoms come with obligations, they come with responsibilities. There is more at stake here than your "freedom" to go to the pub.
I’m jelly! You should come back to this comment once you’ve been to May’s pub and give us an update!!!
i can't believe he bought this pub, when i lived in the area i used to visit quite often. Old Wardour castle and Compton Abbas airfield are two places i'd definitely recommend going to. I learnt to fly at Compton
"If this pub closed down there wouldn't be a pub within walking distance of my house..."
*May's Tesla parked out the front of recently acquired pub*
That makes perfect sense. Drive the car to the pub. Walk home. 😂
Maybe it's close enough for the auto park feature to remember the route
well ya he drives to the pub, the battery dies so he plugs it in and goes for drinks then comes out and walks home because it's still charging
Absolutely Awesome James
Pubs (and cafes, libraries, churches, post offices, parks, etc) are important to have. They're what sociologists call third places. First place is your home, second place is work/school, and third places are places where people gather as a community and develop social bonds. Without third places communities become more fractured and people become more isolated and divided.
and thats the whole point of the lockdown, nothing to do with a virus
@@TheSnoozeFox your pea brain really drew that conclusion from this LOL
@@TheSnoozeFox Agreed, SnoozeFox
All the best, have no doubt it will be great. looking forward to someday paying it a visit
I advocate for "BBC HQ" as the name for the bathrooms. It accurately coveys what is to be produced there.
AHAHA BBC 1 for urinals and BBC 2 for the stalls. Perfect 👌
Stressful day, so i came here to listen to James May....
If TV's Oz Clarke isn't invited down for a wine testing, I shall be very disappointed!
Agreed
He'll arrive 12 hours late on the side of a meccano motorcycle
Indeed
@@Cascroft-lp6ir with his gps yelling at him in romanian
@@Modi_ Si Ah SHITZ
**james and oz wheeze**
Such a thoroughly nice chap. Post Covid, I might take a road trip to this pub.
Always manages to get a Battle of Britain quote in :D
Can’t wait to make a trip over from the colony (Canada), definitely on the bucket list. All the best.
James is just brilliant could listen to him all day, how about latrines.
The foreshadowing for James’ Gin when discussing the potential uses for the shed
I can watch james may talking about anything for hours.
I've watched his shows solely for that reason. He just does it right.
same!
I know, let’s place the clip mic under James’ roll neck.
I could sit and listen to James May talk about his pub all day - the man really does need a podcast or something where he just talks for a few hours
James is a great talker and I agree with much regarding his vision for his co-owned Pub. Meaning, his vision coincides with what I and my real ale drinking friends like in a pub (that sells food). The core question is to what extent the food and eating dominate proceedings. For us, a true Pub must always cater for those who want to drink/socialise only - in a separate area... and not feel squeezed out by the eaters. I realise that this is a tricky balance with income to think about and being a country setting too. Best of luck James and your team. We're not local enough to visit...but at some point...
James is looking great these days. Hope he's doing well.
"The Throne Room" to reference the Polar special "I'm on the throne!"
Are we having James May standup shows there?
Wish I could soak up that country air right now it looks so relaxing my partners from Yorkshire and we are missing it James you look so relaxed 🙏
Sounds more like a restaurant than a traditional English pub... I might be working class but a pub to me definitely needs a pool table, darts board and fruit machine... not to mention a live band on occasion...
How do you solve an argument without a dartboard?
What a legend of a man
My suggestion would be Pistons (mens) & Cylinders (ladies) for the crappers, for a petrol head like James lol
Pool table and dart board in that out building please Mr May. Thanks. Also I've always preferred the term for a toilet, W.C as in water closet.
"Of course I've got a spider in my hair, it's because I'm lucky." - James May
A suggestion for the toilet/loo is the same as our house, The Drop zone, Regards and best of luck with the venture, Joe
Just a male/female icon sign would be best I guess, works in every language.
What about the other genders aha
Just have “The James Mays” and “The James Shouldn’ts”
The facilities should be called 'Shake dry' and 'Drip dry'.
Without a dart board or pool table it's just a restaurant.
That's probably the idea, so that people like you assume it's "just a restaurant" and won't go there.
@@nickturner2813, yeah, or maybe that's why pubs are closing at a rate of 23 per every 45 minutes.
@@nickturner2813 Pubs should have pool and darts etc. It encourages young people. Different groups mixing is what makes it a pub. Not everyone can afford a sit down meal. It does look like a restaurant...
Beer on tap is what makes it a pub, most restaurants don’t have that.
Yeah and no sky sports. What kind of pub doesn’t have the football?
We’ve seen a documentary series of clarkson starting a farm i would love to see a series of May running his pub
Remember when James was with Oz and mocked the wine snobs
Id love to visit there. Definitely on the bucket list.
James' "pub" is really just an artisan cafe that serves alcohol isn't it.
You bet. Sounds ideal to me.
Like most country pubs then
@@slipperyfish7560 2020/2021 country pubs, yeah.
The man who`s running the place Chris,would never let this happen.He`s a rugby playing,sociable,community minded professional.
Is artisan a Japanese word? Who is Artisan? Mamasan? Annasan?
In Tynemouths Cumberland arms, the toilets have signs on the doors: buoys for the men's toilets and seagulls (galls) for the women's
"James May - owning a pub in your community" should be on the side of his car
I believe you mean "Owning half a pub in your community".
over here in the philippines, the bogs are comfort rooms - not a bad description; btw the pub in covent garden was the punch & judy
Men's room: Cocking
Women's room: Nora
James may is a real mans man! remember you when you started on top gear
I suggest for one of them, “CRICKY, ITs ThE Rozzers!”
A great pup in Australia is one that is away from everything but has everyone that know each other! Especially if it’s a quick walk through the fields to get too! I have slept many times in a field on a sat night walking from the pup towards home and thought this is a nice place to sleep. Only issues, sheep don’t let you sleep in
I could listen to james tell stories forever :)
Many hours later.........
yes - LOVE this man!
The lav/loo/facilities? Just call it "the Office". (Assumes that there's more than one and they are close/next to each other.)
Miss, which way to the Office?
Oh, it's just back towards the left a bit.
Great, thank you!
Then you can put whatever signage you like on the doors to indicate which is for whom. (Or not, as you prefer.)
Jeremy Clarkson narrates: Meanwhile, James May has an interview with a man talking about a Pub with a Wine Glass in his hand.
"Still, could be worse."
@chipshandon I really want to put the ❤ on that comment but it won't let me.
Bottom gear
He isn’t boring, he is just classy
"The Cowling" - then patrons can say to their drinking fellows: "I'm just off to flood the cowling" to which the correct rejoinder is "Plenty of it!"
Seriously though, Ladies and Gents is fine surely?
I like this one!!
"I'm just off to flood the cowling" to which the correct rejoinder is "Plenty of it!" ROFLMAO! That's brilliant!
I think I'll go to his pub. When I can once again travel to the UK. I live in Australia from where international travel is currently banned due to COVID-19.
The Clarkson's for the male toilet. And the Hammonds for the ladies.
or the Sabine Schmitzer.....
Just watched jeremy’s Q&A and believe it or not, it was literally a third as long😂
I don’t see a problem with “restrooms” but one can also use “bulk heads” from ships, “chamber of commerce”, “white house”, “top gear studio”, “HMS mutiny”, “bowel rights room”, “bunker”, I can literally go all day.
The Oval Office
Excellent as ever
"They are at liberty to ignore me, and they do." -Jam Maymay
I think that all of the pubs in the area that also have rooms to let, should each have a book in each room which contains a list of the other pubs and a description of each.
“The Facilities” is what I’d call them.
James May is always a treat. More of this from the pub!
Ok ok hear me out: Renault logo for the ladies, Tesla logo for the gents 👀
@Lee Fraser thank you, I thought it was quite creative as well 🤣🤣
thats marvelous
@@johnlemon3809 haha thanks! I hope he sees it and actually considers it but I know that won’t happen
@@natalie6117 He better, this is too witty to go unnoticed
_technically_ you’re not allowed to use logos without permission
Mens facility: Lager Recycling Plant. Ladies facility: Chardonay Recycling Plant. Or as it's called in Wiltshire the Yertiz.
Loo renaming suggestions: Comfort Room, "Facilities", or go with the symbols idea. As it's called Royal Oaks, maybe an acorn nut for males and the acorn cap for females?
You mentioned Beckford Arms. That is named after William Beckford of nearby Fonthill Abbey. Not much is left of the Old Fonthill Abbey. The tower collapsed soon after it was built. If you travel south from Fonthill Bishop towards the Beckford Arms, you go through a magnificent. entrance archway and past an ornamental lake on the left. To the right there used to be a house called Fonthill Splendens. See grid reference 392500,131500. The story of Beckford and Fonthill Abbey is fascinating and worthy of another Foodtribe video.
Its gonna be really awkward when James gets kicked out of his own pub
I'm very glad he said most microbreweries are trash. This Pub will never fail. There are many people across the world that would be more than happy to throw money at James Mays Pub just to know it still exists even if they don't get the opportunity to visit it.
I agree that the "Smokery" could become a smoking area where smokers go. Maybe add some extra protection from the elements , a cigarette bin , some benches and of course hand sanitiser because of COVID..
All the best of luck with your pub, Mr. May! ♫
Gastro pub all over.. local but most of the locals can't afford the food. They spend fortune on staff, people only go there for special occasions, they only go a few times, locals hardly go, pub dies.
Hopefully. This type of place doesn't resemble a pub in any way.
I remember on top gear specials James May used to call the toilet the dispenser.
Pubs, churches and football grounds. The holy trinity of British culture.
You sold me at plane spotting. I'll look forward to a visit
In Malta, we call our toilets “the lower rooms” try it :) its non-pretentious, it’s curious , easily relatable and slightly commical
Still the best to listen to.
Interesting. Almost every pub I've frequented to watch the football, who decided to remove teles, has closed.
In the states " rest room " is most common, there's also the standard ladies/men's room...then there's the term WC (water closet)...
We have an Irish Pub nearby in Florida that says in gigantic letters "WOMEN" . Then in very small print says "are not allowed in here because this is the men's room". The reactions are hilarious when Women walk into the Men's room and Vice Versa. LOL
James; your new pub sounds very inviting. If, after Wigan, I wanted to pay you a visit from Canada, can you give me the name of the village and major waypoints that will help a complete stranger to the UK find his/her way to this fine new/old venue?