Pickled Egg Quiz

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This question may not apply for long but with number noticing hat on: ? Where would Jim's current likes have got you in Whitehall in the 60's? :-D
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and the Pints go to Mick......select one from the Crown Inn at Humshaugh
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Two of those are unknown to me so I'll try a pint of Nel's please Neil and try and forget what happened to me the evening I first found Everard's Tiger!! :-D
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mickthemaverick wrote: 11 Oct 2020, 19:51 This question may not apply for long but with number noticing hat on: ? Where would Jim's current likes have got you in Whitehall in the 60's? :-D
Top of my head I had the answer, but instead of putting it in print I looked it up, and proved my first reaction was indeed right. Nul points requested or deserved. One thing you would have most likely got was an answer from a real person! not like anyone ringing the equivalent number today:-D
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No points then but join me in a pint of your choosing from the earlier selection!! :-D
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Very kind of you Mick I'll join you with a Nel's Best.

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A few of these and I'll be ordering a pint of Neil's Nel!! :beer: :beer: :beer:
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On the subject of ales, stouts, porters bitters and other assorted beers wines and spirits, just how much do you know about your favourite tipples?
Number 1: Name the drink from this picture clue :?:
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Feel free to contiunue to the theme with a few more :-D

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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 12 Oct 2020, 09:19 On the subject of ales, stouts, porters bitters and other assorted beers wines and spirits, just how much do you know about your favourite tipples?
Number 1: Name the drink from this picture clue :?:
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Number 2: Name the drink from this picture clue :?:
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Methinks you are referring to
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Old Speckled Hen and Doom Bar!! The MG was affectionately known as Ol Speckley and the sand bank under your arrow saw the demise of many ships and earned the name Bar of Doom!!
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mickthemaverick wrote: 12 Oct 2020, 12:05 Methinks you are referring to
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Old Speckled Hen and Doom Bar!! The MG was affectionately known as Ol Speckley and the sand bank under your arrow saw the demise of many ships and earned the name Bar of Doom!!
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Correct! Have a little look down the H&H Classics Sale at Imperial War Museum Duxford sale list on Glenmarch and there is one for sale! (which is where the question sprang from).

TOH or looked up :?: I had no idea on either before today. :-D

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Here's are a few more for you to chew on!! :-D
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dup!
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Cheers Mick!

The first two popped out straight away
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Watneys Red Barrel.......made famous/notorious in the Python sketch by Eric Idle on Brits going to Spain and a Double Diamond works wonders, works wonders, works wonders...so drink some today!
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and the third i guess
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Wells Bombardier
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which now has had its "Englishness" labelling forensically removed by Marstons
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