Comments on: please beware: this is the bald-faced stag http://petescully.com/2009/12/08/please-beware-this-is-the-bald-faced-stag/ postcards of the hanging Wed, 23 May 2012 05:48:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pete scully http://petescully.com/2009/12/08/please-beware-this-is-the-bald-faced-stag/#comment-4916 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:57:35 +0000 http://petescully.com/?p=1322#comment-4916 Yes, the railway’ in edgwares still boarded up, which is a great shame. White Lion went years ago, i liked that place, would have loved to have drawn it. The railway in mill hill up at the green man is still there but my mum said it might close as well, next time if i get time i’ll draw a picture of it. Got to capture these places before they all vanish!

]]> By: Mandy Cunis http://petescully.com/2009/12/08/please-beware-this-is-the-bald-faced-stag/#comment-4873 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:58:13 +0000 http://petescully.com/?p=1322#comment-4873 I frequented the Stag too. On many an occasion growing up I’d head to the Stag in search of my dad who managed to find his way there but rarely his way home. He was a regular and if he wasn’t there I’d head to the Broadway and the Prince of Wales. He’d be in one of them!
As a child we used to sit out the back with our bottle of Coke and packet of cheese and onion crisps and I remember the blonde haired boy that lived upstairs. He had a cowboy outfit that he wore a lot! I think he had a drum kit too and I wished I could have one. At the back of the Stag there was a great area for us kids to play in and I vaguely remember one or two gazebos. This must have been back in the 70′s probably…
I used to play darts in the women’s dart team for the Stag many moons ago and was aware of the reputation although never saw anything bad happening. Maybe I was lucky.
In response to Chris’ comment, I used to spend Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the White Lion as a teenager. Great pub and I was sad to find out it has now gone.
Cheers,
Mandy

]]> By: chris mcdonnell http://petescully.com/2009/12/08/please-beware-this-is-the-bald-faced-stag/#comment-4867 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:54:59 +0000 http://petescully.com/?p=1322#comment-4867 Hi Pete – great as usual.

I wrote my growing up in Burnt Oak book and noted going to the Stag with my Dad. We used to sit out the back on wobbly round tin tables with wobbly tin chairs. Dad would have his Guinness and I would have an orange juice and Bonny the dog would have one of those huge ashtrays full of Guinness from the old fellas glass.

We used to do all the pubs around there and Edgware but the Stag was always the one with the reputation. So many are gone over here now but the Stag remains. The Railway Hotel in Edgware is a massive landmark that is now all boarded up. The White Lion which stood in front of Edgware Football Ground has gone too.

Shame really – but great pics as ever Pete

thanks

Chris

]]> By: pete scully http://petescully.com/2009/12/08/please-beware-this-is-the-bald-faced-stag/#comment-4836 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:57:21 +0000 http://petescully.com/?p=1322#comment-4836 cheers for the comment! i’m back in the old neighbourhood next week, for a few days.

]]> By: pete scully http://petescully.com/2009/12/08/please-beware-this-is-the-bald-faced-stag/#comment-4835 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:55:49 +0000 http://petescully.com/?p=1322#comment-4835 cheers! I was meaning to sketch the place for ages, it’s such an old Burnt Oak landmark. I think I only notice all the language now I live in America, no-one swears over here.

]]> By: tommy palmer http://petescully.com/2009/12/08/please-beware-this-is-the-bald-faced-stag/#comment-4834 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:32:48 +0000 http://petescully.com/?p=1322#comment-4834 was my local in the past, had some good times in the stag, and a good bunch of mates. good times.

]]> By: Mike Fairclough http://petescully.com/2009/12/08/please-beware-this-is-the-bald-faced-stag/#comment-4763 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:42:57 +0000 http://petescully.com/?p=1322#comment-4763 I used to relief manage the f***ing place!

Great picture, but I found the natives weren’t quite so revolting! ;o)

I think they actually liked me – not bad for a Northern lad in Burnt Oak!

M

]]> By: petescully http://petescully.com/2009/12/08/please-beware-this-is-the-bald-faced-stag/#comment-2189 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:32:39 +0000 http://petescully.com/?p=1322#comment-2189 cheers! i took some pics around near deansbrook, to draw pictures of sometime when i’m feeling homesick, keep meaning to do some. Something comforting about the orange roofs and brick chimneys of the watling estate, sloping down in the rain. The skyline is the one thing that doesn’t change much around there.

]]> By: Chris http://petescully.com/2009/12/08/please-beware-this-is-the-bald-faced-stag/#comment-2177 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:00:33 +0000 http://petescully.com/?p=1322#comment-2177 Hi Pete
Great stuff again – I love your sketches.
I did go in the Stag, on the tin tables out the back with my dad then later for a pint with my brother. I was f****ing terrified!
Just found a photo from 1965 showing the house Igrew up in on the other side of Deansbrook Road from you – its awesome.
Belated happy new year mate

Chris

]]> By: Keith http://petescully.com/2009/12/08/please-beware-this-is-the-bald-faced-stag/#comment-2002 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:02:34 +0000 http://petescully.com/?p=1322#comment-2002 Yet another superb picture. Nice one! Yes indeed, the reputation of that pub is infamous but I’ve never been in so couldn’t comment either way.

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