The pubs of Hemel Hempstead

[ladysuzilyon]

I believe the full moon was the odeon before it was a wetherspoon. I was at the old bell gate last night, a nice small local's pub, we then moved to the old bell which was awful.

[vkhken1966]

what pub was a movie theatre converted to a PUB...

[oldhempsteadian]

@vkhken1966 I think there was an Odeon "cinema" which was converted into a pub. I don't know of any movie theatres in this country. Then again, I have seen a lot of baseball hats and "I love New York" t-shirts around here so perhaps time travel does exist.

[40boobies]

I luv hemel!! xxx

[zoemonkey199]

I Love the Marchmont, Live like 10 mins away from that :)

[WeAreQPR1882]

The Wishing well isn't there anymore nor is the beehive

[oldhempsteadian]

@WeAreQPR1882

Yes, they are dropping like flies. Glad I made the film before they've all gone!

[maffia136]

The socity is in marlowes i live near marlowes

[WeAreQPR1882]

The Wishing well isn't there anymore

[OrchidEstateAgents]

The Old Town Hemel - great place

[CODtrickster434]

I luv Hemel xxx

[CODtrickster434]

-3 Hemel -3 xx

[oldhempsteadian]

@CODtrickster434 The answer is 42.

[paulscotchbrook12345]

hemel wot a dump

[oldhempsteadian]

@paulscotchbrook12345 Thank you. Intelligent comments are always welcomed.

[AToXIE]

You could have done the greenacres tavern better because it's such a good place ;)

[bill53uk]

You have missed "The Royal Oak" in the Old High Street. Opposite Gadebridge Park.

sat on the corner, now a house.

[buckland55]

The Wishing Well seems to have closed recently and the White Hart has been extended

[buckland55]

The Wishing Well seems to have closed recently

[tillywitch6]

That is such a lovely video. Thanks for doing it. I live in Cornwall but come from Berkhamsted and lived in H.H. in the seventies and know a lot of these pubs personally. In fact I used to work in the Fishery Inn way back in around 1977 or 78.

You have brought back lovely memories. xx

[oldhempsteadian]

@tillywitch6 Thanks tillywitch6. All the filming was done after my heart by-pass operation when I had to do as much walking as possible, so I walked all around the town! Coming from Cornwall now, you may be interested in a short comic video I took while in Devon which refers to Cornish beer. It's called 'Bob the Boozer".

[opendtuning]

I had a first date with a Hemel girl in the "Leather Bottle" and she worked in the "White Horse" pub just up the road from the Bottle that was in the early 90's and the Horse was always busy back then every night I never saw a pub that busy all the time brilliant watering hole...great upload thanx...

[nedpepper2]

didnt see the three horseshoe, which is on the outskirts of hemel?

[shredmaster100]

the crabtrees a good pub in hemel i used to go there for a drink and a good dinner people are very sociable u can go up to anyone and talk about anything with them its great some other pubs though have now been taken over by poles if thats the way this countrys going i might move to germany really good village pubs there and good women u know what i mean

[vadarfone]

Good video! Thanks a lot!

The Lienster used to be called something else though...

Very good 'Gutbuster' served in there.

[oldhempsteadian]

Think it was the Anchor, it certainly replaced the old Anchor which was demolished when Beechfield Estate was built.

[vadarfone]

That's the one!!

Cheers!

[nedpepper2]

yep used to be the anchor till the new owner jerry took it over in the 90's leinster is the best pub in hemel!

[tmunden]

@oldhempsteadian yes it was the Anchor although i think they just did it up don't think it was demolished, but for the people in boxmoor no matter what its called these days it will always be the Anchor

[bill53uk]

@vadarfone The Liester Pub used to called "The Anchor" as by Anchor Lane.

[benjiyid]

u forgot the patch

[oldhempsteadian]

Do you know I did video the patch but wasn't pleased with it so it got dumped - not the pub, my video!

[chigaloo2]

Some brilliant History at the White Hart, Old town, opened sice the early 1500's and was also a regular haunt for the Roundheads. Got to be one of the oldest pubs in the world.

[oldhempsteadian]

Sorry doc, lost track of the music. Rather German but couldn't find any pub-like free music!

[scuttle69]

you also missed out indy jax use to be findleys cafe above the shops in town blink and you miss the doorway also the great harry aka harrys bar now the function rooms on the bus station ?

and the crabtree in adeyfield?

i thought the place opposite the fountain in apsley was the apsley village club now knocked down and rebuilt ?

[FXR786]

indy :D

[scuttle69]

you missed the post office arms out in boxmoore aka the patch in puller road dont know why you took a pic of the heath park tho gone like so many others in hemel like the plough that use to be near the magic roundabout /saracens head/the fountain/albion/white lion/ the original railway pub / wagon & horses/

[oldhempsteadian]

I did video "The Patch" but somehow missed putting it in (plus a couple of others). The Heath Park was in because the video was originally going to be of changes to the Hemel scene but somehow morphed into Pubs! An impressive list of pubs which have gone but you missed one "The Salmon", but the "White Lion" is still alive and kicking.

[scuttle69]

i meant the white lion in queens way or was it the white horse just up from the fire station think theirs an office block their now called boston house ?

cant say i know the salmon tho maybe before my time ? did you get the papermill in aswell apsley ?

[oldhempsteadian]

I think it was the "Salmon & Trout" in Queen Street, the "Salmon" was in Apsley opposite "The Fountain", yes a long time ago. Don't think the "Papermill" was built when I took the original video. You've got me thinking now of lots of Hemel pubs which have disappeared!

[oldhempsteadian]

Just remembered, it was the "Swan & Trout" which was in Queen Street.

[GRAHAMAUS]

Many of my old watering holes here - and a few I've never heard of. I'd kill for a pint of Marston's right now, or better still some Hook Norton or similar. Sadly they are unavailable in Australia. Still, the weather and laid-back life is mostly unavailable in Hemel Hempstead, so on balance, no regrets ;-)

[oldhempsteadian]

You can't have everything you want in life but the thought of all that lager in Aussie is a turn-off.

[bodunchar]

haha great good job.

[oldhempsteadian]

Thanks. I'm sure there's probably a couple more pubs somewhere I missed, three at Bourne End for instance. I began to lose interest eventually!

[J444ESR]

Missed the greenaches 2 in grove hill