When I was a child in the late 60's, early 70's I remember the local pub had a door that led to a special partitioned area, like a small corridor that led to the bar. It was separated from the public and saloon bars with frosted glass and tiled walls (from the Edwardian era). My Aunty would pop in there to buy cigarettes I seem to recollect & if I was lucky I'd get some crisps. I have mentioned this to several people, but nobody knows what I am talking about. Does anybody else remember these in pubs and if so what were they called and do any still exist?
2007-07-20 03:35:20 · 6 answers · asked by Peter B 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Out Sales sounds familiar..
The pub I am talking about also had an adjacent off licence, but this was either supplementary to the offy, or it operated when the offy was closed. It's nice to see that others remember these with nostalgia too.
2007-07-20 03:50:57 · update #1
Yeh yeh! I remember, but now it's bugging me what they were called. The pub my mum and dad used to go to on a Saturday night had one (together with a children's room which they used to dump me in for the night!). Was it called Off Sales or Out Sales or something like that? You could buy crisps and cigs from there without actually going in the pub 'proper'. No idea what they were for, perhaps it was somewhere to buy cigs or crisps if you were not old enough to actually go into the pub - in the days before the village shop stayed open until 8pm!!
Golly, you took me on a right memory trip there - I had completely forgotten all about those! And no, I'm pretty sure they don't still exist.
2007-07-20 03:40:21 · answer #1 · answered by Lily & Stu Too 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it was called 'the jug and bottle' and succeeded by being called the 'off licence' where you could buy cigarettes and beer, wine and spirits for consumption outside the licensed premises, e.g. the pub.
2007-07-20 11:13:40 · answer #2 · answered by Robin B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Locally in my part of the Midlands they were called "Bob Holes" as the bar staff "bobbed up" in the serving window. I do not now if here was a more technical term.
2007-07-20 10:59:39 · answer #3 · answered by SkodaKat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
some pubs had off licences adjoining them,no they dont exist now as you can get all your take homedrinks from supermarkets nowadays
2007-07-20 10:38:56 · answer #4 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My local had one back in the days before its refurbishment.
As kids, we always referred to it as the 'off sales'. Is that what you're thinking of?
2007-07-20 10:43:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
We used to call it 'the outdoor'
It was like a mini off-licence
2007-07-20 10:39:10 · answer #6 · answered by Ask_Elvis 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋