cheapest drink in London?

[dragonyphoenix]

Back just after Rupert's Ripper-days, if someone were drinking in a real dive in London, what would be the cheapest way to go. I want the drink to be alcoholic and something that could be nursed, like a beer. I'm thinking the equivalent of Pittsburgh's Tech Beer, which is the dregs of Iron City beer.

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[devo79.livejournal.com]

When exactly is that? As in what year are we talking about?

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Based on ASH's age, Ripper would have been 18 in the early 70's, so '72 r '73.

[devo79.livejournal.com]

Okay. Found this menu from a bar in New york in the 1970's.

http://www.mhodistributors.com/little-king-b.jpg

I tried to find an old menu from a bar in the Uk from around 1970 but couldn't.

[il_mio_capitano]

I'm not old to have been drinking in the seventies so my knowledge is patchy. I think men drank pints of bitter or mild back then. Halves for the ladies. Lager came in a little later. I don't think cost was an issue really. Can't tell you specific brews from London area, though I think Watneys Red Barrel was probably national from what I remember of adverts of the time.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

I wasn't old enough to have been drinking then either, and I was in a completely different country! ;-) Thanks.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Hey thanks. I finally got the library to take a look. *sigh*