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#72 bus 20:53 - Jun 14 with 3514 views

My wife is currently in the suburbs of Austin TX. She's stumbled across a bar where they've turned an old route master bus with the 72 bus route into a brew pub. I'm glad I've trained her well enough to recognize that this is an important detail. She's currently claiming it would be inappropriate and confusing to shout "You Rs" at the clientele which is disappointing though

#72 bus on 21:13 - Jun 14 with 2863 views

colinallcars

The 72 used to run along Westway with the 105 but they shifted it to DuCane rd.
I used to go to Roehampton on it as my future wife lived there and there was a nice Youngs pub there as well.

#72 bus on 22:08 - Jun 14 with 2765 views

qpr_1968

good old bus the 72, when we missed the 220 at the pavillion we used to run down just past du cane road to catch it to the bush or hammersmith.

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#72 bus on 22:26 - Jun 14 with 2716 views

hubble

Growing up just over Hammersmith Bridge, this and the No 9 were my buses. Oh yeah, and the 33.

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#72 bus on 22:48 - Jun 14 with 2670 views

stowmarketrange

#72 bus on 21:13 - Jun 14 by colinallcars
The 72 used to run along Westway with the 105 but they shifted it to DuCane rd. I used to go to Roehampton on it as my future wife lived there and there was a nice Youngs pub there as well.

Sorry I downvoted you by mistake.The Angel was a Youngs pub in Roehampton,or maybe the Maltese Cat.
You certainly couldn’t beat a pint of ordinary back then.I revisited it about 18 months ago and they virtually had to blow the cobwebs off the Youngs pump.
The 72 bus was my regular route to hq to watch the R’s back in the 70’s,and being a double decker the spare ticket rolls ended up in my pocket once the conductor went upstairs.Nothing gets over Hammersmith bridge now,or is ever likely to in the near future.

#72 bus on 06:41 - Jun 15 with 2466 views

PlanetHonneywood

#72 bus on 22:48 - Jun 14 by stowmarketrange

The Angel was in the village as I recall. The Maltese Cat was off Roehampton Lane in an estate; which we'd pile into for isotonic beers after playing football on Wednesdays.

I used to get the 72 bus from White City station to the Roehampton limb centre as a kid with my mum, then went to college down there, and was in/visited the area until the early 90s.

So many great pubs in Putney, Richmond, East Sheen, Mortlake and Barnes. I suspect many gone to the wall or comverted to apartments.

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#72 bus on 06:56 - Jun 15 with 2451 views

eghamranger

I think the brewery in Mortlake has gone now. I used to work in barnes for a while when it was Budweiser, but it’s now very run down and was advertising a car wash and serviced offices last week.

Also noticed that the Mawson Arms next door to the Fullers brewery has gone.

#72 bus on 08:07 - Jun 15 with 2338 views

colinallcars

#72 bus on 22:48 - Jun 14 by stowmarketrange

Yes, the Angel. Young's of course a poor imitation of the great ale brewed at Wandsworth.
Not even sure who brews it now - it went to Charlie Wells, then Marston, now who knows ?

#72 bus on 08:07 - Jun 15 with 2338 views

SK_hoops

#72 bus on 06:56 - Jun 15 by eghamranger
I think the brewery in Mortlake has gone now. I used to work in barnes for a while when it was Budweiser, but it’s now very run down and was advertising a car wash and serviced offices last week. Also noticed that the Mawson Arms next door to the Fullers brewery has gone.

They've been trying for some time to convert that brewery into flats. They finally got planning permission recently. Mawson arms went just after lockdown IIRC.

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#72 bus on 08:31 - Jun 15 with 2275 views

colinallcars

#72 bus on 08:07 - Jun 15 by SK_hoops
They've been trying for some time to convert that brewery into flats. They finally got planning permission recently. Mawson arms went just after lockdown IIRC. [Post edited 15 Jun 8:08]

The Mawson was a terrific lunchtime pub ( not open in the evening ).
Great beer, food and staff and the brewery workers were great company.

#72 bus on 09:48 - Jun 15 with 2194 views

BklynRanger

I went to Uni in Roehampton from Sept '92. I actually enrolled through the A-levels 'clearing' process on my birthday, about 3 weeks beforehand and was determined not to leave the dole office on Chichester St in Belfast (where all the prospectuses and the telephones were) until I'd sorted somewhere. In those days it was 'affiliated to the Univ of Surrey'.

So I got into the pub for my birthday drinks and told everybody I was moving to London. I'd been a QPR supporter for 2 or 3 years by then but had never been south of Chester, so it was a nice coincidence to be able to walk outside the gates of my student halls and hop on the 72 bus down the road to LR. Was some team that season too of course, which didn't hurt.

I have a close friend who worked in The Angel during those years. Was a good pub then - run by an Irish lady, Chris, and her husband Tom - a former Scottish amateur boxing champion - not a big chap but lightning quick with his hands. The other pub down by the corner, The Kings Head had a big Scouse fella, Carl, who mostly kept that one under control too. I was last in them about 10 years ago and they'd diverged a bit, with the landlords long gone. The Angel was a lot more run down, and The Kings Head has had one of those slightly soulless refurbs, but otherwise not bad.

Three decades later, I'm back to living a 35-40 min walk from it all, not that I'm ever in Roehampton to be honest. Oh and the Stag Brewery redevelopment is now, apparently, just around the corner - pros and cons to that certainly.

https://www.richmond.gov.uk/news/news_may_2025/green_light_stag_brewery_redevelo

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#72 bus on 10:11 - Jun 15 with 2154 views

Esox_Lucius

Does anyone else remember the 120 & 620 trolley buses 🚎 that ran along the Uxbridge Road?

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#72 bus on 10:15 - Jun 15 with 2129 views

Juzzie

7 & 15 (going along Westbourne Grove and east/west into town) and the 28 & 31 north/southbound (for school) were my buses when growing up

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#72 bus on 10:54 - Jun 15 with 2060 views

francisbowles

#72 bus on 10:11 - Jun 15 by Esox_Lucius
Does anyone else remember the 120 & 620 trolley buses 🚎 that ran along the Uxbridge Road?

Essox, I have a vague memory of getting on a trolleybus with my mum aged about 4. I thought it was on the Goldhawk going east but I could well be wrong.

I can certainly remember them around the 'bush but I was too young to remember any details.

#72 bus on 11:22 - Jun 15 with 2011 views

stowmarketrange

#72 bus on 09:48 - Jun 15 by BklynRanger

[Post edited 15 Jun 9:49]

Only the two pubs left in Roehampton now.The Earl Spencer is a wine warehouse and the montague arms is now a shop.The Highwayman closed down and the Maltese Cat went years ago.
Just the King’s head and the Angel left.

#72 bus on 12:05 - Jun 15 with 1926 views

BklynRanger

#72 bus on 11:22 - Jun 15 by stowmarketrange
Only the two pubs left in Roehampton now.The Earl Spencer is a wine warehouse and the montague arms is now a shop.The Highwayman closed down and the Maltese Cat went years ago. Just the King’s head and the Angel left.

The Earl Spencer's a wine warehouse you say? Now there's a change of pace.

#72 bus on 14:01 - Jun 15 with 1794 views

PunteR

Good old 72 bus. Shout out to the 33 and the R68. Also the 371 and the 65 which were my school bus , and not forgetting the 337 to Putney.

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#72 bus on 14:44 - Jun 15 with 1730 views

DavieQPR

Pity we haven’t learned how to park it yet.

#72 bus on 15:22 - Jun 15 with 1668 views

flynnbo

#72 bus on 08:07 - Jun 15 by colinallcars
Yes, the Angel. Young's of course a poor imitation of the great ale brewed at Wandsworth. Not even sure who brews it now - it went to Charlie Wells, then Marston, now who knows ?

Need to go to my pub when i was growing up which is The Nightingale on Nightingale Lane between Wandsworth Common and Clapham Common for a nice pint of ordinary or special.

#72 bus on 22:52 - Jun 15 with 1474 views

qpr_1968

#72 bus on 10:15 - Jun 15 by Juzzie
7 & 15 (going along Westbourne Grove and east/west into town) and the 28 & 31 north/southbound (for school) were my buses when growing up [Post edited 15 Jun 12:18]

used to get the 7 then 31 to school....

15...long slow ride to upton park...

28....to meet friends in the lillie langtry...

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#72 bus on 09:49 - Jun 16 with 1328 views

TheChef

#72 bus on 22:26 - Jun 14 by hubble
Growing up just over Hammersmith Bridge, this and the No 9 were my buses. Oh yeah, and the 33.

Likewise, all three were my buses from Hammersmith tube to school.

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#72 bus on 10:05 - Jun 16 with 1292 views

QPR_John

Used to take the 72 (it ran down Westway in those days) or the 105 to Shepherds Bush then the 11 to Sloane School in Chelsea. Playing field was in Roehampton so if games (once a week) in the morning it was 72 then 22 to Chelsea and vice versa when games in the afternoon. As an aside had my first cigarette on the top deck of the 72, sick as a dog and have never touched them since.

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#72 bus on 11:03 - Jun 16 with 1200 views

hubble

Ha, continuing your aside John, I had my first cigarette on Hammersmith Bridge, got so dizzy I almost fell in the river, puked up, but carried on smoking anyway. Took me until I was 50 to finally give the feckers up.

Smoking on the top deck of buses, running after them, grabbing the hand rail and swinging onboard... they've taken all the fun out of life!

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#72 bus on 13:42 - Jun 16 with 1063 views

PunteR

#72 bus on 11:03 - Jun 16 by hubble
Ha, continuing your aside John, I had my first cigarette on Hammersmith Bridge, got so dizzy I almost fell in the river, puked up, but carried on smoking anyway. Took me until I was 50 to finally give the feckers up. Smoking on the top deck of buses, running after them, grabbing the hand rail and swinging onboard... they've taken all the fun out of life!

My first cigarette was at school in Ham, behind the bike sheds in 1st year. Definitely stunted my growth.. lol

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#72 bus on 14:21 - Jun 16 with 1014 views

E17hoop

Used to get the 72 from outside the prison officers accommodation on Du Cane Road to Hammersmith, then get the 220 down Fulham Palace Road to get to school in 1979/80

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#72 bus on 15:17 - Jun 16 with 945 views

Boston

#72 bus on 10:11 - Jun 15 by Esox_Lucius
Does anyone else remember the 120 & 620 trolley buses 🚎 that ran along the Uxbridge Road?

...or the street car named Desire?

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