Go Travel Magazine

THE CROWN
Lavendar Hill
Clapham Junction
London, United Kingdom

In the interests of research GO pulled up a bar stool with Brisbane native and London local Jen Botting to chew the fat about her local pub.

JEN>> Our most geographically local is Mish Mash, the nightclub we live above. We tend not to go there too much because the music is bad and we get it every Friday and Saturday nights til 2am!!

GO>> So where do you go most often?

JEN>> The Crown. It’s just down the road from us and is a classic English pub. I love it for the fireplace and big comfy couches that I’ve been known to fall asleep in!

GO>> And your usual order?

JEN>> Well, I’m a bit of a cider fancier myself (although I gather this makes me something of a chav). Myfavourite is Weston’s organic cider, which, as well as being all organic and therefore good for you, is ridiculously alcoholic at 6.5%. Actually, I think the whole ‘organic’ element probably nullifies the chav factor!

GO>> What’s a chav?

JEN>> Oh God, I was wondering if the term had reached Australia yet! Your classic chav is basically Vicky Pollard from Little Britain, It’s all about the tracksuits, ciggies, council housing, boozing it up and accumulating ASBOs (anti-social behaviour orders).

GO>> Ah, all is clear.