I thought the same when seeing videos about the colony room. I thought these people are interesting but also insufferable when drunk.

@andrewwilson3327 Can you elaborate about what you find when you scratch beneath the surface? Pub culture is dying on its feet for too many reasons to go into here and when I used to frequent pubs I always found the people who spent vast amounts of their time in them lived pretty tragic lives. Finally if you study the lives of "bon viveurs" (they are rarely referred to as alcoholics) : Jeffrey Bernard, Keith Floyd, Keith Moon, Peter Cook, Dylan Thomas, Oliver Reed, Richard Burton - few people who really knew them had much of a good word to say about them.

Andrew? No more truer word was ever written. I loathed the way Richard Harris and Peter O'Toole would rehash seriously unfunny anecdotes on chat shows about the "craic" they had getting utterly shitfaced. As to the damage it did to their wives and especially their children, traumatized for life...not a word. I guess that would be a bit of a downer.

i miss soho

You are oblivious to the fact that your comment confirms that you have no knowledge whatsoever of this famous establishment, and that you are therefore a complete idiot.

@@mrconstable1908 Hear hear! The man's( 123 Paul)a fool ,obviously.

@@mrconstable1908 I used to go frequently in the 80s when Norman was still there. Had some fantastic craic at the Coach in those days.

@@neilmccormick2064 My video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3XGlmmId8aSmbM

Only a CRASHING Bore could be so ignorant of those times

@paulphilipempey1 go there and pay £7 for a pint and pretend it's 1982?......I'll add it to the list of things to do when I'm next in London.

sad/hungover face emoji, can i have a pint or am i still barred at the moment???

Hi. I remember Charlie too Good friendly sort. No pretensions. Genuine chap. Like to know what happened to him also. Wish I could help.

@@derekedge6975 most of the regulars there both in front and behind the bar were all dead by their early 60's due to lifestyle choices - including Balon and Bernard.

@@revol148 You are incorrect about Balon. he was still alive through Covid when he was well into his 90's. indeed he was in his 80's when he left the Coach and Horses in 2006. Seems that a lot of your comments on this page contain unsubstantated assertions rather than fact.

@@luddite561 "a lot of my comments on this page contain unsubstantiated assertions rather than fact" - I've only posted two comments - one saying that alcoholics are never interesting - which is a fact and Balon's age which I got wrong !