Banksy 👑 "The Crown” Pub, Pilton

[Sam Am]

After a tip of from a dear friend I dragged my girlfriend out of bed at 7am to take a road trip to supposedly the Pub owned by Rob, cough I mean Banksy. It was early last year this hit the news but with a recent T shirt available for purchase (online too) we found ourselves in the beautiful village of Pilton. 

enjoy the photos below, the link is also attached. 

and yes offcourse the owners said it had nothing to do with him.


ps : Food was 10/10

thecrownpilton.com/pilton-somerset/the-crown-pilton-t-shirts/https://thecrownpilton.com/pilton-somerset/the-crown-pilton-t-shirts/


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[drip]

Very nice.

Classy.

[Jules Leotard]

Jan 24, 2024 18:21:02 GMT 1 Sam Am said:

After a tip of from a dear friend I dragged my girlfriend out of bed at 7am to take a road trip to supposedly the Pub owned by Rob, cough I mean Banksy. It was early last year this hit the news but with a recent T shirt available for purchase (online too) we found ourselves in the beautiful village of Pilton. 

enjoy the photos below, the link is also attached. 

and yes offcourse the owners said it had nothing to do with him.


ps : Food was 10/10

thecrownpilton.com/pilton-somerset/the-crown-pilton-t-shirts/https://thecrownpilton.com/pilton-somerset/the-crown-pilton-t-shirts/


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I am starting to dislike you out of jealousy.  

I was traveling in and out of London 2001 to 2007 on a regular basis.  I only had a remote awareness of Banksy. Wow, did I miss the M.V. Louise Michel. 

I am grateful for WCP for this reason alone (Lroy and Lukas).

Looks like Sam Am just planned a family holiday for me.  Could they let us know where the next Cut&Run will be, so I can incorporate it into the trip?

[Sam Am]

Love you too mate 😅

[Lroy]

Jan 24, 2024 18:29:53 GMT 1 Sam Am said:

Love you too mate 😅

Me Too ! And I like you a lot too ! People enjoying fun and life ! Anyway your thread is very interesting! I saw a link where you can order tees ! They are so awesome ! The shadow of Bankstee (with the pearl out of the crown) ? ;-) As for the Louise Michel ? Nice. One anyway !!

[Lroy]

thecrownpilton.com/pilton-somerset/the-crown-pilton-t-shirts/

ah I copied your link ! Sorry 

[Rsyok]

Hmm ham egg and chips. Nice bit of decor the vertical skittle alley !

[Icecream Man]

Went with the green. The print quality on the these is great.

[LJCal]

It looks awesome, one of the owners is a local artist who makes these really cool wind up monkey boxes.
www.rowenajdraper.com/sketch-book

Dorcas Casey also made some of the artwork for the pub. She did some sculptures at Dismaland. I think if you look at these two confirmed artists, their background and style it's not to far fetched that Banksy has some kind of interest or involvement. The interior has a similar feel in places to Walled Off. Even the website feels very similar to Walled Off. Either that or it's a very clever marketing ploy to save a failing village pub.

[My Name is Frank]

What a lovely looking pub, lucky Pilton

[Carl Cashman Art]

Great people, am good friends with the owners, they've got 10 or so of my works up.

[Lroy]

Jan 25, 2024 6:05:34 GMT 1 LJCal said:

It looks awesome, one of the owners is a local artist who makes there really cool wind up monkey boxes.
www.rowenajdraper.com/sketch-book

Dorcas Casey also made some of the artwork for the pub. She did some sculptures at Dismaland. I think if you look at these two confirmed artists, their background and style it's not to far fetched that Banksy has some kind of interest or involvement. The interior has a similar feel in places to Walled Off. Even the website feels very similar to Walled Off. Either that or it's a very clever marketing ploy to save a failing village pub.

If you click on exhibition, we have our friend Carl Cashman that made one and have some artworks apparently … To quote the singer in the pub of Margate “ 🎶 you had a Banksy (The Crown) close to your door and you didn’t know 🎶 »

[Sam Am]

Exactly the same as the walled off hotel tees sizing and quality wise. 

[Onket]

Long way to go for a pub lunch. Fair play.

[LJCal]

Jan 25, 2024 9:35:16 GMT 1 Onket said:

Long way to go for a pub lunch. Fair play.

If you’re into music you could do Glastonbury and check this out before or after the festival. I don’t think I could handle Glastonbury anymore but the younger or more adventurous should definitely go and add this to your itinerary. 

[drip]

The place looks really cool. I was just looking at the photos of the refurbishment works, and it looks like someone put a lot of money into the place. That was more than a lick of paint. Great to see a pub showcasing artists.

[Urban Art Store]

This was the article way back last year mentioning the pub and banksy:

www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/quirky-somerset-village-pub-heaving-8350888

[lukas01]

I wonder if they also make the suspended pint? Do you know if they do something like this? The place would lend itself very well.

In practice it is very simple. You go to the Pub with your friends, order 4 pints and pay for 5. You leave one pending, for those who can't afford to buy a pint in a warm place.

Write all this on a whiteboard and enter the updated total number of how many outstanding pints are still available.

Nice venue. Particular.

[Onket]

Jan 25, 2024 10:03:53 GMT 1 LJCal said:

Jan 25, 2024 9:35:16 GMT 1 Onket said:

Long way to go for a pub lunch. Fair play.

If you’re into music you could do Glastonbury and check this out before or after the festival. I don’t think I could handle Glastonbury anymore but the younger or more adventurous should definitely go and add this to your itinerary. 

Over 20 years since I was last there. I'm also not sure it's for me anymore. 

[PC Baby]

Great Pub! Great Location! Great Story!
...and, more to the point, Great Tees!
Decisions, decisions - NO, can't decide, so have gone for the full colour set (sorry bank!)

[LJCal]

Jan 25, 2024 12:25:58 GMT 1 Onket said:

Jan 25, 2024 10:03:53 GMT 1 LJCal said:

If you’re into music you could do Glastonbury and check this out before or after the festival. I don’t think I could handle Glastonbury anymore but the younger or more adventurous should definitely go and add this to your itinerary. 

Over 20 years since I was last there. I'm also not sure it's for me anymore. 

same, went 3 times in the 90s and the final one for me was 2000. I didn't sleep for 4 days solid, needless to say it took me about a month to recover and that was in my prime.

Personally (and) stamina aside it lost the appeal when they erected the mega fence.It kind of gentrified the whole thing and cut out a lot of the Hippies and travellers. Michael Eavis was quite happy to sell his 100,000 licensed tickets and let another 100,000 people in for free, in fact he almost encouraged it. Obviously the locals and councils hated it, TBF in 2000 they reckon there was more than 250,000 on site and it was fucking mental, completely lawless and probably the largest open air drug market the world has seen. 

[drip]

Jan 25, 2024 12:20:09 GMT 1 lukas01 said:

I wonder if they also make the suspended pint? Do you know if they do something like this? The place would lend itself very well.

In practice it is very simple. You go to the Pub with your friends, order 4 pints and pay for 5. You leave one pending, for those who can't afford to buy a pint in a warm place.

Write all this on a whiteboard and enter the updated total number of how many outstanding pints are still available.

Nice venue. Particular.

This is a lovely idea. I know of the pay-it-forward concept for drive-throughs, coffee shops, Tim Hortons and that, but I didn't know there was an equivalent for alcoholics. That's really nice.

When you first said "suspended pint" I genuinely thought you were talking about something like this:



But your concept's much better. Nice to know something like that exists in these harsh economic times.

[Lroy]

I love this thread ! Thanks to the poster. Informations, links, beautiful photos and stories from members, each thread should be like this : informative, ludicrous, curious, well a conversation between gents and ladies ! And musicians !

The owner of the pub invited me to pass with a kind message ( I told him that they don’t ship to Europe )

« We hope you can visit too! hopefully one day we can welcome you in person! » it’s signed Kelly ( that’s a man of a woman ? ). Anyway if I make a trip to UK I will pass there !

To USB : it’s true that we would want to get all of them ! Splendid tees !

[lha]

Keep an eye out for ‘Brenda’ who works behind the bar at The Crown. Tall, five o clock shadow, deep voice. Likes a cider or 5. I think it could be……….

[nick42]

Love these tees! How can I please get one of these in the US (without waiting for them to pop up on the bay. Sigh . . . ). Can't travel there anytime soon. Thank you.

[lukas01]

Jan 25, 2024 12:43:45 GMT 1 drip said:

Jan 25, 2024 12:20:09 GMT 1 lukas01 said:

I wonder if they also make the suspended pint? Do you know if they do something like this? The place would lend itself very well.

In practice it is very simple. You go to the Pub with your friends, order 4 pints and pay for 5. You leave one pending, for those who can't afford to buy a pint in a warm place.

Write all this on a whiteboard and enter the updated total number of how many outstanding pints are still available.

Nice venue. Particular.

This is a lovely idea. I know of the pay-it-forward concept for drive-throughs, coffee shops, Tim Hortons and that, but I didn't know there was an equivalent for alcoholics. That's really nice.

When you first said "suspended pint" I genuinely thought you were talking about something like this:



But your concept's much better. Nice to know something like that exists in these harsh economic times.

In some parts, it is also done for bread.
Suspended bread or beer and more.

Many people are in difficulty right now.

[Onket]

Jan 25, 2024 12:43:33 GMT 1 LJCal said:

Jan 25, 2024 12:25:58 GMT 1 Onket said:

Over 20 years since I was last there. I'm also not sure it's for me anymore. 

same, went 3 times in the 90s and the final one for me was 2000. I didn't sleep for 4 days solid, needless to say it took me about a month to recover and that was in my prime.

Personally stamina aside it lost the appeal when they erected the mega fence.It kind of gentrified the whole thing and cut out a lot of the Hippies and travellers. Michael Eavis was quite happy to sell his 100,000 licensed tickets and let another 100,000 people in for free in fact he almost encouraged it. Obviously the locals and councils hated it, TBF in 2000 they reckon there was more than 250,000 on site and it was fucking mental, completely lawless and probably the largest open air drug market the world has seen. 

Yep, same. I went 95, 99 & 2000. Also went 2002 but couldn't get in, and after getting fed up of being chased around by coked up security we blagged a lift to Smeatharpe instead.

[LJCal]

Jan 25, 2024 15:35:55 GMT 1 Onket said:

Jan 25, 2024 12:43:33 GMT 1 LJCal said:

same, went 3 times in the 90s and the final one for me was 2000. I didn't sleep for 4 days solid, needless to say it took me about a month to recover and that was in my prime.

Personally stamina aside it lost the appeal when they erected the mega fence.It kind of gentrified the whole thing and cut out a lot of the Hippies and travellers. Michael Eavis was quite happy to sell his 100,000 licensed tickets and let another 100,000 people in for free in fact he almost encouraged it. Obviously the locals and councils hated it, TBF in 2000 they reckon there was more than 250,000 on site and it was fucking mental, completely lawless and probably the largest open air drug market the world has seen. 

Yep, same. I went 95, 99 & 2000. Also went 2002 but couldn't get in, and after getting fed up of being chased around by coked up security we blagged a lift to Smeatharpe instead.

Ah the good old free party scene, that was another part of 90s culture that felt like complete anarchy for a few days a year. I used to love going to those parties and watching the police just give up once a few thousand people turned up and then pretty much watch from outside for the next two days. TBF on a lot of the cops, at the time most of them thought it was a massive waste of resource chasing people round the M25 all weekend to stop a party. I don't think I ever saw a rave broken up by the police TBF and I was at some massive ones with a big police presence around the sites. 

[Onket]

I moved to London in 2000 and went to my first 'squat party' as we called them then, that summer. Never looked back. Think I went to my last one in 2010 just before my daughter was born and there were a good few years when I went literally every weekend. Did see a few stopped by old bill, unfortunately, but its a bit easier on a Sunday afternoon when there's only about 100 stragglers left. The Olympics damaged the party scene quite severely and of course Hackney Wick is mostly redeveloped now. I see on Insta that the kids are still getting out pretty regular these days though. Good for them.

[LJCal]

Jan 25, 2024 16:02:56 GMT 1 Onket said:

I moved to London in 2000 and went to my first 'squat party' as we called them then, that summer. Never looked back. Think I went to my last one in 2010 just before my daughter was born and there were a good few years when I went literally every weekend. Did see a few stopped by old bill, unfortunately, but it's a bit easier on a Sunday afternoon when there's only about 100 stragglers left. The Olympics damaged the party scene quite severely and of course Hackney Wick is mostly redeveloped now. I see on Insta that the kids are still getting out pretty regular these days though. Good for them.

ah yeah I used to go the raves in Hackney Wick, the one I remember most was in a meat slaughter factory, it was epic. Probably around the same time in 99-2000. I probably went to my last one in the early 2000s when a lot of the London clubs were thriving and then went for the slightly more sanitised nights out at the End, Fabric, Turnmills and Bagleys. I just couldn't keep up with the pace of some of the squat raves especially as most went on for days and had an unlimited supply of cheap drugs.