The first time I saw some real volume drinking

Was at the Gillette Cup Final 1981, was at Lords with my Dad supporting Middlesex vs Essex. This was in the days when they didn?t mind what you brought in or drank there.

We were in the unreserved seats in lower grandstand so needed to get there early for a good spot. A few minutes after we arrived (c. 9.00am for 10.45-ish start) some Essex Supporters turned up with three slabs of lager (72 cans) between four of them, that was 18 each and they were all gone by later in the afternoon and then they were on pints after that.

Dad and I couldn?t believe their capacity to drink or the speed at which they could consume lager.

And the result? Middlesex score around 190, Essex chasing lost by around ten runs after being 130-1. A great day.

Posted By: KentonCanary on December 1st 2015 at 13:58:25

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PM CB41. I used to work at a place where some workmates would do 20 pints regularly (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Dec 1, 13:40:06
- Good (n/m) (General Chat) - Real Man, Dec 1, 14:19:08
- I used to work in politics as a press officer and some journalists could certainly drink (General Chat) - revsimon, Dec 1, 14:17:48
- The first time I saw some real volume drinking (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Dec 1, 13:58:25
- Geezer I worked with use to drink his age in pints... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Dec 1, 13:47:43
  - that's quite impressive (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Dec 1, 13:52:28
    - Unsurprisingly he was a heavy drinker and not a very nice person if I'm honest (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Dec 1, 14:01:56
- I was a Drayman in the early 80's - some of the drivers would do 10 pints (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Dec 1, 13:41:41
  - ^^ Name change to William Hague ^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Dec 1, 14:07:21
- That's some serious alcoholism right there. Unless it was American beer ;-) (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 1, 13:41:07
  - to a man they all drank "kroony" (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Dec 1, 13:43:10

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