RIP: Three Compasses

“Well, what can I say that gives this pub justice? Sandwiched between an industrial park and a council estate, this is definitely a locals’ pub, not only in geographical terms, but on the welcome you receive. It’s the only pub I know where the drinkers give you suspicious looks when you walk past! A small, narrow affair, it had a couple of children running around on my visit and according to the fluorescent star-shaped signs, they have a disco and serve food. I didn’t feel sufficiently confident verify the reliability of either. Walking by on other occasions, I notice after 11pm, the blinds are drawn and the doors locked, but the lights and music go on for a lot longer. It’s all fine if you live in the area and are on first name terms with the landlord, but everyone else has no need to ever come here.”