Friern Barnet and Finchley Photo Archive

Lovely to see the old pub my home from 1964 until it closed. Thank you so much for sharing. My parents Les and Olive Newman were the licencees. Kind Regards, Stephen Newman.

I used to drink in this pub nearly every Friday night from 1969 to late 1970 with several of my old friends who I had been at Woodhouse School with. I remember it as a very pleasant pub with a good atmosphere and a bar billiards table and its sad that it no longer exists.

Thanks Richard Spencer I'm glad you have such great memories and for your very positive comments.

This was my parents' local during the war years. They used to put me behind the bar in my carry cot. Somewhere I have a photo of them at the bar. It was also where my (ex) husband held his stag do the night before our wedding in 1964. Some were so hung over they didn't make the wedding.

This was my Dad's local when we lived at Walfield House, 1502 High Road from 1959-63. He would sit me outside on a bench with a lemonade while he had a pint or two with his mates. Sad that so many of these lovely old pubs in Whetstone have now gone.

Went to some folk club nights there. Great pub. Did not try to be anything it was not

ANYONE FROM WHETSTONE, RELATED TO THE CARROLL FAMILY OR HOWELLS, PEMBROKE RD, SUTTON RD., OAKLEIGH CRESCENT - ALL RELATED TO THOMAS JAMES ALPHONSO CARROLL, FROM WICKLOW. HE WAS A RUNNER, AND WON A CUP FOR HIGHGATE HARRIERS. AND ANYONE WHO LIVED AT 33 PARKHURST RD, 1940 44. THANKS.

I too used to used to drink here and play bar-billiards on a Friday night in the late sixties with friends from Woodhouse and clearly remember Richard Spencer as we were friends in the same form at school. It was a lovely pub where we started our drinking and socialising lives. I didn’t particularly like the Double Diamond/Red Barrel beers of the time so l used to have a Mackeson and cider mixed. Fortunately, my taste improved as did the beer

Hello Dave! Indeed I remember you very well too plus recall our Friday nights at The Blue Anchor and the laughs we used to have at the bar billiards table. Grat to hear from you as it were via this website. I deduce that like me you have moved on to real ale from keg beer which I imagine The Blue Anchor moved onto. All the best. Richard (also known as Dick)

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