FabGuys.com forum: Barley mow Bedford

By *affles66 OP Man
over a year ago

sunderland

Has anyone been to the Barley mow in Bedford, ive read mixed reviews,im.planning on visiting Bedford on a wednesday. it says that its englands oldest gay bar, what sort of ages does it attrach? Is it all young people or mixed.

Any advice, recomendations would be appreciated, thanks

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By *affles66 OP Man
over a year ago

sunderland

Anyone been to this pub?

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By *iGuyMarried1960Man
over a year ago

bedford

It can get busy on a Saturday night, was mostly younger lads when I was last in there.

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By *affles66 OP Man
over a year ago

sunderland

Thanks for letting me know, im in Bedford on a wednesday night.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’s technically as stated the oldest pub, I don’t think it’s a proven fact though.

The pub has recently changed hands many times over and it’s been a while since it has been run and managed by anyone of LGBT persuasion.(as the last gay couple who ran it sold it for a considerable profit!)

The small die hard customers who are LGBT are dwindling through various reasons.

I think it’s mostly people of student age who still use it weekends in the night and the rest are people who can’t get into anywhere else late at night.

By all means if you’re in the area there’s no harm popping in, I would maybe try different times but honestly I don’t even class it as a “gay” venue anymore.

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By *affles66 OP Man
over a year ago

sunderland

Thanks for your reply, i may just call in for a drink when i am in the area.

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By *ut4fun6969Man
51 weeks ago

Folkestone

I'm going to be in Bedford. Has it stopped being a Gay venue?

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By *areBootsMan
2 weeks ago

Birmingham

Hi, unfortunately this is a pretty crappy pub, which is a crying shame. Layout is appalling and whatever clientele go there do not represent the diversity of Bedford gay folks. It can get relatively busy at weekends but I've heard whinges about security being very homophobic - possibly not a good look for an LGBT bar - while the DJ there is possibly the worst DJ on planet Earth and instead of dance music seems to have a small selection of novelty records and 80s power ballads. Very often you'll go in for a quiet drink but the televisons in both rooms are at ear-splitting full volume and it's impossible to hear yourself think. Taking all this into account, it's staggering that anyone goes there at all, let along the dwindling gaggle of plastic teenies who seem to be there occasionally, and it's baffling how they're able to make any money at all. It's only really somewhere to go before a gig/club night round the corner at Esquire's.

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