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| Philip Halling / Richmond Green / CC BY-SA 2.0 |
During a recent trip to London, I paid a visit to Richmond. While I was there, I thought to look around some Ted Lasso filming locations. The building which 'played' Ted's apartment now has a shop dedicated to Ted Lasso / AFC Richmond. I decided to have a drink at The Prince's Head, the exterior of which is The Crown & Anchor in the series.
The bar is a fairly typical English pub, serving food and drinks. The staff were friendly, in that English charming way. What I noticed most was a more-than-typical number of tourists visiting because of the Ted Lasso connection. And I love people watching and listening, so here's what I saw and heard.
- 3 boys wandering in but getting turfed out 'without mum and dad'
- Two German men carefully asking how many millilitres are in a pint of beer
- Two Americans deciding to split their meal - 'Sharing a fish and chips, are we boys?'
- Two guys debating what 'other shows are actually on Apple TV...?' They agreed on The Morning Show with Rachel from Friends.
- A family of five ordering their drinks, and then all instantly started looking at their phones
- The bar was not full but busy, a steady stream of people coming in and leaving. A lot of debate from new people: Should we stand at the bar?