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Why Sir Francis Drake decided to move to Russia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Updated 23 October 2023 | published 6 April 2023 ~ Sir Francis Drake an English Pub in Kaliningrad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWould you like to go to an English pub?\u201d Asked in England, this would be a completely pointless question should it be directed at me; but asked in Russia\u2019s Kaliningrad 22 years ago, when the city was little more than a one-bar town, I was waiting for the punchline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2001, going out for a drink in Kaliningrad meant either calling in at the subterranean snooker bar at the front of the Kaliningrad Hotel (big hotel; the only one) or taking a table in one of two restaurants that were lingering on from Soviet times. So, it was hardly surprising when Olga asked me, would I like to go to an English pub, I thought the question a trick one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the name of this English pub that put me to rights: in the UK we have King\u2019s Arms (we don\u2019t know which king); Richard III (found under a carpark in Asian Leicester); the Lord Nelson (not yet suffered the ignominy of having his statue tossed into the drink by loony leftist agitators); we even had Jack the Ripper once, until, at the behest of the feminist mafia, the original name Ten Bells was obsequiously reinstated. And yet, whilst a whole host of famous-named pubs spring readily to mind, such as the Black Rod in Basingstoke and the Big Black\u00a0Cochrane in Shepherd\u2019s Bush, sometimes referred to as the BBC, I cannot recall ever frequenting a Sir Francis Drake in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sir Francis Drake in Kaliningrad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the small, secluded outpost of Russia, the Sir Francis Drake established itself as the first of Kaliningrad\u2019s English-themed pubs. It occupied, and still does occupy, a fairly non-descript building in a built-up area some distance removed both from the old town centre, the district once dominated by the Kaliningrad Hotel, and its more typical town-centre successor: the area in, around and containing Victory Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sir Francis Drake locale is an unlikely place for an English pub or any pub for that matter. It brings back memories of streets in London excluded from exploratory pub-crawls as possible places of ill repute ~ assumed publess, therefore pointless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mick and Olga Hart in the Sir Francis Drake English-theme pub, Kaliningrad 2001<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thus, if on my maiden journey to the Sir Francis, I had expected to find something approximating to a typical English hostelry, which I didn\u2019t, I would have been disappointed. Nevertheless, the owners of the Sir Francis Drake had shown good sense in singling out their establishment and attesting to its themed credentials by erecting by its courtyard gate a proper, hanging English pub sign complete with full-length portrait of the famous man himself, the eponymous Sir Francis in all his 16th<\/sup>\u00a0century glory. That sign, and what a tremendous sign it was, has long since gone, replaced by a less traditional but self-explanatory clipart-type image, depicting a foaming tankard of beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixed fortunes <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Sir Francis Drake, as might be expected, has passed through various hands since the days when my English brogues first pitter-pattered across its threshold, and its changing fortunes tend to reflect the grasp successive owners have had of what it is that makes an English pub successful and how best to replicate that success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, shortly after my first visit to the Sir Francis Drake, the bar\u2019s courtyard, a small, paved drinking area or hard-surfaced patio adjacent to the entrance, acquired chairs and tables at which, on days when the weather was clement, people would sit and drink. Fast forward two or three years, and all had gone to seed: half a dozen rusting metal chairs around a wonky table completely spattered with bird shit huddled under a ragged canopy, which was dirty and leaked profusely in more than several places but was good at dragging mosquitoes in during the height of summer, did little to boost the passing trade, which simply kept on passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the bar, the fairly formal atmosphere that once had dwelt there with noble intent, but which in itself was as like to anything lurking in an English pub as nothing is to something, had packed its bags and gone, fled, vamoosed, hurried away, leaving in its wake a tired and tawdry desolate feeling, a non-existent menu and a middle-aged lady behind the bar unarguably more accustomed to propping herself on her elbow and dragging on a fag than she was to serving customers. She pulled me a pint of beer (Good Heavens, it was Charlie Wells!) and rustled me up a bowl of soup: I drank my beer; ate the soup; and left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was to coin a phrase one of those \u201cI am going outside and may be gone for some time,\u201d moments, and thus it came to pass; until many years later fate decided to bring me back from Kaliningrad\u2019s blizzard of bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The rediscovery of the Sir Francis Drake coincided with house hunting. We were looking for a property to buy and whilst engaged in this quest had set up camp in a rented flat nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nearest watering hole to our place of rest was a small craft-beer bar, a new concept to Kaliningrad that had just begun to be trialled. It was a superbly\u00a0spartan venue but had more beers than a bootleggers\u2019 lock-up. Serving food would have spoilt its image, but to entice my wife to remain in a bar until they kicked me out, I had to ensure that my usual pub diet, which was normally limited to crisps and peanuts, could cunningly be augmented by something approaching a proper meal. Women can be the strangest of creatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The closest bar to the foodless establishment was the Sir Francis Drake, and although our last encounter was enough to make us shy away, that the outside area was again presentable and since through its large arched windows a thriving clientele could be seen eating as well as drinking, we decided to bury the hatchet. (That\u2019s an age-old expression, in case you\u2019re wondering, not an ancient K\u00f6nigsberg ritual.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bar\u2019s interior had not, and has not, hardly changed a jot since I first clapped eyes on it in May 2001, which is all to the good, since in the UK so many pubs, particularly village pubs, have suffered to have their original appearance, and with it\u00a0original atmosphere, systematically destroyed by the boardroom boys in suits; those little-minded \u00a3-men, whose vandalism ironically demonstrates the feeble knowledge they have of how to sustain a pub and<\/em> make it pay, an ignorance only equalled by their utter lack of consideration for conservation and history. One day it might just dawn on them that the two go hand in hand. The Philistinism by which they run, and by which they ruin their pubs, is only matched in idiocy by the quick-change con men masquerading as interior designers, whose cack-handed, ill-conceived and badly applied cosmetic surgery scars and robs each pub they touch of the richness of its unique character, charm and personality. The result for the pub is certain death, albeit sometimes a lingering one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kaliningrad\u2019s Sir Francis Drake is not steeped in antiquity and thus has less to fear than those that are, but its continuity of almost three decades is something of a novelty, something to be proud of, especially in an age that boasts that the attention span of your average phone junkie is Dwarf from the North in stature and Liz Truss in longevity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limited by its size (referring now to the Sir Francis Drake, not the Midget Beyond the Midlands) as much if not more by the props at its disposable, nevertheless, with its heavy portcullis-type doors, panelled walls and dark wood beams, the bar continues to cultivate a pleasing and passable, if not strictly genuine, impression of a traditional English tavern or something that could or should be, and we\u2019d like it no less if it was.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, if the Sir Francis Drake had been a genuine English pub, that is to say located in England, it would no doubt have got off to a reasonable start, but inexplicably over time, with no respect for theme or atmosphere, it would be out with the conforming styles and in with the girly-wirly lilacs, other pithy boutique pastels, a mish-mash of pale wood furniture raised on big block\u00a0legs, inconvenient high-backed seats and, just for good ludicrous measure, a bar looking more out of place than anything that your imagination, even without an addiction to Gold Label and pickled eggs, could conceivably contrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have personally witnessed, back in my days as a beer magazine and pub-guide editor, bars constructed of oak dating to the nineteenth century and period pieces from the 1950s manufactured in plywood kitsch, torn away and replaced with nasty pallid harlequin bricks or MDF veneer, materials which, even devoid of taste, you would not wish on an outside bog in Wigan, let alone install in a pub in Wigan or anywhere else for that matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So ten out of ten for the Sir Francis Drake for retaining its integrity and for showing the Brits that it can be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less ten out ten, however, for not repelling the TV invasion. If the UK\u2019s Sir Francis could see off the Spanish fleet whilst playing a game of bowls, thus consigning Spain to a fate of idle siesta-prone work-shies, surely Kaliningrad\u2019s Sir Francis could have thwarted the millennial plot to inundate every last drinking establishment with an armada of flat-screen TVs. (We are talking tellies, not transvestites (which to your way of thinking is the lesser of these two modern evils?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In all fairness, bars, wherever they may be, need to do whatever they can to bring the punters in. Nowhere is that more crucial than in the beleaguered pubs of England, which sadly in more recent decades have fallen foul of a political class that puts ethnics first and tradition last (But what of the Conservatives? What are they conserving? The answer is themselves.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sir Francis Drake hasn\u2019t much space, not enough in fact to swing a Spaniard in, but it has done what it can to cram as many people as possible into the space it\u2019s got. In 2018 and 2019, at a time when we frequented it most, getting a seat on the off chance was a risky business indeed. Whether that is the case today, I cannot really affirm, since, at the time of writing the Sir Francis Drake is under new management, making its present popularity difficult to assess, whereas its erstwhile popularity was never in any doubt: want a table? Book in advance. So, book we always did, and just to play it safe we booked in April of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mick<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The best tables in the joint, hence those that are snapped up first, occupy two elevated platforms on either side of the entrance. They cater simultaneously to two innate desires: the need to be seen and whence to see from ~ an exhibitionists\u2019 and voyeurs\u2019 dream hermaphrodite in fulfilment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2018\/2019 management, who probably threw in the beer towel during the mask-wearing coronavirus years, were without question, Sir Francis Drake\u2019s most loyal and its most trusted friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout their tenure they maintained and retained the integrity of the historic premise, even down to preserving the framed and glazed biographical timeline of the life of Sir Francis Drake, an absorbing document in many ways and one that inevitably showcases the achievement for which he is best remembered, the annihilation of the Spanish fleet, a military-geo-political triumph that paved the way for Britain\u00a0becoming the greatest naval power on Earth and in the fullness of time the greatest empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Biographical<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

No less spectacularly, the same management also introduced a revolving selection of imported beers and lagers, authentic tasty pub-grub served by tasty female bar staff and young blokes behind the bar who looked as if they knew their stuff probably because they did.\u00a0It\u2019s amazing how many don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst all the other important fixtures and attractions remain intact, sadly Sir Francis Drake\u2019s superb bar staff and their faithful if rather cliquey friends, who were the mainstay of the clientele, have, like the remnants of the Spanish navy, long since drifted away. People come and people go, but legends live on regardless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Beer<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The last time that I raised my glass in the legendary Sir Francis Drake, September 2023 was drawing to a close. At that time, the menus, both food and drink menus, left over from the previous management were looking somewhat jaded. The beers advertised did not match the available brands, and the foodies who were with me voiced similar reservations with regard to the dishes advertised and the quality of the meals. The service was good, however, and the folks behind the bar efficient, warm and friendly. Thus, the latest report for Sir Francis Drake, which reads nothing like anything that has ever been written about its eponymous hero, is:\u00a0 \u2018Has the ability \u2026 could do better \u2026 look forward to improvements \u2026\u201d Or have I simply taken these words from a long succession of my old school reports?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s not search for the answer. In the Mick Hart Guide to Kaliningrad’s Bars, the Sir Francis Drake still rates highly ~ seven out of ten at least!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Epilogue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no question that the honour of laying the last word of this post should have gone to Sir Francis Drake himself, but, unfortunately, he is unavailable for comment. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suspecting treachery among the UK\u2019s ruling classes (yet again), I urged him to make all haste to Dover and there play bowls as he did before in Plymouth. If anyone can stem the French Armada and save us from the migrant hoards, Sir Francis is that man. But he must not tarry in his God-given task.<\/strong>

For even as we speak, the UK\u2019s woke-finder generals are busy rewriting slave-trade history, liking and wanting nothing more than to besmirch and depose our national hero as an excuse for the great unwashed to tear his statue from its plinth and toss it into PC Pond. Then they will take each of the pubs that they say his name dishonours and rebrand them in the language of Woke. On t\u2019other side of Hadrian\u2019s Wall, it will be Humza Yousaf King of Kilts, and way down south in London town, Sound-as-a-Pound Sadiq Khan, that Diamond Asian Cockney Geezer. Cuh, would you Adam and Eve it! Is it any wonder that Sir Francis Drake cried “Bowls!” and hurried off to Russia?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bars in Kaliningrad<\/strong>
4 Great Kaliningrad Bars, Mick Hart’s Pub Crawl<\/a>
Badger Club Kaliningrad<\/a>
The London Pub<\/a>
Premiere Bar<\/a>
Dreadnought Pub<\/a><\/strong>
True Bar<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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