"Give the people what they want", and judging by the feedback I get what you want is pubs, and more of them. Fair enough, here goes...

The Intrepid Fox: Although strictly speaking not a Hounslow pub (it's actually in Wardour Street!) I think its inclusion here can be justified. Somehow. This place does have some disadvantages - it's expensive (West End prices), full of tourists, and the bogs are the most disgusting ones I've seen this side of the Glaswegian Bar in Tenerife. However consider the following - they constantly play rock and metal at ear-splitting volumes, and the staff all look as if they have wandered in from a Zodiac Mindwarp video (these are advantages!). There is also a huge robot spider type thing that hangs on the wall and looks at you. With big red eyes. (On the opposite wall there is some sort of werewolf creature that appears to have been crucified.) This place also has the coolest name of any pub, anywhere, ever. You'll either love it or hate it here.

Hare and Hounds:

The first pub to merit two photographs! This place is just east of Osterley Park and is an excellent place to round off a long walk. It's another recently refurbished Fuller's pub. Seeing as these people destroyed the Chariot I was pleasantly surprised to see what they did here. The restaurant extension at the back is in character with the main building. The main bar area has been "modernised" ie the carpet has been replaced with bare floorboards, and "whimsical" quotations have been plastered all over the walls. Still, they've kept the dartboard and roaring, cosy fire. They also have free newspapers, and a nice big beer garden. Never eaten here but the menu offers more than the usual pub grub. A place for a quiet pint either with a paper, or with someone you want to impress rather than a monster session with the lads.

Yates's Wine Lodge

The Natwest Bank was converted into a Yates's Wine Lodge a couple of years ago - the start of a welcome trend of turning banks into boozers - it's just a shame they didn't leave the cashpoints behind. I quite like this chain of Scouse drinking barns - they can be quite a laugh if you're out in a biggish group, and they sell an interesting fortified wine called "Aussie White" which is cheap, not too disgusting, and "gets you there". In the summer their beer garden is a handy place to wait for the elusive 120 bus.

Moon under Water

The Moon under Water has no jukebox, no video games, no music, no nothing. It is however cheap and has, I've been informed, an interesting selection of well kept real ales (never touch the muck myself). Stella at under £2 a pint is the main reason I drink here. It is also only a short walk from here to Hounslow Kebab. The pricing policy here has buggered up more than one planned pub crawl - after paying less than a tenner for a largish round it's hard to resist the temptation to stay for "just one more" - before you know it it's closing time and you're gagging on a Big Mac instead of the planned curry in the African Queen...

The Bell

The Bell does have a jukebox - an excellent one in fact. It also has a pool table, big screen TV and incomprehensible roulette game. If you like to discreetly people watch while having a pint you will find this place well worth a visit. Their "exciting new menu" has been highly recommended... According to a website about haunted pubs, "the bodies of highwaymen used to be displayed opposite this pub - now the ghost of a highwayman has been spotted and barrels locked in a cellar have been smashed". Although that could just have been McVeety on a bad day...

Old George

The in Heston has good Guinness, a big garden, congenial atmosphere but most importantly a gravestone built into the front of the building! You'd expect this sort of thing at the Intrepid Fox, but not in a pub like this. You can just make it out in the picture to the right of the potted plant. I have been reliably informed that the stone belongs to a Diana Hayes who sadly popped her clogs on 14/08/1675. Her gravestone used to be part of the doorstep and was discovered in the 1950s when the pub was being done up. Diana now has permanent residence in a boozer and for that reason alone is to be envied.

Old Queen's Head

The Old Queen's Head in Heston is a Hungry Horse pub, which means excellent pub food. Actually I think it's the best pub food in Hounslow. They also have a BIG big screen TV, and, even better, a fish pond. It's a strange thing to say, but I really like the ceiling in the dining area here... As far as I know, this is the only pub in Hounslow with a knight in shining armour hanging from the wall.