Woss occuring then? Get it sorted. Me and the lads are looking for a session on 21 June but time and place needed. Queen Vic? And do we need to be tooled up? And don't give me none of that 'last activity 15 minutes 9 seconds ago'; I know you're there.
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Des Custard
offlineMemberPosted 2 years ago # -
rickwestwell
offlineMemberRight, me old cream cracker - have a butcher's at this:
Monday 21st of June it is. Time - as early evening as you can make it, till they kick us out.
Place - gawd knows.
Did you bunch of toffs like the Chandos last time? I'd normally go for a proper East End drinker, but they're a bit rough for the ladies, and I won't have me shooter with me.Sorry I've been so crap at organising this - lots of wedding part 2 stuff to sort out.
Thanks for reminding me!Who's up for it then? I know Mary and the Scroat are coming, and I'm hoping for a star-studded biscuity line-up. It's gonna be a little bit tasty, know what I mean?
Posted 2 years ago # -
Des Custard
offlineMemberGor luv a duck, e's only gone and roused imself. Wotcher me old cock. Frodo had some gaff lined up that might do the business. Chandos was alright but the management might cut up rough after Maz and Stunts trashed the place last time, if you get my drift. Fashionable wallster? Anyone who even hints at being fashionable will be out on his ear pronto. I was thinking dahn the Old Bull and Bush, but it's too far norf of the River.
Posted 2 years ago # -
rickwestwell
offlineMemberGood man, Wallster, I'll have something to nibble on if they run out of peanuts. Will be great to see you there.
If Fernandomondobongo convinces us he's got a good pub down on the river somewhere, great.
Otherwise, somewhere in the middle like the Chandos should be easy for anyone near London to get to, and if it's crap there are lots of other pubs up Charing Cross Rd/Soho.Or there used to be, it's been a while. Probably all been converted into trendy banks now, I shouldn't wonder.
Custard, Evans, Scroat, Wallster, Westwell, Haggerty F, Haggerty R, Tompkins, Noble, Carrick, Robson, Crapper, Dewhurst, McIntyre, Treadmore, Davitt. Eight bloody one. EIGHT BLOODY ONE!!!
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Stan Laurel
offlineMemberThat reminds me. I've got a new shovel. Will bring it along on 21st June!
Frodo's pub sounded perfect - for me anyway. Only short walk over the River after work. I'll see if I can find the link.
Posted 2 years ago # -
rickwestwell
offlineMemberThat's excellent, and it's a Spear & Jackson Number 3!
I'm easy, as long as it's a pub and there's beer, nuts and Wallster's fruit hat, I'm good.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Stan Laurel
offlineMemberSo long as it's not fruit and Wallster's nuts.
Here's that link
There is also a nice pub by the river near london Bridge called 'The Anchor'- http://www.pubs.com/main_site/pub_details.php?pub_id=21
Posted 2 years ago # -
Des Custard
offlineMemberOh dear, the Old Bull and Bush isn't what it used to be. Not much spit and sawdust there.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Stan Laurel
offlineMemberOh dear! There's nothing else for it. We'll have to pop along there the week before to try it out!
Posted 2 years ago # -
The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberI'm terribly sorry chaps, but this little filly will be unable to attend. I shall be in the shooting brake en-route to my place in the country, what?
Posted 2 years ago # -
fernandomando
offlineMemberWell, you can certainly count me in. By the power of my cut price 2008 Good Pub Guide costing just 1 pence on Amazon, and my knowledge of London pubs generally, how about some of these:
If it's East End that you want, how about 'The Blind Beggar' in Whitechapel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_Beggar
If you want pubs a little more central, curiously Fleet Street and the surrounding legal areas have a wealth of pubs (what is it about lawyers and journalists that make them drink to excess?). The Good Pub Guide 2008 recommends 'The Cittie of Yorke' near Chancery Lane tube: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cittie_of_Yorke
Or you could go for 'Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese' in Fleet Street:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Olde_Cheshire_Cheese
Or 'The Old Bank of England': http://www.fullers.co.uk/rte.asp?id=243&itemid=192&task=ViewThe pub nearest to my place of work (when I bother to be there) is a small pub called 'The Blue Anchor': http://www.the-blueanchor.com/
Nearer Blackfriars station is the imaginative 'The Black Friar': http://www.pubs.com/main_site/pub_details.php?pub_id=30
The Anchor, as suggested previously and linked above, is a curious old pub near London Bridge station. It's big selling point is being right next to the river. Also, I think the final scene of the first Mission Impossible Film was filmed there.
For cut-price drinks, Chandos and The Cittie of Yorke still manage to sell beer for around or under £2.
I guess that going further out is not on the cards. If I am wrong, the Captain Kidd or the Prospect of Whitby at Wapping are both good (and by the river), and the Trafalgar Tavern at Greenwich is also excellent. Canary Wharf has a load of bars next to the docks, which can be relaxing. Also possible is Gordon Ramsey's 'The Narrow' at Limehouse.
Finally, near to London Bridge is 'The George Inn': http://www.pubs.com/main_site/pub_details.php?pub_id=92
I am fernandomando and that is why I drink.
Posted 2 years ago # -
rickwestwell
offlineMemberThanks Rikkor, I read that in a very serious meeting in the office, and burst out laughing.
:-)Good list, Fernando!
The Blind Beggar is a touristy hole, or it was when I was a student up the road.
As I'm stuck in a tropical wilderness where the pubs are the size of barns, I have a hankering for a traditional London pub with lots of exposed beams. Don't mind where,
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese looks nice, "numerous bars and gloomy rooms" sounds just the ticket.But if you intrepid researchers discover a suitable riverside establishment, I'm up for that too. I may well have some time to spend in London before then, so I can contribute to the noble research effort.
"Be prepared. I mean, inside" - Rikkor, you fool!
Posted 2 years ago # -
rickwestwell
offlineMemberAre you always cruising Newsbiscuit in 'very serious' meetings, Rick?
Absolutely.Are you sure you can't make it, Stunts? Think of the sparkling banter, the camaraderie, the fruit!
Posted 2 years ago # -
rickwestwell
offlineMemberI'd mind if you didn't! It would be great to have you there, Plucky.
Posted 2 years ago # -
allmyownstunts
offlineMemberAah, you nearly had me at fruit there, but I'll be in London in the second week in June and because of my offshore tax status (for which read unwillingness to give Scotrail one penny more than the fortune they've already robbed off me), I can neither hang around for ten extra days waiting for you to arrive, nor make the journey twice.
I'll be the text pest on Mary's phone.
Bah, handbag.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Des Custard
offlineMemberI favour the Blue Anchor, just because the name makes me laugh, while the Chandos is big and well located and does good cheap beer. Frodo's the man on the ground and I'll go with his suggestion, but if all else fails we can ask a woman to sort it out.
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