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Oi! Westwell!
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fernandomando
offlineMemberOK, it looks like it will be Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. I will sacrifice an evening to ensure that it is a good enough place to drink. It is on Fleet Street and probably the nearest station is City Thameslink / Blackfriars, although within reach of Farringdon, Chancery Lane, Temple etc.
Watch this space
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rickwestwell
offlineMemberHoorah! That's all I have to say.
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Xiabing
offlineMemberIt has been such a long time since I last posted anything that I'm probably only a vague and distant memory here on NB. It was the mention of Whitechapel that drew me in again - I lived there for 5 years when I was at uni. Worked at the London Hospital Tavern and the White Hart to make ends meet....good days.
Have fun with your drinks and fruity nuts :)
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Xiabing
offlineMemberMany moons ago, before this exciting new website was up and running, I was part of a little gang called Team Biscuit. I had some success on the old site, and even got some stories in the book. But I have of late, — but wherefore I know not, — lost all my mirth....which makes writing these amusing tales rather tricky.
I like to keep an eye on how you're all getting on though. A bit like the retired copper who has nothing better to do than pop back into the office to help with the filing.
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PluckyMunky
offlineMemberWell, its nice to meet you, Mr Bing. You go back before my time.
The choice of pub is a good one: I remember it from years ago. Its not so good for those of us 'out of town' (like Wales, for instance), so I don't think I am going to be able to make it. Have a good night out though and have a Chardonnay on me! Lots of love, Plucky.
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fernandomando
offlineMemberRikkor, your consternation is as nothing compared to my certain knowledge that 'sherbert', 'sperm donor', and 'nipple tweakage' are all cruel references to me. If people had wanted to make fun of my peculiar habits and medical conditions, I wish they'd had the decency to have said it to my face.
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fernandomando
offlineMemberHear ye! Now it is understood why 'Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese' was chosen as the venue.
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Mary Evans
offlineMemberHuzzah! Looking forward to it immensely. That being, I am immense and I am looking forward to it. And if anyone tweaks my nipples, they'll get an unwelcome (if thoroughly nutritious and an excellent start to life) riposte, so I'll thank you to keep your hands to yourselves.
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AdrianJ
offlineMemberNow, normally I'd be extremely wary of meeting up with people who I don't really know that well, especially those who my only previous contact with had been over the internet. However, assuming that NB is not just an elaborate ploy, hatched purely in order to groom me (oh, and as the proposed venue is sort of on my way home), on this occasion I might just throw caution to the wind and make an appearance – just so long as you all promise not to bum-rape me?
I suspect that I've actually been to Ye Old Cheshire Cheese before? The fact that I'm not entirely sure of this fact suggests that, if I have, then it must have been a really good night.
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Mary Evans
offlineMemberOne other thing - what time are we meeting? Frodo - you are doing an excellent job in the driver's seat so you call it, but do allow enough time for pregnant women to get home at a respectable hour, Scroat to get a round in and Surrey swingers to be anally violated, there's a good chap.
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rickwestwell
offlineMemberAs Snoopy put it, the beagle has landed! Lovely to be back, and going from the Aussie winter to yours makes adjusting so easy.
Flight was a lot easier than it should have been with two four-year-old boys and a lovely wife to keep in line, thank god for on-demand TV to plug them in to.
Sitting in a very English kitchen looking out over the South Downs, wondering if 9:45 a.m. is a good time to have a beer and go to bed, but the urge to go out and buy some marmite and the Guardian will probably win.
Thanks to Des and Frodo for doing all the pub arranging while I was too busy doing last-minute everything to tend to this thread. And by the look of it, thanks to Plucky for giving us something to talk about, should the expected flow of sparkling banter ever dry up.
As for Mary's very resonable question about what time are we actually meeting, I'll be going up to London earlier in the day to look around my old haunts, sigh and spend lots of money in Foyles, so I'm up for as early as anyone wants. Plus I'll probably have to pour myself on the last Eastbourne train. When I worked in't smoke, the only way to get a table in these pubs was to head there immediately after work, whether you wanted to or not, so I'll drag myself out of the bookshop at 5 and wander up there.
So anyone who gets to the Cheese by 5:30 will probably find me already there, nursing a small beer and pacing myself frantically. If anyone's around Charing Cross Road earlier and wants to join me for a cup of tea and a bun, I'd be delighted.
Come along, biscuits one and all!
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Scroat
offlineMemberCustard, Evans, Scroat, Wallster, Westwell, Haggerty F, Haggerty R, Tompkins, Noble, Carrick, Robson, Crapper, Dewhurst, McIntyre, Treadmore, Davitt. Eight bloody one. EIGHT BLOODY ONE!!!
Can you remind me to what you are referring here? It's on the tip of my brain cell. (I've only got the one). Monty Python?
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rickwestwell
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The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberAlthough I won't be able to make it to the cheese and biscuits get together, I hope you all have a fab time.
If any of you are anywhere near Sawbridgeworth or Bishops Stortford next Saturday and see a wedding, look out for the obviously Scottish guests, particularly if they are either very tall and wearing a kilt, smallish, blonde and wearing a kilt, and short and blonde, without the kilt.
That'll be us, that will.Posted 2 years ago # -
The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberCan't remember, I've packed the invitation and can't remember the name of the reception venue. It's near our hotel.
We're staying in (I think) Little Hallingbury Mill.Posted 2 years ago #
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