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Maggot said:
They are both good for me, but wouldn't a Friday be better?
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Sure, could make it a Friday...I was just thinking that there's loads of Urban stuff coming up that people might be going to e.g. PRoD, birthday parties, etc. But I'll be free on Friday 25 November and Friday 9 December myself. :cool:
 
I'd be up for a meet in CP, but can't do first 2 saturdays in December I don't think…

They're doing the O'Neills up into a gastropub now - you can see the old "White Heart Hotel" sign at the mo - and that's what they're going to call it again I think :)
 
When I lived in Crystal Palace in 2001 those two pubs opposite each other on the roundabout (before the one way system) near the bus station always had major fights on a Saturday night.

Walking past one night after getting off a bus, I got caught up in a fight that had spilt outside as I was passing. It was like something from the Wild West. Bastards.
 
It's only really the Puzzle that has any problems these days - and its licence has been extended till 3am from Thursday to Saturday :(
 
PacificOcean said:
When I lived in Crystal Palace in 2001 those two pubs opposite each other on the roundabout (before the one way system) near the bus station always had major fights on a Saturday night.

Walking past one night after getting off a bus, I got caught up in a fight that had spilt outside as I was passing. Bastards.
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You mean the Bluebottle and the Cambridge? I reckon they're a lot more mellow now - the Bluebottle has been renovated, cleaned up and trendified since it was the #1 hangout for crack dealers in the area, and the Cambridge has the air of a pub that still has the bloodspots on the wall from more aggressive times but has since drifted into a pensionable gangster ambience. :D

More notorious these days is (Jack Beard's At) The Palace, which I think used to be the Queen Victoria...?
 
Sedgley Warrior said:
It's only really the Puzzle that has any problems these days - and its licence has been extended till 3am from Thursday to Saturday :(
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That'll be the lure of its tasteful, stripped pine, All Bar One vibe. ;)
 
Sedgley Warrior said:
It's only really the Puzzle that has any problems these days - and its licence has been extended till 3am from Thursday to Saturday :(
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Oh Lordy.
Why oh why?
It's such a hole as well!
I really hate that pub with a vengeance. :mad:
At least I know there's somewhere I can go for a fight if I ever get bored around 3 o'clock on a Friday morning! Whoopeee :rolleyes:@licensers
 
acid priest said:
Sure, could make it a Friday...I was just thinking that there's loads of Urban stuff coming up that people might be going to e.g. PRoD, birthday parties, etc. But I'll be free on Friday 25 November and Friday 9 December myself. :cool:
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Lets make it Friday 9th. Which pub is best?
 
not quite crystal palace but as the crown and greyhounds been mentioned i guess its fair game

anyone been in the rosendale? its pretty much my local but a bit of a weird pub. could be really nice but just doesnt quite manage it.
 
Sounds good to me. :cool: The Bluebottle's cool...although the Alma's more of a real pub if you like that kind of thing.
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Do you reckon this is okay here, or does it deserve its own thread to lure lurking SE-ers? ;)
 
acid priest said:
Sounds good to me. :cool: The Bluebottle's cool...although the Alma's more of a real pub if you like that kind of thing.
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Do you reckon this is okay here, or does it deserve its own thread to lure lurking SE-ers? ;)
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Definitely needs it's own thread.

Does the Alma do real ale?
 
Cool, who's gonna start a thread, and is there a way of doing this so Jezza doesn't find out? ;)
 
Sorted! What shall we call it...South by Southeast? East by Southeast maybe? Or even South by Eastsouth? Can't decide which one's, er, snappier... :D
 
transmission, you gotta fit the word transmission in the title!

or fibre glass dinosaurs but that would be a bit more tricky ;)
 
y'all are going to decide and let me know right. My proactive days have gone...

hey if i got really wasted i could walk home!!! (t'd only take me an hour and half, i reckon...)

anyway - i was informed of a new (to me) piece of urban law the other day to the effect that Jezza only comes to a small fraction of the stuff he says he will... so chances are it'll be Jezza free... :p
 
I have just been looking for the new thread, without success, I might add!

In summary, and ploughing through all the posts, I conclude that we are meeting in the Bluebottle in Crystal Palace on Friday 9th December, at a time to be determined.

How exciting is this? :D
 
Guineveretoo said:
I have just been looking for the new thread, without success, I might add!

In summary, and ploughing through all the posts, I conclude that we are meeting in the Bluebottle in Crystal Palace on Friday 9th December, at a time to be determined.

How exciting is this? :D
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Okay, let's make it the Bluebottle then. We can always move on to the Alma later I guess :) (real pub, real ale-type stuff, y'know... ;) ). Is 7pm too early, or is it nang? :D
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spanglechick said:
anyway - i was informed of a new (to me) piece of urban law the other day to the effect that Jezza only comes to a small fraction of the stuff he says he will... so chances are it'll be Jezza free... :p
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cheeky fuckers! :mad:
for that, young spangly one, I am gonna haunt this event! :p
 
acid priest said:
Sorted! What shall we call it...South by Southeast? East by Southeast maybe? Or even South by Eastsouth? Can't decide which one's, er, snappier... :D
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<consults copyright lawyers>
 
Dan U said:
not quite crystal palace but as the crown and greyhounds been mentioned i guess its fair game

anyone been in the rosendale? its pretty much my local but a bit of a weird pub. could be really nice but just doesnt quite manage it.
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I did my early underage drinking in the Rosie, and up the road in the hellish Thurlow Arms. At least you could buy a wide range of drugs in the Thurlow. Not really Crystal Palace at all, the Rosendale... probably as near to it as the Woodhouse mind you, so who knows.
 
spanglechick said:
anyway - i was informed of a new (to me) piece of urban law the other day to the effect that Jezza only comes to a small fraction of the stuff he says he will... so chances are it'll be Jezza free... :p
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This is true, but now he's read that, I'm sure he'll make an extra effort to be there. :D
 
blimey, this thread is a blast from the past!

It refers to the first of the South by South East drinks, which was the first time I met anyone from Urban75 or, at least, the first time I knowingly did so. It turns out that several of the people there knew me :)

But, to answer your question, I know that the Railway Bell in Gipsy Hill has changed hands in the last 10 years. Is that the one you mean?
 
Monkeygrinder's Organ said:
Yep. Most of the pubs on the list in the OP have gone or are massively different places now.
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I was just realising that when I was reading the other thread linked from this one, as well. The Alma was described as scruffy and rough, and now it is a dead trendy, expensive gastro pub. The only pub which hasn't changed much is probably the White Hart, which is where the group ended up that night, nearly 10 years ago....
 
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