Derby ???? Is there anything cool there....?????
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friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Derbyshire Cheese on Dave's stall in teh market happen to be reet tasty
aqua
made of cheese and gin
Mogden is from around that way I think 
she might know. Also I want to say Global Stoner But think that's more wider Derbyshire
she might know. Also I want to say Global Stoner But think that's more wider Derbyshire
andy.c
New Member
So cheese and a pub, thats a good start to the place. Two of my favourite things involved there.Mogden is from around that way I think
What is global stoner ??
UrbaneFox
They've doubled in price
There used to be the Metro cinema on Green Lane, which was ace. I'm going to see if it is still there.
Soz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Cinema_(Derby)
Oh, I'm tired and going to bed. G'night all.
Soz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Cinema_(Derby)Oh, I'm tired and going to bed. G'night all.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
You'll not be far from places like Bakewell and Buxton and Ironbridge and Chatsworth - all twee and/or historical places that can be a lovely day out.
I'm from just up the road from Derby, but I moved away some time ago so I'm afraid I don't know what's going on in the city that much anymore.
I'm from just up the road from Derby, but I moved away some time ago so I'm afraid I don't know what's going on in the city that much anymore.
The above are all shit places....there is a pub by the station though?
The Brunswick Inn is near the station. There is another pub, The Alexandra - I think - that's got a rabbit in a hutch in the saloon bar. That's something you don't see every day.
Mogden
I like tea
Stupid amounts of real ale pubs. There's a pyclet stall in the Guildhall market which is very good and very much local. As has been said Bakewell, Matlock, Matlock Bath are all fairly local and very pleasant. Depends what you want to know really. Elvaston Castle is good for a Sunday morning walk round and not far out of the city centre.
Mogden
I like tea
Not there I'm afraid. You used to be able to smoke and have a beer in there while at the flicks. There is, rather ironically, a drying out place next door now.There used to be the Metro cinema on Green Lane, which was ace. I'm going to see if it is still there.
Oh, I'm tired and going to bed. G'night all.
Mogden
I like tea
The Seven Stars has got a viewing hole with glass over too.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Take up climbing and caving. It's quite good for both.
Mogden
I like tea
I was surprised how mountain goat like I was getting up to a waterfall in Thailand. No correct path or proper steps, just loose bits, hanging vines and the odd bit of wobbly rope fencing. Maybe I wouldn't be so bad at it.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
There's got to be some clubs based near where you live.
Mogden
I like tea
Quite possibly. My social calendar is filling up nicely this year so I might look into that. I'm infinitely clumsy walking on flat land and obviously heavier than most which is why I was surprised.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
It's like a golden shower but with pebbles. We do this to you when you get 500 posts
Utopia
"Jackanackanory"
That'll be Matlock, nice little place
stuff_it
Too skool for cool
Errm, me? I see from your posts that you've moved to Derby rather than Derbyshire. I have to say there's not a huge amount of nightlife in Derby and the scenery is a poor man's cousin to the rest of the county - far better to come over to Notts for nightlife or head North for "countryside pursuits" near Bakewell and Matlock - or to Pye Bridge Industrial Estate and The Unit for regular jungle, nu-skool hardcore, breakcore and DnB nights.
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DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Ungrateful
Tired and Weary
When I lived in Nottingham a decade ago, I had a few friends in Derby - and I loved the place. Some great pubs - my favourite was back alley pub called the Falstaff in Normanton . It was a lovely, socially-mixed pub that not only sold good beers, but back then it had a bowl of rolling tobacco that people could use for free if they'd run out of fags (this was pre-Smoking Ban) and on Sundays it gave away free curries. The regulars organized social events (like trips to the races) and because there were so many rooms, a band could be playing in one, and those not interested could still enjoy a quiet-ish drink in another. I think it might have been gentrified a bit in the last 10 years, and now has its own 'microbrewery'. Derby also had an interesting radical scene (Class War Healthworkers originated there I think, there was eco-activism to protect an urban park and an anarcho-bookshop). Plus, as long as you weren't a Notts Forest fan, the Deby County fans were a pretty friendly lot.
Mogden
I like tea
I wouldn't say it's posh. If anything the standard of living has dropped. More drunken reprobates and nasty sorts, less community spirit.
The bookshop you mention might be the Derby Rainbow which was on Abbey Street. I used to live opposite it but unfortunately it's long gone as it's the wicked house I used to reside in. Soundbites is the local knitted yoghurt shop and there's a good amount of revolutionary and hippy movements to be tapped via them.
We used to go to the Victoria Inn for gigs
Mogden
I like tea
Still a good venue for them. The Flowerpot is good too but more laid back than the Vic.
Was a punk venue when we used to go there, is that what you mean by less laid back? It was certainly my idea of laid back
Mogden
I like tea
Ha! In that way it's just the same. I like it for thatWas a punk venue when we used to go there, is that what you mean by less laid back? It was certainly my idea of laid back
Cool loos too although a bit awkward to get to mid gig. Nah the Flowerpot is more rock, the softer side of it, and folk. An urb's fella plays in a band that sometimes gigs there.Soundbites is a vegan mini market with a cafe and bookshop upstairs. But even meat eaters like me love it.
The hairy dog is an unashamedly earthy punk and metal pub.
Bar one is my favourite boozer-its a late drinking den with sky sports but is much friendler and calmler than Walkabout etc. They also have a stage with bands.
What do you like doing? You can probably find it in Derby but if not Nottingham will probably have it
Nottingham is quite close.
Yes, good bus service too, including late nights at the weekend.
