Saturday 29 September 2007
Bored
well here I am saturday night sitting in my bedroom bored. I bet Dave and Graham are down Hardy's having a few pints and listening to some good sounds. Bill's probably down the Monty Club saying Grrrr! i went to Paddington station yesterday to meet my daughter returning from a trip to cornwall with her college. I went to eltham this afternoon. Argos and then Sainsbury. Apart fom that I haven't been out since Thursday 20th sept. I'm off medication now but have to take things easy. as Pete D'Hat would say "what a palaver"
Thursday 27 September 2007
Tudor Barn Update
Folkmob Chairman tells me that the Tudor Barn lease has been sold to Johnny Arnold and is therefore likely to remain a pub after all. Let's hope that the new landlord will still allow folkmob to meet there on Wednesdays.
Wednesday 26 September 2007
Tudor Barn

I hear a that Greenwich council may not be renewing the lease of The Tudor Barn! It is currently leased as a Public Bar & Restaurant. The current leaseholder has allowed Folkmob to use the upstairs area for their weekly meeting/session for the last 11 years. There have been several rumours going about regarding the plans for the building. Here are some of them:
- Stephen Lawrence Hall : A meeting place for young black students
- Tudor Balti: Indian Restaurant
- A Mosque
- A Gospel Church
- Hostel for homeless refugees.
Sunday 23 September 2007
Rhino Insertion

Saturday 15 September 2007
Knockholt

June seems like ages away - roll on!
Sunday 2 September 2007
Rough Pubs
I am amazed at the state of pubs in the SE London area. I worked for Courage brewers in the seventies. Back then if you wanted to run a pub, you were thoroughly vetted and also if you were not a married couple it was unlikley that you would be considered. You also went through rigorous induction training. You had to keep a good house otherwise the area manager would have you chucked out. I was in a pub on Thursday and was disgusted by the way it was run. Some low-life people were lingering in the bar area and theperson serving had about one brain cell and that was damaged! Here is an exchange that happened at the bar.
"Excuse me could I have a bottle of red wine"
"wassat?" guffaws of laughter from the scum at the bar
"Wine, red wine"
"I better phone the boss" ......... she picks up the phone and dials "wos bottle of wine? have we got red?"
"We've got a bottle of red but it's only got a little bit init cos nobody ever drinks it" more guffaws of laughter
"boss says we got a bottle of white" she grunted
"is it chilled?"
"waa?"
"Has it been in the fridge"
"No it's warm"
"Oh give me a pint of lager then"
"That was a twenty I gave you"
"was it? are you sure?"
Walking back through the bar I nearly got impaled by a metal spike sticking in the middle of the foor. £2.90 for crap lager as well.
"Excuse me could I have a bottle of red wine"
"wassat?" guffaws of laughter from the scum at the bar
"Wine, red wine"
"I better phone the boss" ......... she picks up the phone and dials "wos bottle of wine? have we got red?"
"We've got a bottle of red but it's only got a little bit init cos nobody ever drinks it" more guffaws of laughter
"boss says we got a bottle of white" she grunted
"is it chilled?"
"waa?"
"Has it been in the fridge"
"No it's warm"
"Oh give me a pint of lager then"
"That was a twenty I gave you"
"was it? are you sure?"
Walking back through the bar I nearly got impaled by a metal spike sticking in the middle of the foor. £2.90 for crap lager as well.
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