Keith Sansum1
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I used the Wheelwrights a lot in my long ago younger days Lol
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Edward Figg- Location: Australia
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Terry Nunn wrote:Re #532.
Yes Edward, George was a cousin,sadly no longer with us.
Terry
Sorry to here that. He was the life and sole of the party back then.
Edward Figg- Location: Australia
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Do you remember in the Plaza Cinema foyer there was a pub up the stairs?
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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The salutation was a tiny pub as I recall
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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That was the Metropolitan bars or s us locals called it Harrys bar.
Matey
- Location: Dover
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What about the Primrose Inn? We used to call it the Ponderosa, there was often a fight going on!
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Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
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Matey wrote:What about the Primrose Inn? We used to call it the Ponderosa, there was often a fight going on!
Now flats sadly, still has the fights going on though!
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Wasn't metropole bars
Ref primrose I went in the place one night and a guy was walking around with one of those heavy street cones on his head!
No one took any notice lol
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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It was the met bars.end In that building
ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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The Prim was OK when it had good landlords. Pete Bessant's Dad way back when and Louis Napier in the late 70's. It could be a violent place sometimes, to be sure. I was only an occasional visitor to Dover in those days but I soon learned that, if you were going on pub crawl, it was probably best to put the Primrose amongst the first you visited.
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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yes sir then followed and quiet night in the Prince Regent.
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Andy B
- Location: dover
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The Prim was alright if you was a local,I can remember years back they had a chalked sign outside saying "come in for a cold beer and a warm welcome",coming up Coombe valley road one night my mate rubbed the chalk out and changed it to "a warm beer and a cold welcome.
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ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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victor matcham wrote:yes sir then followed and quiet night in the Prince Regent.
I wasn't a regular by any stretch of the imagination but I struggle to remember any quiet nights in The Regent, Vic. Were you being ironic perchance?
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Never a quiet night in regent
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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That was a joke even I a fight in there most times I walked away from them.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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I think the best was the Regent
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Andy B- Location: dover
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I recently visited a pub/club on a rough housing estate further up country,they had a special offer,a free stabbing with every pint.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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That must have been a lively pub Andy
What if you only had a half ? Lol
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Andy B- Location: dover
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I think you only get chucked through the window for a half.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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I saw that happen at the old Alma one night !
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