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The same owners might not open it again

but keep up hope, once we get out of this recession people might start going out again! I'll put it in my diary for summer 2012...

in your opinion of course, anonymous contributor

Folkestone Gerald has no view one way or the other regarding this social club...

got lots of non folkestone venues on here

Got lots of venues in Kent, mostly venues people who might go to Folkestone might also go to, Hastings isn't so far away! This one's probably been listed because of a local band playing there. I do have lots of venues in further away places like Lond...

Nickelback Platinum Pit tickets

Interesting what Nickelback are offering on their current tour, no champagne reception like Elton John did, but this is more what the rock fans would expect I think. The corporate rock fan with a few hundred quid in his pocket anyway, this is the kin...
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Snow patrol

Still very icy round here, and even some residual snow on the ground from yesterday that did not thaw yet.Snow Patrol in Bournemouth 22/02/09 £219.99 Bournemouth International Centre Snow Patrol 24/02/09 £29.37 SECC Snow Patrol in Glasgow...

Blanket box frenzy

Habitat radius blanket box, over a hundred quid already and there's still a week to go. I really like them, and apparently they've stopped doing them, but it's too far away for me to collect. So feel free to bid......

Speaking of things gigographic

I kind of was earlier, mentioned my gigography, was I really never at a gig at this week in history? Doesn't sound very likely, I think something's gone wrong. The dinner is on, I have a good twenty minutes to investigate before Clare gets in from wo...

We got snow this morning

Wasn't expecting that at all, looks lovely but not so helpful for our first day back at work of the year. Just seen Clare off to the station, she's shuffling carefully towards her train right now and hoping it's on time. It's apparently not going to ...

The Cure / NME Awards Big Gig tickets

Not Folkestone, not even that local, but a fairly easy journey from Folkestone to the O2 Arena, one we're making, I'd hate for you to miss out too. It's The Cure, and they're headlining the NME poll winners party type thing. Officially sold out, but ...

99p pints at Wetherspoons?

According to this story from Fareham, does it apply across the whole Wetherspoons chain?Community pubs say there is no way they can match Wetherspoon's, which has slashed the prices of drinks at its pubs.The pub is selling pints of Greene King IPA al...
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How to dismantle an Omega pool table!

Aha an answer to my question of the other day:Thank you for your email, the dismantling of the Omega table is very simple. If you look at the base of the table you will see there are a number of holes if you put your hand inside you will be able to l...

Couple of Habitat Radius bargains (in Oxford)

Habitat radius TV cabinet and a Habitat Radius coffee table, sitting at a tenner each right now. If you're near Oxford this could be a deal for you...Really looking for one of these to come up, we need another bookcase, though that price has gone up ...

Coldplay with Girls Aloud???

Is this a joke? Coldplay are playing Wembley with Girls Aloud! This is a far cry from their days at the Barfly, and doesn't really make much sense to me... Jay-Z is supporting on other dates too. Here's what Club Wembley are offering as a package, fo...

If Port Lympne are applying for the license I don't think there will be any problem with them getting it

The issue might be getting bands to play, after what happened last year. If none of the same people are involved then I expect big bands will start to sign up, but obviously punters are going to hold off spending the money on tickets until either som...

Happy New Year!

Bit late, but hope it's a good one for you all, I know it's going to be an eventful one for us...

Foals no longer supporting The Cure at the O2

The last.fm event page has only Crystal Castles and White Lies playing now, not sure where the definitive list of acts is...Standing ticket here, for �53.90. Prices are rising, I'd get in quick if you want to go!Not sure what all these Kaiser Chiefs ...
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Haha nice one, have you scanned in all your tickets?

I expect like me you don't have tickets for a lot of the shows we would have attended together... See you at The Cure though by the sounds of it!Kaiser Chiefs in Paris 27/01/09 £82.50 Le Zenith - Paris Kaiser Chiefs in Barcelona, Spain 29/01/09...

an evening of clairvoyance with psychic medium colin fry tickets selling fast

Still getting lots of searches for this sort of nonsense here:An Evening of Clairvoyance with Colin Fry 26/02/09 £19.5 White Rock Theatre An Evening of Clairvoyance with Colin Fry 03/03/09 £19.5 Leas Cliff Hall Colin Fry and TJ Higgs - Th...

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Dismantling an Omega pool table

It's maybe time to get rid of the pool table, or at the very least store it somewhere, we kind of need the room... Only one question, HOW ON EARTH do I get it out of the flat? It's too heavy to move, adn too big to fit out the door. I know it arrived...

Punch up at the Seagull

I used to work in this pub, so did some chums of mine, at least one who reads this blog. My runner up memory of this place is happy times working in the bar there (after leaving The Harbour Lights but before heading off to do the BTEC with Nixdorf), ...
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RE: Lambert & Weston

You'll see yours was the only reply to that original post, from over a year ago though. If googling them brings back nothing but this site I think you've made every effort to track them down, so you should use the photos! I am not a lawyer though, mi...

Lovely christmas, where is the time going?

Went to my folks, nearly four days but it rushed by like nobody's business. Christmas eve in the Red Lion in Fareham disappeared in a flash too, didn't even get round to speaking to everyone. Shame it's so infrequent that we meet up. Great christmas ...

I have seen Lemmy in a pub once before

He was in the Worlds End, Camden, playing the fruit machine, on his own. Would have been cool to see him in Chambers...

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Legends of Folkestone

Speaking to a friend last night in Chambers about legends of folkestone a Facebook group he has set up. Hoping to swap some info with my Folkestone history section... Over 1000 members, nice, and some interesting sounding events:Events:Darth Vader vi...

Not sure there is a connection, but you never know

By family tree database is down right now, so I don't have all the dates to hand, but the Gertrude Rainey mentioned was my Grandmother who would have been born around 1920. She was from Salford, Manchester, but I believe her family were from Ireland....

December newsletter from the George in Rye

Sounds great!We're looking forward to welcoming many of you to The George in Rye at Christmas time. If you're not staying but would like to come to Rye over the festive season, do pop in for a drink. Rye is great for last-minute Christmas shopping - ...

RE: Red List / Zoo9 / Sellindge Music Festival

Sellindge Music Festival apologises for any misunderstanding brought forth from the publication of the article "The Secret Behind Zoo Thousand and Nine". SMF does not claim to know if Red List Live does or does not employ all of the same organisers a...

Whoop, am I back in the ebay affiliate scheme again?

All it needed was a little chasing up, they had some problem sending the automated email, Iw asn't barred or anything. Now as a test, check out this Habitat Radius double bed, not something I'm bidding on myself, just the only Habitat Radius piece av...

not actually been banned

they just changed who their affiliate scheme is with, I applied to the new one and they say they're getting round to responding to everyone... They've not got around to me yet. The old affiliate code still works, see the ebay stuff in the right hand ...

ho ho ho very festive weekender

Started our weekend at the Christmas of Sorts night at the Whole World Cafe, it was GREAT, though the lady running the cafe was as unwelcoming as ever, perhaps it's her style... The band playing (more of a collective really) were great, I was expecti...

Leas Cliff Hall

Carl Barat of The Libertines, and his new band, they're very good... Plus Hot Club de Paris and Mando Diao. Hey, we went to this one!...

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Lanterns

So, that Lone Star Comedy night is a bit good isn't it? This week's lineup of Richard Herring, Gary Delaney and Owen Niblock plus resident compere Danny James were fantastic. It was my first trip to Lanterns, but those stairs are w...
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Heaven

plus The Subways. First official gig for Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler's new band, though they went and did a couple of sneaky warmups before this in Oxford and somewhere else. Not that great really....

Mean Fiddler

plus Lockdown Project.

Leas Cliff Hall

plus Goldie Lookin' Chain

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Alexandra Palace

plus Kings Of Leon who were OK, Travis a bit boring. VERY annoyed by the Carling-ness of it all and so we left early to get a proper drink....
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Tokyo Dragons

plus Renegade Playboys, midweek rock night at On The Rocks, Kingsland Road

Islington Academy

plus The Ordinary Boys and The 22s. Looks like everyone was there to see the Ordinary Boys, but I thought they were a bit ordinary... stellastarr were OK, not quite as convincing as on record though....
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Finsbury Park

plus Cooper Temple Clause and more

Electric Ballroom

plus Har Mar Superstar.
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93 Feet East

BANG Magazine launch party, free booze! Plus another band, was it The Libertines again?

Royal Festival Hall

plus My Morning Jacket, but I don't think we saw them.
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Barfly

plus The Crimea seemingly...

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Water Rats Theatre

plus support from Jesus and Marychain's sister.

Old Trafford Cricket Ground

Plus Suede and Divine Comedy. It booted it down with rain, but we had a great time.

Ocean

MTV2 thing. Plus Cooper Temple Clause.

Astoria

plus Clinic, The Faint and British Sea Power. NME Brats?...
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Mean Fiddler

plus Inner City Unit

Barfly

plus Experimental Pop Band and Haven.

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Astoria

NME Brats show, plus Rocket From The Crypt, Peaches, and The Strokes, yes I did see them......
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The Garage

Don't recall if they did their "Hamster Dance" single, I do remember an ace cover of "Self Esteem", though I could possiblybe mixing it up with an earlier Helen Love gig... Plus The Fighting Cocks....

Astoria

Plus ...Trail Of Dead, awesome.
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Camden Falcon

plus Chicks, at Camden Falcon. Probably a Barfly thing, but when it was at the Falcon... anyone remember such days?...

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Astoria

plus Idlewild, Scott 4, and Unbelievable Truth - unbelievably SHIT more like. Thom Yorke's brother's band. Part of NME Brats week....
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Astoria

NME Brats, plus Ultrasound, The Hybrids and Unbelievable Truth. There's a good chance I was at this, I had staff passes for the whole week. There was a Pavement and [artist]Super Furry An...
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Finsbury Park

plus Rage Against The Machine, Skunk Anansie, Thunder and Three Colours Red and L7. Got freebies from the NME and drank all the money I saved. Kind of lost it about five songs in and ended up in Covent Garden....

Astoria

NME Brats show? Plus Octopus, Mundy and Stereophonics again apparently. Must have been a week of gigs around this time.

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Mean Fiddler

Soho Live, plus 3 Colours Red and Imperial Teen.

Mean Fiddler

Soho Live, plus Divine Comedy, and "special guests" as headliner it says here...

ULU

plus Space and Shoot
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