Wtf... Stuart Downing

[6TimesaRed]

heebies is still going

Le Bateau went into liquidation in april or something. The DJs moved to magnet i think.

Never heard of the other two!

Le Bateau was a great place 10 year ago.. Great little bar with decent music a nd a fantastic atmosphere... I remember the days when it had Voodoo in the basement..

 

[SummerOnions]

Le Bateau was a great place 10 year ago.. Great little bar with decent music a nd a fantastic atmosphere... I remember the days when it had Voodoo in the basement..

Le Bateau was the only place that you get decent requests in, used to have proper sound DJs

 

[Jack D Rips]

Pub golf? Go on.....

Somebody

 

[gkmacca]

I think the Jacaranda used to run by that rascal Alan Williams. He once teamed up with Tarby to pinch Terry-Thomas's diamond cigarette holder while the comic was performing at a Bessie Braddock charity event.

...Er, where am I?

 

[Jack D Rips]

That name ( Alan Williams) is interesting to me. It comes up in a song Christy Moore sings called "Does this train stop in Mersyside". As far as I know it was first recorded by a Liverpool group.

Whats the story with him GK?

 

[gkmacca]

He's best known as 'the man who gave away The Beatles'. He wrote a book with that title. Managed the Quarrymen/Beatles and then gave them up. He spent the 70s trying to sell those awful recordings of the band in Hamburg, seemingly taped via the nearest toilet.

 

[Jack D Rips]

Thanks for that GK. The line in the song goes " Alan Williams in the Marlborough Arms, he gives a story out to everyone"

Sounds like a guy with lots of stories to tell ok.

 

[gkmacca]

Thanks for that GK. The line in the song goes " Alan Williams in the Marlborough Arms, he gives a story out to everyone"

Sounds like a guy with lots of stories to tell ok.

I haven't heard that, thanks for the tip, I'll have a listen. Yes, Williams - I think - is still going and still the storyteller. he used to give tours around the city, managing to position himself right in the middle of every anecdote!

 

[FoxForceFive]

Somebody

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pub_Golf#_

There's the basics, but everyone changes the rules for suit them & their mates a bit, so we had for every over par point you had to do a shot. The choice of shot was decided by the person most under par, or they could choose to have a water in addition to the alcohol in the next hole (pub).

 

[Brizzle]

Somebody

18 pubs instead of "holes". Each pub is assigned a drink (could be a pint, a double & mixer etc) and a par. each "go" at drinking is counted. e.g. down a pint and its a hole in one. do it in 3 bursts and it is 3. It is basically a themed bar crawl that encourages drink downing. Great fun!

 

[gkmacca]

Yikes!!!

 

[Jack D Rips]

I think nine holes might be enough for me

 

[cloggypop]

That name ( Alan Williams) is interesting to me. It comes up in a song Christy Moore sings called "Does this train stop in Mersyside". As far as I know it was first recorded by a Liverpool group.

Whats the story with him GK?

Song is by Ian Prowse who used to be in Pele and is now in Amsterdam as well as doing solo work . He has recorded with Christy Moore and Elvis Costello .
Alan Williams was the Beatles ex manager as well as nightclub empressario . His ex wife Beryl used to be landlady for a few of my mates and she was a lovely woman .

 

[Jack D Rips]

Yeah I've been reading a bit about him since Macca gave me the pointer. Seems like an interesting character. Was also reading Prowse's background to the song which is interesting. It has a great line in reference to Hillsborough.

"Yorkshire policemen stand with folded arms, while people try to save their fellow fans"

Thanks for that cloggypop

 

[Fabio]

I think nine holes might be enough for me

It was for me too