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Jaysus you don't mean the Swan at Stockwell do you? On a thread entitled "Great Bars of the World". If you think the Swan is one of the great bars of the world then you haven't really been getting out as much as you think you have.

El Pibe Wrote:

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> No one has mentioned the swan!



I didn't want to lower the tone but yes it was a cracker. I had a mate went there every night literally. And pulled nearly every time. But if you couldn't pull in the Swan...

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> I didn't want to lower the tone but yes it was a

> cracker. I had a mate went there every night

> literally. And pulled nearly every time. But if

> you couldn't pull in the Swan...



It was the perfect storm...a triangle consisting of a well connected tube station, half decent curry house, and a late night drinking venue. I'm surprised it's not known as the Stockwell Triangle, because when you woke up on a Saturday morning all your money had mysteriously disappeared...

El Pibe Wrote:

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> I would most definitely look a right prat if I got

> all dressed up in day-glo, slapped Vicks vapo-rub

> all over me and hugged strangers whilst saying

> 'what's your name where you from what you on' ad

> naseum to cheesy rave.

> Actually we all did back then but noone cared.

>

> OK, back to the real world, Pearl on the Peak

> leaning out atop Victoria peak is hard to beat for

> jaw dropping views. Pretty good restaurant there

> too.

>

> http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4070/4430205055_cf0d

> cd105a.jpg

> Pearl on the Peak, a restaurant with a magnificent

> view. Victoria Peak, Hong Kong by Fred @ SG, on

> Flickr



I've eaten at Pearl. It's a restaurant with a small bar at the entrance. NOT a bar with a restaurant. Food not that special but the view is magnificent and the ride up is pretty special too.

Dive Bar? Yeah, been in there a couple of times but don't really remember much about it. In fact I've often ended up in quite a few dive bars on any given night out in Soho. Gerry's for example.


I like the French House though. And I like The Ship too. In fact in the old days (old fart alert)... You'd start your night out in The Ship on Wardour Street, pop next door to the Marquee Club to catch a band and try and get Lemmy off the fecking pinball machine then stagger over the road to the St Moritz Club. How you got home is anybody's guess.

Otta Wrote:

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> The Swan was bordering on club. Same owners as the

> Venue in New Cross, and similar set up, just in

> an old pub building.



Now that was a proper club - when it was The Harp - money taken on the door on a Sunday night by two old Irish geezers, Dan Dare on the turntables and taking refuge on the balcony when knackered.

giggirl Wrote:

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> Oh yes MM, I spent a rather interesting night in

> that bar in New York. There was a megaphone

> behind the bar, the staff periodically set the bar

> alight with alcohol and then danced on it. Does

> this sound familiar MM? Same bar as you? Meat

> Packing? I had a little dance myself but I kept

> all my clothes on. All of them. Did you remove

> anything yourself MM?.



There was a huge bra hanging up amongst the many behind the bar and it was a Double G. I did wonder who it belonged to.


I kept my decency GG, worry not.

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