EDF Christmas Drinks - Friday 5th December

[SeanMacGabhann]

Jaysus how did all of this kick off? Every month we bat venues back and forth and without TOO much bother we settle on a venue. If you setup a poll what is it going to give us that we can't already work-out using pen and paper from people posting on here? Most people likely to attend have posted their preference. Anyone (and everyone) who is even considering it are urged to do the same

I think we visit pubs rather than bars for a reason - people talk more. If I think about a turnout such as last Friday's turning up on a Friday night in Adventure Bar or EDT I get a headache. I have no idea how people turning up for the first time would feel about trying to get a conversation going with those noise levels. But if people want to do it then by all means go for it

Most of the pubs mentioned already would do a perfectly good job - my preference is for one we haven't been before, or one we haven't been to for a long time. I wouldn't worry about "periphery" too much - Hooper's is probably one of the more obscure venues and look how many people came along to that

[????]

I demand a spreadsheet on previous venues (chronilogically of course), number of attendees and overall rating and I want it NOW

[Sue]

Wishing Well then?

:)-D

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I'm with JimmyD. Those posh school brats need a shake up one evening*. I'll bring the Diamond Whites.

*Has anyone noticed that the drug-dealing hoodies have been superseded by the PSBs in the last six months?

[karter]

On a Friday night The Wishing Well can be full of working class people, if everyone here does not mind that.:-S

[Sue]

You are joking, Karter, aren't you??

[karter]

Come on now Sue, would i joke about such a thing.:))

[Brendan]

I thought we had already decided on the Wishing Well and all this was just sillybuggers.

Anyway pretty much what Sean said. Let's try somewhere we haven't been before. That is inevitably going to be somewhere in the border regions as we have been to all the SE22 pubs have been exhausted.

So Wishing Well or maybe the Rye?

Pheonix? (just to throw a curve ball)

[karter]

Can the Rye take 40 to 50 extra people on a friday night though?

[Brendan]

Strawbs says they do something out back for big groups.

[karter]

Isn't that like a conservatory though that can get rather chilly, or maybe i'm thinking of somewhere different..

[Michael Palaeologus]

Oh Bloody Hell! Stop sodding around and make a decision.

[Brendan]

Let's go to the wishing well. If it's crap you can all throw stuff at me.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Wishing Well - for better or worse, its the Wishing Well.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Probably.

[tinagwee]

boo I am going to be in cornwall so cant go. But then I will be in lovely cornwall so dont feel tooooo bad. maybe we can do drinks the weekend before christmas too? just because. and I do want to see all you loverly people.

[????]

Have they still got the snooker tables in the back of the wishing well?

[Sharon_H]

No, afraid not. Disco/rave music (how old am I) in the back room on Fridays.

Also they are not doing any food at the moment, don't know if that will change in the near future.

[Michael Palaeologus]

"Disco/Rave Music" - Oh joy.

[Keef]

Sounds interesting. They had the pool tables a few months ago, so this must be reasonably new.

[lozzyloz]

Wishing Well sounds good. I'm up for it.

[SeanMacGabhann]

One negative about choosing the WW is the fact that I have that Terence Trent D'arby song in my head now

I know several people know this, but for those wondering "where"? it might be of interest that it is the pub where some of Last Orders starring Michael Caine and Bob Hoskins was filmed (exterior-wise anyway)

[lozzyloz]

You just put me off