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Binners i am a Greggs regular.... nuff said
That’s quite scary and odd
I've found generally people I've met from stw are quite happy to pretend stw doesn't exist while out and about IRL. With one or two notable exceptions...
Greggs regular
A Greggular?
I did once shout across a cafe "excuse me are you peterfile".
It was
I ride with and have a drink with a few people on here but I have no idea which forumites they are.
To my knowledge only one of them has worked out my alter ego and is so far keeping quiet about his (quite wise).
There's not many on here I'd not happily have a pint with...although I suspect there's a few that'd leave there's half drunk after 10 minutes of my company.
I did once shout across a cafe “excuse me are you peterfile”.
It was
That could've gone one of two ways.
Teej, ride and beers mate when you go on your tour. and a bed for the night if you need one.
Ditto, should you have the misfortune to find yourself in East Lancs.
Are you Dennis Nilsen?
I initially parsed that as Dennis Norden and was very confused.
I often wonder how many forum members I would have crossed paths with, not on the trails but amongst Manchester club life during the 90's and early 2000's.
And in answer to the original post like most on here the answer would be tj, and I'd let him choose the subject up for argument!
If your club life included Jilly's then highly likely here.
^ and if you were at the Que Club any time between 1995-1999 you would have seen me gurning
If it was the Hac, Sankeys or Paradise Factory then definitely me.
I have actually been out riding with a few people off here having pushed on through from the night before. Oh, to be young and stupid again (as opposed to being old, stupid and far too knackered to be contemplating that kind of behaviour)
I used to DJ in Manchester a fair bit in the early 2000s: at a breakbeat night called Tangled, a dnb night called Metropolis, Tribal Sessions at Sankeys and a few other places.
Cellar V, the Russell Club, West Indian Sports and Social, but never saw any bikes locked up there.
I initially parsed that as Dennis Norden and was very confused.
Don't worry. It'll be alright on the night.
I am very flattered by those who say a pint would be nice. You lot need to be aware tho - I have history in turning up on people doorsteps ( I visited a polish chap I had met on a building site in manchester when i was in poland a year later) and also I intend to spend august and september touring the UK visiting folk!
YOu have been warned
including last Sunday afternoon where, once again, we never ever talk about politics
It's not just you, I never (well, almost never) talk about politics in real life with anyone as it generally bores the shit out of me. Economics and physics though, I can bang on all day about those.. (don't tempt me, keep it to bikes and football).
Cellar V
Credit where it's due, that is a genius name.
I thought the 'sports and social' was a wonderful euphemism.
Credit where it’s due, that is a genius name.
Ah, that reminds me, I remember you were impressed by the name of the micropub in the place I was then looking to call home - Malt Disley. I can confirm, now I do live here, that it is indeed a cracking little bar.
Bar Kay, Ridgefields, DeVilles and Bier Keller for me as a Manc. How utterly considered my choice of venues was.
It was Cellar Vie BTW.
Ah, that reminds me, I remember you were impressed by the name of the micropub in the place I was then looking to call home – Malt Disley. I can confirm, now I do live here, that it is indeed a cracking little bar.
Blimey, you have a good memory!
Yeah, I tripped over that when going to the escape room down there. I've never actually been in, we went to the pub across the road instead. (The Dandy Cock...)
Should you ever have an inkling to play an ER, Extremescape in Disley is an exceptional venue.
I can't believe that nobody has mentioned Corbieres or 42nd Street
I can’t believe that nobody has mentioned Corbieres or 42nd Street
Or the Thursday night student night at Royales, 50p a pint and all the Indiecrusty hits you could gaze at your shoes to.
We hired a double decker bus and took pretty much the whole sixth form there for my 18th birthday...
I’ve never actually been in, we went to the pub across the road instead. (The Dandy Cock…)
I may well be getting some Cock action with a couple of Singletrackers tonight...
Back in manchester days - anyone go to the PSV club? Went there a bit in the 80s
What about the Conti (New Continental) Club? What an abject shithole but great nights. More ladies than gents in the gents and cans and spirits only. The stickiest carpet in Christendom.
@IHN - don't forget the Soldier Dick in Furness Vale and The Cock in Whaley Bridge !
also I intend to spend august and september touring the UK visiting folk!
If something goes horribly wrong and you find yourself in the desolate wastes of Macclesfield I’ll meet you for a brew or you can drop in for one. I’d just be worried as I wear jeans and untucked tops!
Trying to see a Manchester venue mentioned that I haven't been to at lest a couple of times, or in the case of the hacienda, hundreds, (as I worked there 86-89). Lived opposite the PSV (brilliant place, soundsystem vibes downstairs whilst the old'uns played dominoes upstairs). And looking at grums palmires we must have crossed paths dozens of times.
God we're old aren't we.
@inkster - did you ever get to The Ardri in Hulme? It was effectively an Irish club but had it's fair share of local soundsystem nights
I live on the road approaching Macc forest so could probably post roughly a hundred pictures a day!
I live on the road into peebles everytime a bike goes past on a fancy car I assume it's a steer.
Except for your guitar hero because I can hear him before I see him in that campervan
The Ardri in Hulme
It was the New Ardi in my day. Saw Lamb play there.
I have met many from here over the years and without exception world happily meet any of them again, or may anyone I haven't yet met. Even Fred, who is the only person I've ever blocked online, but who I am assured is lovely in person.
Whether any of those I've met would like to meet me again is another matter. I know at least one person was keen to punch me due to an inappropriate comment I made, for which I apologise. It was not intended as an insult but it was entirely my delivery that caused any offence so I accept full responsibility
Oh, and notable absentee Hora, who still owes me a pint the tightwad
Ahh… the 90s… underrated… hundreds of nights like this…
Never been for a pint with him but I have slept with @brads at least 7 times 😉
Hello Paul me old mate lol
How was the Cairngorms today ?
Yep, New Ardri in my day too, think I saw an indie band there when I first came to Manny.
Funnily enough I missed out on a lot of the rave years, I'd worked at the hacienda and seen the progression from people dancing to house music with a red stripe and a reefer to the beginings of the full on carnage oft described by binners. Then I went to art college and got into the more Bristol / Giles Peterson side of things and started working for a promoter (Barney Doodlebug) who was a pioneer of the post rave Manchester club scene epitomized by scruff and electriks etc.
So when Jungle / drum 'n bass came along I thought I'd put the training to good use and started promoting nights myself and did it for about a decade.
Tj because I think we might have been neighbours a few years ago 😀
Tj because I think we might have been neighbours a few years ago
Tell me more? I have lived in my flat in leith for 30 years.
My gob, I was trying to remember the Conti club, free entry to the sticky carpet if you claimed to be a medic.
Tell me more? I have lived in my flat in leith for 30 years.
Ive lived on/near the Shore a couple of times in the last 20 years for a few years at a time.
Now I'm over in Shotts!
I can’t believe that nobody has mentioned Corbieres or 42nd Street
Cotbieres or Dry Bar were our default pre-club bars. Loved Corbieres as it had the best jukebox in the world
Our paths must have crossed many many times fella
Anyone else used to do One Tree Island in Hulme?
@inkster - as you know, I worked behind the bar at the Hac at the height of the madness 92-93. It was absolutely bonkers. It’d be bloody great to meet up for a ride and a pint and compare war stories 😃
Is everyone on STW basically a Manc?
Anyone here misspent their 20’s in Liverpool?
The State, Garlands, 051, G Bar, Baa Baa?
Yep... plus flanigans apple, Lennon's bar but mainly the krazy house.
Plus I used to drink in Crosby, waterloo and bootle.
(Formby though so a posh lad!)
And after a night of of excellent excess nothing beat a 'curry' (coloured rice) in the Plaza whilst being distracted by the regular with a pet monkey running over his shoulders and trilby hat. Oddly, c.30 years after I studied Economics and Politics in Dover Street I discovered that Freddie Engels used to live there. Who knew?
Bunnyhop
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Is that not a contractual obligation? I would go for a pint with nbt but only if no long journey back to home was necessary afterwards.
I intend to spend august and september touring the UK visiting folk!
You're welcome here but we have a dog which may not be acceptable.
TJagain wrote:
also I intend to spend august and september touring the UK visiting folk!
pm me if you are in the Brecon Beacons area and I can sort you a bed for the night.
also I intend to spend august and september touring the UK visiting folk!
Then we should definitely do another Rivi ride, Uncle Jezza. Or we could show you around the Rammy Alps? Or both.
Monday Night Pub Ride?