Mike and I speak most Sundays on the phone so I suspect there will be many Sandy, Mrs Brown (I never knew her first name) and generally messing around stories told.

😃 which had a personality all of it’s own.

Yes, the jukebox! Heart of Gold was a hippie SW fave. I’m pretty sure the music hadn’t changed since the mid ‘70s. Strange kind of Woman by Deep Purple sticks in my mind.

…he would always get a shakey hand when pouring me a vodka or whisky. : ) Upstairs on a Saturday night could be pretty eventful as you know, I remember a blizzard of beer mats during a Steve Webb poetry session in particular. 😃

Wow. That has hit me harder than expected. I’m not an overly nostalgic person by any measure but the pic of Sandy brought me right back. My mate Mike used to work there every Wednesday night and some weekends. I used to nearly always go on the Wednesday as it wouldn’t be busy and…

Old dog 🐕 learns new trick. Yay!

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A blizzard, assorted witches and warlocks, an ill advised Pink Floydian solo during an industrial goth song from me, and also my girlfriend at the time insulting a beloved shop owner, “ hideous hippie tat” that nearly got us all run out of town, were some of the highlights…

The whole couple of days was quite eventful really, not surprisingly as the band were playing the evening party for the Glastonbury Psychic Fair(y):

It was at the time run by the French equivalent of Basil Faulty, who brought chaos to everything he brought to his attention, this included the breaking of a very expensive looking chandelier in the style of Del Boy meets the Chuckle brothers.

That is possibly the best Trip Advisor review that never was.

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I preferred your review and for extra points it contained the word boufin which I’ve not heard for a while.

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On careful perusal, I found the phrase “Paid Promotion “ lurking in the shadows… : )

When I googled them, a review by ‘Net Mums’ , presumably a site ripping off the original bastion of self righteousness which this quote “The Aldi frickles exceeded my expectations – the batter was great, the crunch was great and the flavour was great. A big 10 out of 10 from me.” was taken.