Tag: Wetherspoon

DOING THE LAMBETH WALK. IN CROWBOROUGH

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January 2025. Crowborough. No sooner had I completed the paperwork with the funeral directors and Coroner (Fun rating : 0.25/5) then it was time for another emergency mission to a beleaguered Father-in-Law down in Kent. At least the Dartford Tunnel was behaving. Mrs RM negotiated a post-tea arrival with her Mum, and offered to drive… Continue reading DOING THE LAMBETH WALK. IN CROWBOROUGH

SUPPER IN A SUPER SHEFFIELD SPOONS

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November 2023. Sheffield. The short trek from central Sheffield’s industrial quarter, between the Moor and Bramall Lane, is spookily quiet on Friday night. It’s one of the real points of contrast between Sheff and Manchester; less folk on the streets, but the pubs and diners still seem packed. We’d missed the Christmas market, including the… Continue reading SUPPER IN A SUPER SHEFFIELD SPOONS

THE QUEUE FOR THE JAPANESE HOUSE

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October 2023. Newcastle University Students Union. Young American women make all the best music these days. Back in September I heard 22 year old Alix Page cover Sunshine Baby, a new song by The Japanese House that sounded like an instant classic; even without that contribution of Matty Healy of the 1975. So I booked… Continue reading THE QUEUE FOR THE JAPANESE HOUSE

THE THINKER. AND OTHER GREAT REASONS TO VISIT NEWTOWNARDS.

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“Time for a Spoons in Ards before we check-in to Bangor, Mrs RM ?” Do Ards, and there’s only 3 (plus Donaghadee just in case it restores cask) left to do and I can pink in the whole of N.I. ! Why not, it’s on the way, we’ve never been to Ards/Newtownards/N’ards and there are… Continue reading THE THINKER. AND OTHER GREAT REASONS TO VISIT NEWTOWNARDS.