The Festival House

where Delaney's is now. The surface of the pool table was basically a bit of MDF painted green. The balls would roll around for about two minutes after you broke.

Posted By: bird table on October 18th 2011 at 17:57:16

Message Thread

What's the dodgiest Pub you've been into in Norwich? (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 16:31:54
- Romany (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Oct 18, 18:20:22
- The Festival House (General Chat) - bird table, Oct 18, 17:57:16
  - I remember that place, wasn't there a dodgy 'club' upstairs/next door too? (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 17:58:23
- When I worked at Bally shoe whorehouse down Hall Road we used to spend Friday's envelope (General Chat) - APB, Oct 18, 17:41:16
  - I remember when I tempted years and years ago getting the little brown envelope... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 17:46:58
    - Who did you tempt? (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 17:49:01
      - You know precisely what I mean Malky! (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 17:50:13
- Lager TOPS!!!!!!!!!!! (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Oct 18, 17:31:23
  - Is there a pub called lager tops? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 18, 17:33:10
    - lol, good name for a pub! :D (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 17:34:16
- Played league pool in some right dodgy dives... The Southall (General Chat) - Pixelman, Oct 18, 17:30:20
- Not Norwich, but the Glue Pot in Lowestoft would take some beating (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Oct 18, 16:58:45
- Cat and Fiddle (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 18, 16:57:10
- The one that was down Pottergate near the chip shop (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Oct 18, 16:51:45
  - The Bird Cage, The Pottergate Tavern, The Brown Derby - wasn't dodgy was it? (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 16:54:16
    - I've been in the Brown Derby many a time after popping down to Andy's records (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 18, 16:58:16
      - Agreed. Then off to Tudor Hall or Bonds. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 16:59:14
        
        ahem (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 18, 17:01:51
        
        haha! Still going an'all. (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 17:04:00
        
        ...then The Jacquard (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 17:04:57
        
        omg. now your talking. Then became Santanas (or was that before Jaquard)? (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Oct 18, 17:31:30
        
        Yep - was Santanas for a while, then back to The Jacquard I think. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 17:48:09
        
        To see Al play...... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 17:05:52
        
        what's that? (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 18, 17:05:50
        
        .... (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 17:10:31
        
        ah yes, I just looked it up, bit before my time really (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 18, 17:11:08
        
        Oh you young 'uns.......Samson's for me (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Oct 18, 17:05:49
        
        How old are you? The Jacquard opened in the 60's. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 17:08:38
        
        Oh really, I went in the 80's to see The Birthday Party I think! (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Oct 18, 17:10:09
        
        ^^^ Now *that's* a proper band ^^^ (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 18, 17:46:34
        
        Lot's of famous people played there, many before they became famous. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 17:09:26
  - Pottergate Tavern? Lovely. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 18, 16:54:12
    - That was me sitting outside, Chips, Light & Bitter, John Player Black, listening (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Oct 18, 16:57:09
      - whilst stroking pk (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 18, 17:33:47
- Romany Rye. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 18, 16:45:42
  - There's no scientific way of stopping it either (General Chat) - pants, Oct 18, 16:57:11
  - The Farmhouse is an odd one (General Chat) - Huge Small, Oct 18, 16:50:44
    - Nice name for a pub. Only ever had a few pints there outside in the summer mind. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 16:51:52
  - It was always very dark in the Romany. They tried to make it a music pub din't they? (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 16:46:47
    - I don't know, did they? To draw on the renowned musical talent of Kinghorn fucking Road (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 18, 16:48:44
    - Is that the one near eaton park/UEA? (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 16:47:43
      - Yeah, it's on Colman Road, in the double-sided parade of shops. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 18, 16:49:35
      - Colman Road, near the shops - it's closed now. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 16:49:05
- The Kings Arms (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 18, 16:41:48
  - Foolish. You brought mrs scrampers in, can't have been that bad. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 16:43:25
    - i think i've only done about 5 pubs in the Nodge (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 18, 16:46:46
      - haha! (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 16:47:13
- the larkman (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 18, 16:41:19
  - Not technically in Norwich but there is a pub (or used to be) in the centre of Bowthorpe.. (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 16:43:59
    - The Norkie (General Chat) - Huge Small, Oct 18, 16:48:14
      - Where was wardys? (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 16:49:35
        
        This or this: (General Chat) - Dog, Oct 18, 16:52:55
        
        2nd link, that's the place I was thinking about (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 16:53:28
        
        That's the Norkie. I've never been in it. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 18, 16:56:02
        
        lols (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 16:56:23
        
        Norkie it is. (n/m) (General Chat) - Dog, Oct 18, 16:55:38
        
        Who came up with the name I wonder. Strange name. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 16:56:10
        
        ... (General Chat) - Huge Small, Oct 18, 17:00:07
        
        Cool. Learn something new every day. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 17:11:21
    - The Norkie? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 18, 16:46:33
    - Wardy's? (n/m) (General Chat) - Dog, Oct 18, 16:45:11
      - Ah think that was it. A place called 'Wardy's' is alarming in itself. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 16:45:43
  - No. Destroyed. Aldi'd (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Oct 18, 16:43:29
    - Over a 1000 pubs have closed since the smoking ban (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 18, 16:46:58
      - how many closed before the smoking ban? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 18, 16:51:30
        
        dunno (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 18, 17:00:37
        
        9 (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 16:52:35
      - Good fucking riddance to many of them, to be fair. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 18, 16:51:30
  - Shut very many moons ago. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 18, 16:42:38
  - Nope. Was dodgy though, went in a couple of times. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 16:42:14
  - Used to go past that place on the bus home from School. Long gone, Lidl's now I think (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 16:41:59
- Freemasons always looks dodge when I walk past. (General Chat) - Dog, Oct 18, 16:40:20
- the kings (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 18, 16:39:41
  - Foolish (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 16:42:44
    - agreed (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 18, 16:46:37
      - You loved it, and lasted longer than others. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 16:52:23
        
        they don't call me hardcore for nothing (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 18, 17:00:48
- Slipperys, Fiveways or BSG. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 18, 16:39:25
- The Grove (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Oct 18, 16:39:13
- BSG. It used to be brilliantly dodgey. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Oct 18, 16:37:16
  - BSG tudds? Where was it? (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 16:38:08
    - Got it! Ber Street Gates, yep, steer the ship well clear of that place! (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 16:39:52
- Probably Fiveways (n/m) (General Chat) - Only1Doherty, Oct 18, 16:33:57
  - lols, many moons ago when we first started playing at the UEA, it was the closest place... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 18, 16:37:18

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