London meet up - Saturday 21 January 2023

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London meet up - Saturday 21 January 2023

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Hi all

A London meet up has been arranged on Saturday 5th November (anybody mentioning Indoor Fireworks receives an automatic ban :lol: ) at our now usual haunt of the White Swan at Aldgate East, 21-23 Alie Street E1 8DE. It’ll be from 1pm.

Come one come all.

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working on the logistics. Will do my uttermost to be there.
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krm wrote:working on the logistics. Will do my uttermost to be there.
I suppose so ! :roll: :wink:
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I am meeting you guys more than my children :D :D

always a pleasure never a chore, myself and Lady B will be there
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Train all booked ( assuming no strikes planned !)
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It's been almost two weeks since I saw some of you, so I will be happy to meet again in November.

"So hurry up and bring your jukebox money"

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Man out of Time wrote:It's been almost two weeks since I saw some of you, so I will be happy to meet again in November.

"So hurry up and bring your jukebox money"

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Is there a jukebox??? Maybe even a Karaoke machine ???
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Yes and God I hope not!
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krm wrote:working on the logistics. Will do my uttermost to be there.
Tickets sorted. I'll be there!
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Nice one, coincidentally I'm in London that weekend. :)
Any chance we could start a bit earlier though, 12 for example?
I've got to be at a football match on the other side of London that kicks off at 3.
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Given the rail strike we are hoping the negotiators come to a solution and cancel the strike scheduled on this date.

Don’t go booking rail and/or hotel tickets just yet!
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DeathWearsABigHat wrote:Nice one, coincidentally I'm in London that weekend. :)
Any chance we could start a bit earlier though, 12 for example?
I've got to be at a football match on the other side of London that kicks off at 3.

Please ignore my request to meet earlier than 1.
I’m now not going to be able to make it along before the match.
Have a fun meet up everyone.
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Hi all

Due to the train strike on Saturday 5th November we have rearranged this for Saturday 21st January.

No doubt we will show off our new Christmas jumpers and our jealousy towards those going to the Gramercy in February.
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Just a post to nudge this thread towards the top of the page.

Train strikes permitting, I look forward to seeing everyone again in two weeks' time at the White Swan in Aldgate from lunchtime.

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………..less then 50 hours to go now!
The countdown has started! :wink:
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Only 2 more sleeps!
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On the train - see you all soon.
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Did you have a good time? I see from Facebook that Sulky and Verbal were there.
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A great time was had by all. There were 10 of us although only 8 at any given time as sheeptotheslaughter and goon squad turned up after football, by which time sulky lad and johnfoyle had left for their long journeys home.

Kudos to MOOT who got to the pub by 2pm and got his train home at gone midnight!
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verbal gymnastics wrote:A great time was had by all. There were 10 of us although only 8 at any given time as sheeptotheslaughter and goon squad turned up after football, by which time sulky lad and johnfoyle had left for their long journeys home.

Kudos to MOOT who got to the pub by 2pm and got his train home at gone midnight!
Fantastic to see everyone yesterday! Well done to VG for getting it all arranged and sorted. Real shame that Sheep and I missed Sulks and John, but I’m sure we’ll catch up soon. A real fun evening with lots of stories, lots of G&Ts, and subsequently a fair bit of singing! :oops:
Thanks again to everyone for attending and making it so enjoyable. 8)
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I have been organising these for 20 years now.

I can genuinely say this is the best group and best attended. Meeting up at gigs is great but seeing everybody socially and more relaxed is fabulous, and there are always goodies…

Thanks to MOOT for the Chris Difford autobiography and sulky for the great CDs, none of which are commercially available 8) :wink:
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I must try and get to one of these.

As it turns out I was in London all day yesterday but I went to see the Unfriend comedy play matinee at Piccadilly, followed closely by Micky Flanagan’s comedy warm up show in Leicester Square and rounded off by Peter Kay at the O2. Nearly 7 hours of comedy with little spare time between shows.

Hopefully next time it won’t clash with anything :D
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Wow - what a day!

I’ve seen Micky’s work in progresses twice now and am seeing Peter Kay next year.

Hope you can make it to a meet up one day.
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Micky cant be happy with the show he has been doing warm ups since we saw him last June. He is playing three warm up shows at the cliff pavilion starting tonight I believe.

to echo what has been said it was another great meet up, Thanks VG for all your hard work

we did great versions of Man out of time and Clubland as I remember
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Great to see everyone who could make it on Saturday - and particularly krm who had the furthest to travel. Thanks as ever to VG for organising this and for ordering the Elfises and thanks to Sulky for the music and supporting materials. This is one of many pictures from the day, before Sulky left and Goon Squad arrived.
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