Just a reminder, this is tomorrow ...
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 04:27:29PM +0100, Kake L Pugh wrote: > Hello! For the September social, we're going somewhere we've not been > before - the Crown on Clerkenwell Green. We have the upstairs function > room booked from 6:30pm. There's no bar up there, but they do offer > table service. > > It's a short walk from Chancery Lane station (Central line) and an > even shorter one from Farringdon station (Circle, Hammersmith & City, > Metropolitan lines). Buses 55, 63, 153, and 243 all stop nearby. > > Maps, more info, etc: > http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Crown_Tavern,_EC1R_0EG > > When I checked it out last week, they had Westons cider, Adnams > Bitter, London Pride, and Landlord on handpump, as well as Aspall's > cider on tap, Fruli and Peche beers in bottles, and various lagers. > They also, of course, do food - I only tried the whitebait, but on > the evidence of that, it's perfectly fine. > > Standard blurb: > > Social meets are a chance for the various members of the group to meet > up face to face and chat with each other about things - both Perl and > non-Perl - and newcomers are more than welcome. The monthly meets tend to > be bigger than the other ad hoc meetings that take place at other times, > and we make sure that they're in easy to get to locations and the pub > serves food (meaning that people can eat in the bar if they want to). > They normally start around 6.30pm (or whenever people get there after > work) and a group tends to be left come closing time. > > If you're a newcomer or other first timer (even if you've been lurking > on the mailing list or on IRC) then please seek Greg out - we have a > tradition that the leader of this motley crew buys the new people a > drink (alcoholic or not, either's fine) and introduces them to people.