On 24 September 2011 17:40, Bruno Girin <brunogi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 24/09/11 15:48, Simon Watson wrote: >> >> Can I suggest rotating them around different parts of london, so that it's >> easier for people from outside London to join? >> >> So, one meet somewhere near kings cross/victoria/paddington/euston etc. >> That way more people can attend from outside London. > > Absolutely. There are enough pubs around London that it should be possible > to rotate around the different mainline stations. Here's a quick sample I'm > sure we can improve on: > * Victoria: The Cask; > * London Bridge: Upstairs at The Old King's Head as suggested by Liam;
It's good, but the function room needs to be booked - we might want to wait 'til we've got an idea of consistent numbers for this...? > * King's Cross: The Big Chill House or Camino; Don't know either. From Google, the former looks to be a music/clubbing bar and the latter a Spanish restaurant? Neither appeals! :¬) > * Paddington: The Union on Sheldon Square; Don't know it. Beerintheevening says it only has one ale, which means I would not be keen. > * Liverpool Street: Dirty Dick; It's OK. I'd tend to favour places that didn't have TVs showing sport, as I think it does, or music, as venues for a talk-centred event. > * Fenchurch Street: The Crosse Keys; Wetherspoons', isn't it? Fair enough. > * Charring Cross: The Porterhouse; A great place, but huge, so hard to find anyone - as I discovered at the Natty Narwhal launch party - and tends to be very noisy. > * Waterloo: The Fire Station; Never been in as it looks like an appalling expensive trendy place packed with braying idiots in suits. Am I wrong? > * Blackfriars / City Thameslink: Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (rebuilt 1667). Great pub, good suggestion. Venue for the London Xmas IT journo meet for many years now. > Then there are the old classics like The Cittie of Yorke which is not close > to a mainline station but is very easy to get to. Yup, /pace/ my earlier comments about Sam Smith's. I like the Cittie, though. -- Liam Proven • Info & profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
