please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
The Hen and Chickens is also long-gone as a music venue. I don't live around there anymore, so I can't recommend anywhere else.
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Ave not been around for donkey years and was planning on having a reunion, i cant believe the Trolley stop is GONE, Where else is there? does anyone know if the hen & chicken is still about?
Can anyone (by the sounds of it...Hey madmick) suggest anything similiar and maybe local to our departed trolley stop!
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I've heard that it's being converted to a bistro, with, I suppose, flats upstairs.
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This pub is shut, and looks like it is being converetd to flats.
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The Trolley Stop RIP
As I write the Trolley Stop is a building site - another pub to apartments conversion,,,finally? U see mention on another pub review website of fire damage to the front of the premises...hmmm...
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The Trolley Stop
Music Listings - March 1995
Wednesday 1st - Will Killeen - Bluegrass
Thursday 2nd - Zowie - Soul
Friday 3rd - The Few - Pop/Rock
Saturday 4th - Entourage - Blues/Soul
Sunday 5th - Piano Night
Monday 6th - Audition Night
Tuesday 7th - Andy Lloyd - Pop/Rock
Wednesday 8th - Lucy Ray - Rock
Thursday 9th - The Homertones - Blues
Friday 10th - G.B. 3 - Jazz & Blues
Saturday 11th - Daddy Longlegs - Soul & Blues
Sunday 12th - Piano Night
Monday 13th - Audition Night
Tuesday 14th - Jane Best - Pop
Wednesday 15th - Stone Country - Country/Blues
Thursday 16th - Chicago Shout House - Rock/Blues
Friday 17th - Jam Professors - Soul/Blues
Saturday 17th - Space Chickens - Pop/Rock
Sunday 18th - Piano Night with Mad Mick
Monday 19th - Audition Night with Mad Mick
Tuesday 20th - Pigmeat Pete Smith - Bluegrass/Country
Wednesday 20th - The Lonesome Bone - Bluegrass
Thursday 21st - The Dolmen - Progressive Rock
Friday 24th - Dino Baptiste and the Mystic Mile - Blues/Soul
Saturday 25th - Tony O'Malley Band - Blues
Sunday 26th - Piano Night with Mad Mick
Monday 27th - Audition Night with Mad Mick
Tuesday 28th - Walking Wounded - Bluegrass
Wednesday 29th - Anomie - Pop
Thursday 30th - Dunce - Rock/Pop
Friday 31st - Joli Blon -Cajun/Country
Music Listings - July 2008
Sweet FA
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From another pub review website:
From the outside we had high hopes. The ornate Victorian ironwork, bearing the pub's original name (De Beauvoir Arms) was still intact and the large bay windows easily invite you in. Recently under new management, all the ingredients are in place to make this place great, but sadly something's gone wrong in the oven. From the sparse interior and strange-looking bar, to the odd chemical smell and the incorrect punctuation for the Ladies' toilet, nothing was quite right. The service was good and the Guinness well-kept, but its often a bad sign when the ale pumps are purely decorative. We also know the large back room was previously an alternative music venue, but didn't see much evidence of it still being a feature during our visit. Perhaps promoting themselves as a less pretentious rival to the overpriced Talbot down the road would draw the punters, because at the moment it's simply squandering some great potential.
"Squandering" is putting it mildly! The Trolley Stop rocked seven nights a week in the 80s and 90s - now it's a sad and bleak place, with about 10 or less customers any time I pass it these days - it can't be long before it suffers the same fate as a lot of other once lively pubs i.e. closes down and gets converted into flats.
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i found this pub to have a very vibrant atmosphere and excellent staff. the service was very efficent, i also discovered the management had been taken over in march 06 and have been on a promise to expect some original changes in april 07. look forward to it! Defiently worth a look!!!
anonymous - 4 Mar 2007 01:21 |
A rough looking boozer with a surprisingly convivial atmosphere. A good pub for a drink if you want a seat and enjoy 80s music.
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This pub is now under new managment, although still quiet, it is now starting to pick up. The new people are very friendly and that makes it worth popping in for a beer and a natter. They've just launched a cocktail menu also, which is a new thing for the area.
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I live nearby this pub and sometimes drop in to play pool.
There's often a bit of a queue for the [one] table, but you can play with the cute terrier puppies in the meanime (!)
Friendly staff, but the pub is always empty. Has potential as a decent live venue - there is a small stage in the back room, plus jukebox and decks. Must try harder!
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Formerly a fabbie free rock/blues/punk/most stuff venue shoulder to shoulder, free entry late bar, real ale.
Sadly that was in the past, now it is a shell of its former self, with no ale no bands.
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