The Swan Inn, Liverpool

oh yes, i almost hit it off with a with beautiful, fuzzy-haired art student, liz thompson, who worked behind the bar for a while. but that came later, and sadly we were moving in slightly different directions, vibewise. a real shame. dingy lights, bare floorboards, tatty seats, it was a top watering hole and i did some really good-quality thinking in there. enjoy

12 Aug 2008 14:28

The Swan Inn, Liverpool

this place really used to rock. fantastic jukebox, great scruffball crowd. used to go in there as a student of architecture and loved it all the time. met a terrific german woman called babs there once - must have been 1988-89 - and it's the first and only one-night stand i've had. she was cool and we stayed friends for a while after. i miss the old place terribly. cheers

12 Aug 2008 14:21

The Gloucester Arms, Oxford

used to be a fab pub next to the theatre. popular with actors, saw gareth hunt in there once, fantastic black-and-white photos of all the famous board-walkers on the walls, we're talking mid to late 1980s here, and sadly they've all gone now. why anybody would want to take em down is anybody's guess. used to fancy a fantastic blonde called laura. gone now, sadly, like the black and whites. changed a bit now but still has a great vibe. sufficiently scruffy to be put you at ease and a good jukebox

12 Aug 2008 14:16

The Clown, Hastings

i think it's called irony, Zagreb, and your intepretation of postmodernist street talk is perhaps a little too literal. of course wicked is also spelt wkd, innit? and it's the blue stuff in a bottle that goes down well with chavs. anyway, it's a great unselfconscious pub and the landlord, victor, is a good laugh and a di(a)mond geezer; hansome too.

12 Aug 2008 13:07