More arguments for the foundary's pubpshness.
Just because gezzers are shaved bald and rather gay looking does not detract from their geezerishness.
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Anna (Anna), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:40 (eighteen years ago) link
The feeling The Foundry gives me is that it's aimed quite squarely at a Trendy Hoxton demographic. Edgy, y'know.
― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:41 (eighteen years ago) link
Ste: but how many types? one's not enough
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:43 (eighteen years ago) link
the thing is that all the factors (architecture/design, 'content'/decor, clientele, range of products on offer, entertainment facilities, general atmos, historical significance etc.) do not stand up on their own as signifiers, but you have to be able to tick enough boxes for a place to be a proper Pub imo.
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:56 (eighteen years ago) link
there, that's my personal opinion.
― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 15 December 2005 11:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 15 December 2005 12:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 December 2005 12:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 December 2005 12:02 (eighteen years ago) link
this argument is a lot like the 'what makes a big club?' argument.
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 15 December 2005 12:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 December 2005 12:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 15 December 2005 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link
Key difference for me is defined by their answer to this question: "Can I have a pint of bitter please?"
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 15 December 2005 13:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 December 2005 13:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 15 December 2005 13:37 (eighteen years ago) link
former can be defined by capacity i guess.
latter by spending potential, i suppose.
you can put a number to both, as your definition, and those near the threshold number are medium sized, which are neither big or small, and then the further from that number the bigger or smaller a club they are.
you can do that to define whether a piece of string is long or short, too. using some form of average (e.g. median) value of all pieces of strings in the world.
― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 15 December 2005 13:39 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.fancyapint.com/main_site/thepubs/pub2178.html
― toby (tsg20), Monday, 20 March 2006 13:09 (eighteen years ago) link
Errrrmmm... *studied*? I don't think so.
― Hello Cthulhu (kate), Monday, 20 March 2006 13:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 20 March 2006 13:15 (eighteen years ago) link
i dont often think about the outside. in that photo, it looks like birmingham 1975
― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 20 March 2006 13:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 20 March 2006 13:27 (eighteen years ago) link
which is preferred - bar or table?
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 20 March 2006 13:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 20 March 2006 13:42 (eighteen years ago) link
This is partly because it's not a "watch the football" pub, it just has a couple of screens which show (apparently) random sporting events. I really like it in there, haven't been in for ages.
Gabbneb are you calling some kind of FAP or did you decide not to?
― Tim (Tim), Monday, 20 March 2006 13:55 (eighteen years ago) link
(I'd be well up (?) for a FAP if persons wanted to go to the trouble, but don't really know my schedule yet. I think I'm going to be free on a sat night (the 25), and perhaps the tuesday or wednesday of that week, but need to hear back from a friend and make some decisions first. I may or may not be going to a quiz night on the Sunday. Don't know where and I'm guessing it's not music-related.)
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 20 March 2006 14:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 20 March 2006 14:04 (eighteen years ago) link
Foundry remains stubbornly undesignatable for me - scuzzy - check, lots on draft - check, wouldn't order a white russian - check; yet the suspended bondage dolls and narrow demographic. I would just call it a "student pub" and be done with it except it's not right next to any school and everyone in there is about 30.
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 20 March 2006 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link
they fail to mention that its probably one of the cheapest bars in the area, which for me is a great incentive. for that i am uninterested in their opinions on this point.
― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 20 March 2006 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link
i may also.....gotocamden
― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 20 March 2006 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 20 March 2006 17:40 (eighteen years ago) link
Where is this pub/bar exactly? ;-)
― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to be a stone cold thug (chap), Monday, 20 March 2006 19:30 (eighteen years ago) link