Sarah Ballpalsy 1:20 Tue Mar 10
What is your favourite fact about the City of London
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I wanted my first thread to be about Football but needs must. So I apologise for this, but I could do with a little bit of help please.
On Friday I am in London with a few work colleagues from overseas for a few drinks around Fleet St/St Paul's area.
For some reason I have been asked to plan where to drink and to act as a mini tour guide along the route.
Obviously the internet helps to a certain degree, but I was hoping there might be some on here that have a few tidbits of info that might be interesting to point out on our walk from pub to pub.
Thanks you.
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Russ of the BML
1:23 Tue Mar 10
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Apparently there is a rat within six yards of you at all times.
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cuzoftheeast
1:23 Tue Mar 10
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I work there
And enjoy it
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Tall-Hammer
1:25 Tue Mar 10
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Completely unrelated, irrelevant and unhelpful... but your username has just cracked me up!
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Bouncing Ludo
1:28 Tue Mar 10
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Do the circle line pub crawl. Drinks and a tour all in one.
27 Stations and 27 Pubs. If you start at 11 you should get round with an hour to spare.
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peroni
1:29 Tue Mar 10
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There will be a "slurps" thread from one of the City boys posted up on Friday morning. You can impress your colleagues by tagging along on that.
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BRANDED
1:30 Tue Mar 10
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Jamaica winehouse
crosse keys
Leadenhall
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Grumpster
1:30 Tue Mar 10
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If you can be bothered to stray a bit away from the City, then the South Bank is the bollocks nowadays and have plenty of pubs along it.
Just hop across London Bridge, take them through Borough Market and then head for the water again.
Good pub next to the Cutty Sark and take it from there.
Otherwise there are some decent boozers in and around Spitalfields and you can share tales of Jack The Ripper with them and take them in the Ten Bells.
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Grumpster
1:30 Tue Mar 10
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Basically I ignored Fleet St and St Paul's as an area to drink in, as it's a bit boring and just full of suits.
Reflex??
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Sarah Ballpalsy
1:37 Tue Mar 10
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It isn't so much the drinking, it is the history of the area.
I know a bit about the Black Friar and Ye Olde Chesire Cheese and the Old Bank of England.
I was really just lookimg for tidbits of info of the area that might be interesting as we walk between pubs
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Eddie B
1:41 Tue Mar 10
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The fact that one company pays both me and cuzoftheeast to surf WHO all day.
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Gavros
1:41 Tue Mar 10
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visit the London Stone on Cannon Street, mostly forgotten but has a very interesting history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Stone
there's a pub named after it close by
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mentor
1:44 Tue Mar 10
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As well as those stated, Smithfield/Farringdon is a pretty good area for a drink.
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Josh
1:44 Tue Mar 10
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LEADENHALL Market is a good starting point. Just be careful of all those insurance wankers and their paper work binders.
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Eerie Descent
1:46 Tue Mar 10
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Tell them the Queen has got a house close by.
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Gavros
1:46 Tue Mar 10
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visit the jampot in memory of plw
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smithy
1:48 Tue Mar 10
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Start off in Bank and point out the suicide hot spot that is the Coq d'Argent on Poultry
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Joey Woodwork
1:49 Tue Mar 10
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Watch out for a load of WHOers with name badges on.
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BRANDED
1:52 Tue Mar 10
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Jamaica winehouse
Good old pub for a drink
crosse keys
Good new pub for a drink
Leadenhall
Good market for a drink
What else do you need to know?
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Sarah Ballpalsy
1:55 Tue Mar 10
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Sorry I thought I was clear that it is interesting facts i wanted to know, not a list of pubs.
Appreciate the suggestions, but the pubs is not the important thing - unless you know of interesting facts to go along with them.
Thanks
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smithy
1:58 Tue Mar 10
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Here is an interesting fact... Your night out is going to be fucking shit!!
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