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Gravesend - Pubs & Ferry

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  • Robbo on the wing
    Robbo on the wing Posts: 4,135
    Slammer, that's a jog from the past.
    DM, you really are showing your history.
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Robbo on the wing said:

    Slammer, that's a jog from the past.
    DM, you really are showing your history.

    That was down the High Street wasn't it?....had several names over the years. The Lazy Toad wine bar was opposite. The Grove Club....now that was rough.
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,873
    I get the ferry everyday to tilbury and back from gravesend pier.

    Thinking of moving into a place on high street, the upward walkway road that's directly opposite the pier etc.

    I'm a bit more positive towards the idea after hearing the local pubs/bars are good.
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Hastingsaddick said:

    Robbo on the wing said:

    Slammer, that's a jog from the past.
    DM, you really are showing your history.

    That was down the High Street wasn't it?....had several names over the years. The Lazy Toad wine bar was opposite. The Grove Club....now that was rough.
    The Soul Bowl rings a bell??
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Dave2l said:

    I get the ferry everyday to tilbury and back from gravesend pier.

    Thinking of moving into a place on high street, the upward walkway road that's directly opposite the pier etc.

    I'm a bit more positive towards the idea after hearing the local pubs/bars are good.

    Go for it Dave where are you living now?
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,161
    Hastingsaddick said:

    Robbo on the wing said:

    Slammer, that's a jog from the past.
    DM, you really are showing your history.

    That was down the High Street wasn't it?....had several names over the years. The Lazy Toad wine bar was opposite. The Grove Club....now that was rough.
    Grove club... Err have an expensive leather jacket stolen from there.
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Chippycafc said:

    Hastingsaddick said:

    Robbo on the wing said:

    Slammer, that's a jog from the past.
    DM, you really are showing your history.

    That was down the High Street wasn't it?....had several names over the years. The Lazy Toad wine bar was opposite. The Grove Club....now that was rough.
    Grove club... Err have an expensive leather jacket stolen from there.
    I can quite imagine.
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,161
    Hastingsaddick said:

    Chippycafc said:

    Hastingsaddick said:

    Robbo on the wing said:

    Slammer, that's a jog from the past.
    DM, you really are showing your history.

    That was down the High Street wasn't it?....had several names over the years. The Lazy Toad wine bar was opposite. The Grove Club....now that was rough.
    Grove club... Err have an expensive leather jacket stolen from there.
    I can quite imagine.
    My mate Eddie Hague came out of there one night and thought he could cross the railway bridge on the brick wall. Sadly he fell on to the railway lines below.
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,873
    Hastingsaddick said:

    Dave2l said:

    I get the ferry everyday to tilbury and back from gravesend pier.

    Thinking of moving into a place on high street, the upward walkway road that's directly opposite the pier etc.

    I'm a bit more positive towards the idea after hearing the local pubs/bars are good.

    Go for it Dave where are you living now?
    Southfleet, nice area but inconvenient
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,161
    Dave2l said:

    Hastingsaddick said:

    Dave2l said:

    I get the ferry everyday to tilbury and back from gravesend pier.

    Thinking of moving into a place on high street, the upward walkway road that's directly opposite the pier etc.

    I'm a bit more positive towards the idea after hearing the local pubs/bars are good.

    Go for it Dave where are you living now?
    Southfleet, nice area but inconvenient
    Snobbish

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  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,495
    Dave2l said:

    Hastingsaddick said:

    Dave2l said:

    I get the ferry everyday to tilbury and back from gravesend pier.

    Thinking of moving into a place on high street, the upward walkway road that's directly opposite the pier etc.

    I'm a bit more positive towards the idea after hearing the local pubs/bars are good.

    Go for it Dave where are you living now?
    Southfleet, nice area but inconvenient
    It’s like Gravesend but with net curtains.
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Chippycafc said:

    Hastingsaddick said:

    Chippycafc said:

    Hastingsaddick said:

    Robbo on the wing said:

    Slammer, that's a jog from the past.
    DM, you really are showing your history.

    That was down the High Street wasn't it?....had several names over the years. The Lazy Toad wine bar was opposite. The Grove Club....now that was rough.
    Grove club... Err have an expensive leather jacket stolen from there.
    I can quite imagine.
    My mate Eddie Hague came out of there one night and thought he could cross the railway bridge on the brick wall. Sadly he fell on to the railway lines below.
    I remember that though can't recall the year.
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Dave2l said:

    Hastingsaddick said:

    Dave2l said:

    I get the ferry everyday to tilbury and back from gravesend pier.

    Thinking of moving into a place on high street, the upward walkway road that's directly opposite the pier etc.

    I'm a bit more positive towards the idea after hearing the local pubs/bars are good.

    Go for it Dave where are you living now?
    Southfleet, nice area but inconvenient
    Agree very inconvenient, sister lives in Istead Rise.
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,873
    Good pub in southfleet called the ship.

  • Shag
    Shag Posts: 4,555
    Yep , very good boozer .
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,161
    Hastingsaddick said:

    Chippycafc said:

    Hastingsaddick said:

    Chippycafc said:

    Hastingsaddick said:

    Robbo on the wing said:

    Slammer, that's a jog from the past.
    DM, you really are showing your history.

    That was down the High Street wasn't it?....had several names over the years. The Lazy Toad wine bar was opposite. The Grove Club....now that was rough.
    Grove club... Err have an expensive leather jacket stolen from there.
    I can quite imagine.
    My mate Eddie Hague came out of there one night and thought he could cross the railway bridge on the brick wall. Sadly he fell on to the railway lines below.
    I remember that though can't recall the year.
    About 1981
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,600
    Went on a pub crawl in Gravesend yesterday...Wheatsheaf, 3 Daws, Jolly Draymen, Tj's (previously British Tar), 3 Pillars and then finished of at Compass Alehouse, cracking day and catch up with my sister and brother in law....a shame about the fire there yesterday, hope no-one was hurt.
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,873
    HastingsRed said:
    Went on a pub crawl in Gravesend yesterday...Wheatsheaf, 3 Daws, Jolly Draymen, Tj's (previously British Tar), 3 Pillars and then finished of at Compass Alehouse, cracking day and catch up with my sister and brother in law....a shame about the fire there yesterday, hope no-one was hurt.

    I can confirm no one was hurt. They all evacuated quickly.

    The road is still blocked off. I was concerned considering its location and where I live
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    Chippycafc said:
    Slammer, that's a jog from the past. DM, you really are showing your history.
    That was down the High Street wasn't it?....had several names over the years. The Lazy Toad wine bar was opposite. The Grove Club....now that was rough.
    Grove club... Err have an expensive leather jacket stolen from there.
    I can quite imagine.
    My mate Eddie Hague came out of there one night and thought he could cross the railway bridge on the brick wall. Sadly he fell on to the railway lines below.
    Jeez - did he survive ?

    If he did, I imagine life changing injuries ?
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,767
    I lived in Southfleet in the 80s and my family used to have lovely meals in the Black Lion, which sadly burnt down and was replaced by houses.

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  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    ME14addick said:
    I lived in Southfleet in the 80s and my family used to have lovely meals in the Black Lion, which sadly burnt down and was replaced by houses.
    Burnt down by a teenage toe rag who had been ejected by the landlord after he had been causing trouble in the pub
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    HastingsRed said:
    Went on a pub crawl in Gravesend yesterday...Wheatsheaf, 3 Daws, Jolly Draymen, Tj's (previously British Tar), 3 Pillars and then finished of at Compass Alehouse, cracking day and catch up with my sister and brother in law....a shame about the fire there yesterday, hope no-one was hurt.
    Loved the 3 pillars when i lived around the corner, the Invicta bar is worth a visit, some good beers and ciders on tap, young, trendy crowd at weekends 
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,873
    Pub by the railway station is only £2 a pint I've heard
  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,457
    Dave2l said:
    Pub by the railway station is only £2 a pint I've heard
    Don't know if it still does, but that pub had a dodgy Sky connection. How do I know? They had a sign on the doors saying something like "Employees and representatives of Sky TV are not allowed on these premises"
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    randy andy said:
    Dave2l said:
    Pub by the railway station is only £2 a pint I've heard
    Don't know if it still does, but that pub had a dodgy Sky connection. How do I know? They had a sign on the doors saying something like "Employees and representatives of Sky TV are not allowed on these premises"
    If you mean the Somerset, I’m not surprised by the price or the sky tv 
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,161
    Lordflashheart said:
    Chippycafc said:
    Slammer, that's a jog from the past. DM, you really are showing your history.
    That was down the High Street wasn't it?....had several names over the years. The Lazy Toad wine bar was opposite. The Grove Club....now that was rough.
    Grove club... Err have an expensive leather jacket stolen from there.
    I can quite imagine.
    My mate Eddie Hague came out of there one night and thought he could cross the railway bridge on the brick wall. Sadly he fell on to the railway lines below.
    Jeez - did he survive ?

    If he did, I imagine life changing injuries ?
    No mate, sadly he fell on the conductor rail.

  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,457
    DA9 said:
    randy andy said:
    Dave2l said:
    Pub by the railway station is only £2 a pint I've heard
    Don't know if it still does, but that pub had a dodgy Sky connection. How do I know? They had a sign on the doors saying something like "Employees and representatives of Sky TV are not allowed on these premises"
    If you mean the Somerset, I’m not surprised by the price or the sky tv 
    Was the Railway Bell, which seems to have finally died a death during Covid and has been taken over Punjabi Junctions (no idea if it still has a bar or not)
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,873
    DA9 said:
    randy andy said:
    Dave2l said:
    Pub by the railway station is only £2 a pint I've heard
    Don't know if it still does, but that pub had a dodgy Sky connection. How do I know? They had a sign on the doors saying something like "Employees and representatives of Sky TV are not allowed on these premises"
    If you mean the Somerset, I’m not surprised by the price or the sky tv 

    Yeh the Somerset is the cheap one 
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,600
    Dave2l said:
    DA9 said:
    randy andy said:
    Dave2l said:
    Pub by the railway station is only £2 a pint I've heard
    Don't know if it still does, but that pub had a dodgy Sky connection. How do I know? They had a sign on the doors saying something like "Employees and representatives of Sky TV are not allowed on these premises"
    If you mean the Somerset, I’m not surprised by the price or the sky tv 

    Yeh the Somerset is the cheap one 
    It was the 'in' place back in the day....early-mid 80's.

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