Late 80s/early 90s, all the Partners in our company went on a Nouveau Beujolais day in London on that day….so us plebs all went down to Shades all afternoon to put the World to rights. Friday after work was also good with happy hour in the Thistle from 5pm. Our office manager nearly had a heart...
We haven’t been there as a family for a few years, but The Wetherspoons in London are a godsend if you want a basic but not too expensive lunch ( ie less than £30 per head) if you have a day out in London. For me, the place to go was always Crosse Keys in the City. A beautiful old Banking Hall...
I’ve never watched it, but there were apparently two sisters in Hollyoaks played by two twins. Anyway, their dad was Brian Powney’s nephew and I went to my first ever BHA game with him for his birthday in the mid 70s. QED.
I do remember quoting “Rex” now and again in my A level Geography essays when I got stuck for the answer. Trouble was, it wasn‘t so easy to use that trick in Maths and Physics!