2 BBC R4 'The Favourite' Irish pub 2

Subject: BBC R4 'The Favourite' Irish pub
From: Fiona
Date: 27 Aug 06 - 08:10 AM

A lovely programme remembering the Irish pub in London famous for its music. Recently demolished to make way for the new Arsenal football stadium. Lovely archive material but it may fall off the replayer tomorrow, so catch it while you can!


http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/scotland_promo.shtml

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Subject: RE: BBC R4 'The Favourite' Irish pub
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 27 Aug 06 - 08:26 AM

The Favourite is where I and many others (like Reg Hall, Jimmy Power, Lucy Farr, Peta Webb, Bob Davenport, assorted visiting Dubliners and Planxty people) spent Sunday lunchtimes in the 1970s. Hard to realise it hasn't been a session pub since 1980 (I came back from a year in Germany to find it was no more) and never will be again.

Here's a less convoluted link:
ww.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/ln27s/

Subject: RE: BBC R4 'The Favourite' Irish pub
From: Fiona
Date: 27 Aug 06 - 08:29 AM

Thanks Diane I don't know what I did wrong with the link, I was just trying to work it out but you beat me to it!

There are still Irish pubs in London where you can get your cheque cashed &c more like community centres than pubs in a way.

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Subject: RE: BBC R4 'The Favourite' Irish pub
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 27 Aug 06 - 08:31 AM

When cutting and pasting a link it's as well to cut'n'paste all of it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/ln27s/

Subject: RE: BBC R4 'The Favourite' Irish pub
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 27 Aug 06 - 08:32 AM

The above rebuke was addressed to myself, not to F!

Subject: RE: BBC R4 'The Favourite' Irish pub
From: Fiona
Date: 27 Aug 06 - 08:33 AM

I think my replayer jumps back to Radio Scotland, it's an ex-pat like me I expect....

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Subject: RE: BBC R4 'The Favourite' Irish pub
From: The Sandman
Date: 27 Aug 06 - 04:38 PM

thanks , really enjoyed it countess richard, now Im going to watch mayo beat dublin.

Subject: RE: BBC R4 'The Favourite' Irish pub
From: redsnapper
Date: 28 Aug 06 - 04:24 AM

Thanks for the link Countess! I too fondly remember many trips up there to listen and to play with some great musicians in the 70s. Somewhere I still have an LP of music from The Favourite.

RS

Subject: 2 BBC R4 'The Favourite' Irish pub 2
From: Big Mick
Date: 08 Sep 06 - 10:28 AM

Please continue discussion of BBC R4 'The Favourite' Irish pub here. The first thread was attacked by spammers. HERE is a link to the original thread.

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I moved the non-spam related messages from the old thread into this one. -JC