The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139519 Message #3200844
Posted By: Rob Naylor
03-Aug-11 - 08:12 AM
Thread Name: Sessions in North Wales in August?
Subject: RE: Sessions in North Wales in August?
There used to be a good session at the Douglas Arms in Bethesda, but I was last there about 6 years ago (listening only at that time!) so not sure if it's still going.
I'm reliably informed that the custom they had of asking for your money in pre-decimal coinage is now dead, which is a shame...I used to like being asked for, say "five pounds and eight shillings" followed immediately in an undertone by "five pounds forty".
The other thing they had there is a full-size snooker table with facilities for playing "snooker-plus"....the extended snooker game with an orange ball worth 8 points and a purple one worth 10. Not sure they still have that either, as apparently no-one makes the orange and purple balls any more, but it was still being played when I was last there.