Folk night wanted by London Pub

Subject: Folk night wanted by London Pub
From: Mr Red
Date: 27 Feb 04 - 01:44 PM

Youngest Neice reports they are looking for a folk night. Not sure if it is session/SAR or bands. Worth a try either way.

Spaniards Inn, on Hampstead Heath

Sophie says it is a haunted pub. Which just ghost to show..... I'll get my white sheet.......

Subject: RE: Folk night wanted by London Pub
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 27 Feb 04 - 01:58 PM

There used to be good music there one time.

Subject: RE: Folk night wanted by London Pub
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 27 Feb 04 - 07:32 PM

Hampstead Heath eh?

Make sure you stay sitting down.

With any luck that will see me banned from the conservative party.

Subject: RE: Folk night wanted by London Pub
From: Leadfingers
Date: 27 Feb 04 - 08:04 PM

Driven past the place but never been in - Its a good sized place though. Might be worth the drive round London though.

Subject: RE: Folk night wanted by London Pub
From: Mr Red
Date: 28 Feb 04 - 11:33 AM

Give 'em a bell pal - they might be paying.

Subject: RE: Folk night wanted by London Pub
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 28 Feb 04 - 11:50 AM

It's a famous pub situated on the top road from Hampstead to Highgate, not far from Kenwood Hous, here. It's quite noticeable because with the old toll house opposite it causes a tight bottleneck in the road. Sounds like a geat place for folk music - come to think about, I used to sing there about 36 years ago !

Subject: RE: Folk night wanted by London Pub
From: The Shambles
Date: 28 Feb 04 - 01:46 PM

A bit more info on the pub and its history.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-london/A708482

Doesn't seem to mention Dave ever singing there however - unless that was way back in Dick Turpin's day?

Subject: RE: Folk night wanted by London Pub
From: breezy
Date: 28 Feb 04 - 01:46 PM

and they've taken this long to forget and try again.

I'll stand with my back to the wall then.

Subject: RE: Folk night wanted by London Pub
From: The Shambles
Date: 28 Feb 04 - 01:54 PM

Set me thinking about the King of Bohemia and I have just found this bad news...

http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/archived/2003/1219/news/asp/p17news1.asp

Subject: RE: Folk night wanted by London Pub
From: dermod in salisbury
Date: 29 Feb 04 - 11:06 AM

The Spaniards is a great pub. Dickins set a scene there in Pickwick Papers. My father used to walk there for a Sunday lunchtime pint in summer (from Primrose Hill so you needed a pint by the time you got there). Because of its situation in the middle of the Heath, I suspect it's custom has been eroded by the laws affecting drinking and driving. It is not a natural place to walk to on a dark winter's night with a guitar under you arm. I wish it the best of luck, anyway. But living in Wiltshire now, I am not going to be able to have the pleasure of squeaking my fiddle there.

Dermod

Subject: RE: Folk night wanted by London Pub
From: Kevin Sheils
Date: 01 Mar 04 - 07:18 AM

No need to walk or drive there's the 210 bus running between Brent Cross and Finsbury Park passes the door. It also passes a number of tube stations etc en route and runs until after midnight.

Used to be a fairly regular drinking haunt in my youth, when I went to School beside the Heath.