Whitby Session Pubs?

Subject: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 21 Aug 06 - 06:19 PM

Got a coupla fiends at Whitby this weak.

Where's the best sinaround pubs?

Anyone know?

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Nick
Date: 21 Aug 06 - 08:08 PM

Tap and Spile - Endeavour - Black horse - Yacht Club - Fleece Hotel amongst others

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 21 Aug 06 - 08:23 PM

Thanks Nick,

have past on

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Carol
Date: 22 Aug 06 - 05:08 AM

Hopefully not literally!!!!

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 22 Aug 06 - 05:33 AM

When I used to go some of the best sessions were in the Elsinore - Do they still run? Only want to know out of interest. I know the Plough beer garden, another old favourite, is out now:-(

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: John J
Date: 22 Aug 06 - 08:13 AM

Bugger, I've just got back from Whitby, I had no idea there were sinarounds too.

John

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 22 Aug 06 - 09:34 AM

Cor - did you walk about with yor ears shut JJ? Haven't been to the festival for 15 years or more but you couldn't miss the sessions and singarounds if you wanted to then:-)

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: GUEST,fi_in_nz
Date: 22 Aug 06 - 09:42 AM

We found plenty of Singarounds, but no sinarounds and anyway, I don't know if we'd've had the energy...... the beach with an 18month old during the day + nights in the pubs puts pay to any sinning we might be up for.... ;-) F

PS We found the best was the Tap and Spile, Yacht Club and Mo and Jo's for serious singers and all the other pubs great for raucous join in stuff. F (didn't find a great shany session over the weekend though, much to my disappointment).

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 22 Aug 06 - 10:03 AM

Ahhhh - Just spotted that. Sorry JJ - I take it all back. You are not deaf. But you will go blind if you keep looking for sinarounds.

:D (tG)

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: fi_in_nz
Date: 22 Aug 06 - 10:20 AM

Ha, may I suggest you might be better off going to a larger port for full on Sinarounds..... F

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: John J
Date: 22 Aug 06 - 06:38 PM

Hi Dave,

There were plenty of sessions, but unfortunately the background noise levels were incredibly high (on Saturday afternoon in the Tap & Spile and Saturday evening in the Endeavour & Middle Earth) but the trip to Glaisdale on Sunday afternoon saved the day! Sinarounds may just be the way to go.

Cheers,

John

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Nick
Date: 23 Aug 06 - 05:51 AM

John

There are some pictures from Glaisdale at Glaisdale singaround. Some are a bit out of focus.

There is also a short video clip of who was there which will be available for only a week at You Send it - it is about 11.5mb so on a slow connection it's not a great plan!
Hope it brings back pleasant memories, I certainly enjoyed it too. Singing in some of the pubs was hard wasn't it unless you have a very loud voice and sing rousing chorus songs.

And in the Endeavour I reckon I came across the worst example of rudeness in a singaround I have ever seen but will post that as a separate thread as I am still stunned about it...

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: John J
Date: 23 Aug 06 - 05:54 AM

Thanks for this Nick, I was beginning to think I was losing my marbles / becoming a boring old fart or whatever. I do have a fairly loud voice and tend to sing rousing chorus songs but decided I wasn't even going to try in the Endeavour.

Cheers,

John

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Charliestu
Date: 24 Aug 06 - 12:59 PM

Bit late in the day, but there have been some wonderous lengthy sessions in the Fisrt In, last Out, standing space only. But still it goes on with Friday night being the last sesh.

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: ossonflags
Date: 25 Aug 06 - 03:39 AM

Thanks to Stuart, Chuck, Terry, Chris and all the rest of the regulars in the "First in Last Out" for making mine and Mrs Ossonflags visits there very welcoming .

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Commander Crabbe
Date: 25 Aug 06 - 09:53 AM

Yourself and Mrs Ossonflags are welcome anytime. Thanks for leaving the tape in the Horse, picked it up that afternoon. Will mail Mrs O about the cash.

CC

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Banjo-Flower
Date: 25 Aug 06 - 09:57 AM

Sessions in the Elsinore still going strong

Gerry

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Les from Hull
Date: 28 Aug 06 - 02:57 PM

I've been trying to adopt a more blurred look for years - in my opinion they are not blurred enough, Nick! For them as don't know that's me and our lass on the last two.

My I also add our thanks to the FILO regulars. We had a great night on there on Wednesday.

Les

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 28 Aug 06 - 04:12 PM

John J

Glad we got to meet at Whitby station (and to realise that we'd met you and Mrs John J before in Sidmouth and Sticklepath!)

Hope to see you both at festivals next year if not before.

Kitty

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: GUEST,old git
Date: 28 Aug 06 - 05:26 PM

my thanks too to stuart and the regulars for making me welcome at FILO when I finally made it there on Friday night...it lived up to expectations..it was great to hear the local talent.


fi_in_nz sorry you couldn't find shanty sessions....pity you didn't stay long enough for Jim Mcgeeans excellent sessions in the Endeavour from 1 till 3 all week

geoff

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Aug 06 - 06:28 AM

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Raggytash
Date: 29 Aug 06 - 12:54 PM

Just arrived home. Thanks for the pics and nice comments about the Glaisdale session.
Wombat (Mrs Raggytash)

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 29 Aug 06 - 04:28 PM

Fi in NZ - unfortunately Jim Mageean's lunchtme maritime singarounds in the Endeavour don't start until the Sunday (and I missed Sunday this year because I went to Glaisdale). They aren't exclusively shanty sessions, but shanties are always sung, even when not directly or remotely relevant to the theme of the day. The session specifically for shanty singing is Wednesday - also the silly shirts day. The winner of the silly shirt competition gets to keep the collection duck for a year, so they can fill it with money in aid of the Whitby lifeboat.

Hope you can make it another year

Kitty

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Aug 06 - 04:59 PM

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Aug 06 - 08:07 PM

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Aug 06 - 03:44 AM

I agree about background noise, me 'n me mates were trying to have a quiet game of doms at Glaisdale when suddenly all this caterwauling broke out ......

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Aug 06 - 07:27 AM

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 30 Aug 06 - 04:27 PM

Actually 3.44am guest, we were sitting next to the doms players, one of whom apologised for being so noisy. And one of them even listened to Jean singing.

Kitty

Subject: RE: Whitby Session Pubs?
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 08:31 AM

Kitty

AM?