Conference govt02::basingstoke

    
    Today's exciting event took place in front of the museum, a crowd of
    about 40 people were gathered around watching a mechanical digger dig a
    big hole.
    

    Todays other exciting event took place in the Golden Lion at 12:13,
    
    Kevin Moriarty bought a beer.

    re.1
    I watched the digger,it was the most interesting thing thats happened
    in Basingstoke for years....
    
    steve
    

    Another exciting event took place in the square yesterday, a crowd of
    about 20 people were garthered around a big hole wandering where the
    digger had gone.
    

    An exciting thing happened to me today at 12:13...I bought a beer in
    The Golden Lion....the really interesting thing though,was that I 
    noticed a piece of fluff on my trousers which of course I removed most
    hastily.
    
    Mr Happening Man:-))

    Listen you ungrateful lot, what more do you want.
    You have two swimming pools, ice skating rink, bowling alley,
    10 screen cinema, SEVERAL sports centres, riding schools, events
    going on every weekend, in fact if I recall we had a fair last
    weekend.
    Do you all just sit in front of the T.V and wait for events to come
    to you?
    

re .6

>    Do you all just sit in front of the T.V and wait for events to come
>    to you?
    
No, I sit at a VDU & wait for people to tell me about exciting events happening 
elsewhere.

Nigel

    
    Has anyone looked at the hole recently ? - is the digger still there ?
    have the council sold the hole yet ? - will they put a roof on it ? -
    is it going to be a roundabout ?
    
    The suspense is killing me...
    
    Paul

    >Do you all just sit in front of the T.V and wait for events to come
    >to you?
    
    
    No I sit at a VDU waiting to go home (NOT Basingstoke).
    

    Depends what you mean by "decent".  Live music venues what I have
    discovered so far include:
    The Pig and Whistle, The Royal Oak, The Bass House (occasionally), The
    Hatch (Jazz on Sundays, not the modern stuff though), The Railway Club,
    The Ex-Serviceman's Club, The Conservative Club, Sainsbury's Griffin
    Club...

    The thought of Wimbledon being moved to Basingstoke!

    The Royal Naval Club, offers Cheap Drink, and Live jazz on Mondays. The
    RNA is next to the B.L garage on NEW ROAD. The type of jazz played
    varies as its usually a turn up and play jamming session. not sure if
    this will fit your requirements..
    
    		Richard

	I saw the famous digger yesterday morning, there was also a yellow 
dumper truck. I wasn't too impressed with the hole though, it looked to me as 
though they were just resurfacing the Market Square (perhaps it will be the new 
Centre Court) rather than actually excavating any subterranean structure.

Nigel

    
    According to the front page of the Gazzette, they found what they 
    thought was a tunnel, leading to the vaults of Barclays Bank. Then
    they decided it went to McDonalds.
    
    Now they've researched it a bit more and found it was some sort of 
    tank for washing out the sewers. Apparently they used to fill it 
    with water, then pull the plug out to give the pipes a good wash
    through.
    
    Now they will probably fill it with earth and plant one of the trees
    that the digging was done for in the first place.
    

	Re. <<< Note 442.15 by COMICS::IMBIERSKI "Three views of a secret" >>>
    
>    I don't want multi-million pound umpteen screen bowling alleys on ice.
>    I just want a simple REAL town with character, proper pubs (not the
>    Nightjar), proper streets, corner shops, and roads with pavements down
>    the side!

	Entirely agree, not to mention a decent restaurant that stays 
	open past 22:30.

	Basingstoke is the only place I know that becomes a ghost-town
	after six o'clock in the evening. Except, of course, for the odd
	gang of brain-deads smashing in shop windows or other wholesome
	entertainment.

		p1

    you really must stop smashing those windows though P1...it might out up
    your poll tax !!

Well,

to an extent, you've only got yourselves to blame. IMHO Plumes was the
best restaurant in town, and it closed down recently due to poor trade,
and doubling council rents. Plumes is just a small example of what is
happening to shops in the "nice" bit of basingstoke. A lot of places
on Church Street and London Road will close down shortly, to be replaced
by Building Societies and Estate Agents.

I must admit, that I'm biased, and I used to work there, but I now have
nowhere I'd really like to eat in Basingstoke.

    
    What about the picture of a young lady playing tennis in the 
    Friday Gaz a few weeks ago? There she was smiling away in mid
    shot......and I swear she had no knickers on!

    
    Re .20 and .22
    
    I just couldn't agree more (with a heavy heart), particularly when it
    could be so much better.
    
    Dave

    re restaurants - Palmers (I think) up opposite the red lion is really
    nice bistro style - restaurant quality.
    
    

    re: bum shot.
    perhaps this is the latest fashion in tennis circles!
    would explain the 3 mile queue outside Wimbledon on Sunday morning!
    
    Ian.
    

Plumes was opened by the then Restaurant Manager at Palmers 3 years ago.

He took what he liked about Palmers, and changed what he didn't.

So, whilst Palmers has the same menu it did 5 years ago, Plumes changed
its menu every three months. This was good for regular customers.

Anyway, I eat at Palmers when I first came to Basingstoke, and I haven't
felt the urge to eat there again.

Mark.

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>TASTY::JEFFERY "Make a new plan Stan"                11 lines   5-JUL-1991 15:54
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>Anyway, I eat at Palmers when I first came to Basingstoke, and I haven't
>felt the urge to eat there again.
>

I tried Palmers when I first came to Basingstoke, I would eat there again. 
Funny though, I haven't yet - 12 months later!

Where's Plumes.?

Perhaps these notes should go in a "For Discussion of restaurants" note :-)
or should we all make an exciting event in a restaurant?

(Ha ! now Mr Mod can't move my note ;-) 

	Paul.

Plumes WAS excellent. I say was, because, as I mentioned, it died because of
the "Basingstoke effect". So when people complain about the lack of
Restaurants, they have themselves to blame.

Mark.

    I thought restaurants were exciting events in Basingstoke?

> re : Note 442.28 by TASTY::JEFFERY "Make a new plan Stan"
>
>Plumes WAS excellent. I say was, because, as I mentioned, it died because of
>the "Basingstoke effect". So when people complain about the lack of
>Restaurants, they have themselves to blame.

	I don't see how you can blame the people for wanting to eat or
	drink in an area with a bit of life and character.

		p1

    Basingstoke town beat the mighty Luton of the 1st division 3-0 
    
    Alan.