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Unfortunately for me I've got a group of mates who like to do nothing other than get absolutely fucking wasted and head down-town to places like Walkabout and Edwards.

This sometimes makes me want to kill myself.

I find myself necking half a bottle of vodka before we go out just so I have no conditions as to where we go other than they must serve alcohol.

This isn't healthy.

What's going on at other places these days?

Is Soda any good?
Does Po Na Na still exist?
Is Studio strictly black music these days?

Any recommendations? I don't like places too pretentious.. just wanna have a good time, a few drinks and some half decent music.

No Rap DnB or cheesey disco bollocks.

Thanks in advance.

BrightonRed

Last Friday I was in The Spot.....bit of a DJ, but seemed quite mainstream although I wasn't really listeming being more interested by a bird with a low cut top on.

 Didn't strike me as too pretentious....although  I'm really a spit and sawdust man.

 Nothing spectacular just an OK atmosphere.

Po Na Na is still running.

Always enjoyed a visit to Longs or Mckenzie's for the early drinks.  Unfortunately though, Swindon is home to either cheap and cheesey or pretentious on the whole.  The middle ground simply does not exist.  I quite liked Bar Cuba for a few drinks and shots but Arkells decided having a popular Town Centre pub wasn't working out for them and changed it back to the Flag.

No where is any good, stay in and watch MotD.

Me and my friends went to go to Poo Na Na last week and we were told it had closed down???

might I recommend a trip out of town ?

I hear Purton has a wide selection of venues with a varied music scene ranging from the Irish jig to death metal........ :|

Bar cuba was indeed the best pub in the bottom of town.

I like the wheatie in Old Town and then onto Soda, although it was dead last time I went. Mckenzies and Longs are too pretentious for me.

I think this has happened to friends of mine too.
Shame really, they tried to stay away from cheese most of the times I was there, and the introduction of the Hookah pipes was genius.
The crowd was a little more mature there as well.

I can't help thinking if I went to the apartments I'd end up nutting some flashy cunt who though he was better than me because he drives an M3.

Any news on the Soda front?

We fucking need Mex Red down here ASAP!

Oh well, walkabout it is then..
 :surrender:  :shrug:

The Wheatie is a good pub.

Soda on saturday is Indie night. It was quiet when i went a couple of weeks ago and I'm too old to recognise any of the music. When i asked the DJ for Shed Seven he just looked at me with a blank look on his face!

Saturday night Soda will be your best bet.  That's still not saying it's good, but its by far the best choice. £2.50 for a pint, which in Old Town is good. It'll probably be dead quiet though, as its not very well advertised.

Walkabout is the best of a bad bunch down-town.

He hadnt heard of The Shed!  :shock:

I shall be doing

The Dolphin
The Greyhound
The Grapes

just dont go there on fridays its shite! it was when i went anyway. crap music blaring out load with the same track for a whole hour! and it was really quiet with only a few people there too

come in the apartment, i'm the supervisor there.

i'll supervise you  8)

Is it still £8.70 a pint in The Apartments?.

we only do halfs  :fag:  :\/

Ok, is it still £8.70 for a half?.  :roll:

yes

Boooooooooooooooooooooo!  :angry:

the apartment :wanker:

too right!

 :nod:  chavvy retards down the bottom of town, fun-boy wankers with mullets up old town.

Someone should start a nightlife scene halfway up vic hill that caters for blokes who aren't pikeys or ponces

   I'm an Old Town man.....don't have a mullet though.

When in Swindon we stick to a well thought out plan

Start with a round in The Groves (cheap)
Head to Yates (pool)
Meet main group in Walkabout
Find some wanky overpriced club (normally Bedroom)

perhaps some expansion is needed because i find swindon quite dull at the moment

I was aiming that more at the longs clientel Reg, rather than the wheatsheaf

I bet you'd look good wih a blonde highlighted mullet though :wink:  :soapy tit wank:

Oh right.....an occasional drinker in the Wheatsheaf....although it was my regular for a few years.

 Last time I was in Long's my mate had an altercation with Ruddock.....who seemed to think he should get served in front of him.  Ruddock was mulletless, though obnoxious.

Ruddock is a total prick-far too inflated opinion of himself-always has had.

Thanks for  stating the obvious adje

Think old town might be getting a bit of a bad rap here.

The steam is ace and relatively cheap. Always have a good selection of beers on and it's separated up enough to cover your needs from a quiet drink to a loudly shouting at the football night, although it's no smoking in the family room.

I like soda but it's the sort of place you want to go with a fair few mates so it's easier to have a laugh if it's dead. Still probably my favourite club in swindon though.

Wheatsheaf is worth a shout although it's expensive compared to the steam. Worth going in and saying hello to charlie though.

Quite often end up going to the goddarms arms (think the bar has it's own name now), it tends to be empty and pool is only 50p.

Pipers also has the advantage of 50p pool (last time I checked). Used to go there loads, think it's died off a bit now though.

I really miss the crosskeys, proper bargain. £1 drinks monday, £1 jsmith / fosters tue/fri, £1.25 drinks wed+thur. If that's right then I'm suprissed by my memory. It was a good few years ago.

.....continued....

Beehive is a nice pub, can be a bit expensive though.

Not really old town but the gluepot is pretty ace, same goes for the check inn.

Back to old town and I think the castle deserves a mention, Irish pub from what I rmemeber. Has 2 pool tables and an old school footy arcade machine in the corner for 10p a game.

think that's the  good ones covered. it turned into pub review more that anything else. A lot of old town pubs not worth mentioning (Clifton, Globe, George, etc.) Think I've missed out a few ok ones though.

bollocks to all of you.

i was on the VIP lounge on my own last night and who should stroll in but super sammy parkin. cant remember what he bought. this makes up for the rest of the cunts in there. although parkin seemed a bit of a tool, being confrontational with some poor bloke at the bar who was just trying to have a drink with his missus.

i made £17.30 tips  8)

Did he get my letter?

just like getting it off my chest every so often!

Swindon DOWNTOWN is awful! like Beirut or Baghdad!

Longs -- McKenzies -- are the best places

I tend to go home earlier these days ! :beers:

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 :nod:  :\/

but you're not 47?

I went in there once and felt 30 years too young

Its ace in there. Good beer, ace music (Old skool rules) and lovely women!  :mrgreen:

everyone is over 40 though!!!

i tried to get in there once but they didnt let me in because i was too drunk after my work party (open bar, make your own drinks, 1/2 pints of JD  :| )
so i told the bouncers (in true ID fashion) "when i have kids they're gonna eat yours"

That's not a nice way to describe Nicho, Heywood, Pook, Bulman, Brown, O'Hanlon, CCP, Shakes etc etc ... and Iffy. I heard they were all out together on Saturday!?!

I think its the Swindon player venue of choice. I havent been there since i thought the £6 entry was for me and my mate, not each...

You open it and I'll drink there.

Hen night hell in there, for 2nd timers that is.

I'm getting old, our starter for 10 in the Groves or Savoy to get a cheap round seems to be extending further into the night before we move on.

Full of Cunts with 'Cases!  :evil:

I find nothing wrong with spending a friday night in Savoy from 8pm til 1.30am Brisk walk home, jobs a good'un.

Cases?

Yeah you know those Black Cases those cunts carry about with them.

Brief cases or laptops I presume.

They're hardly going to be dragging a suitcase around Bar's are they fatbury!  :roll: