After planning to spend the weekend by the sea in Ramsgate, and then feeling like I'd spent the weekend in it, it would be so easy to blame the council. But of course, they don't control the weather (or much else, unless it suits them)!
They did, however, decide to move Ramsgate's big event from it's slot during the first weekend of July, when, as I recall, the weather was splendid this year, to a fortnight before the August bank holiday!?!?
So I guess I'll just have to content myself with grumbling about that!
But not being the sort to dwell upon past mistakes, preferring to look forward to future successes, a few friends and I popped over to Margate last night to attempt to glean a little insight into their forthcoming jamboree, this weekend.
The newly opened Lifeboat pub seemed to offer a good view (and some decent beer) of the old market square, where arrangements were being made to entertain the heaving masses who will attend.
Though I'm not so sure about the pub on the opposite corner, The Bull's Head, which has the reputation, and certainly the look, of being a good place to get thumped in the head, lied through the teeth to, or both. Hence it's nick-name as the title to this post.
Still, you can't keep an old sow down, so I'll be poking my head in there at the weekend if the Magic Carpet Theatre Company isn't up to much!
The Bull's Hit.
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After planning to spend the weekend by the sea in Ramsgate, and then
feeling like I'd spent the weekend in it, it would be so easy to blame the
council. Bu...
1 year ago
3 comments:
I think you should go with your instincts and not use the Bull’s Head, Margate.
Unlike bars run by people as a hobby, (the Lifeboat, if that’s too subtle) during the day in the Bull, you’ll only meet people who have retired after a life’s endeavour, people on a day off, the unemployed and quite a lot of passing trade.
You want to enjoy the spectacle of a fight-waiting-to-happen, stand outside a Thorley pub.
And in answer to your other point, you can be assured you won’t be lied to in the Bull’s Head. If they think you are a mouthy twat, they will tell you…
A customer
You're quite right on a couple of points there Kev, but it could be taken one step further and reasons why could be speculated upon.
Yes, the Lifeboat seems like a hobby pub, but there doesn't appear to be a shortage of ale/cider hobbyists, so there is, perhaps, a need for it.
Thorley pubs are generally tidy, well managed and run to a consistent standard, which is attractive to a large portion of the drinking public. There are also quite a few of them. So no surprise, considering the traffic that they host, incidents of violence are higher than any other single pub. They seem to be aware of this and implement security measures that are probably rivaled by no other establishment on the Island.
The Bull's Head looks like it was bombed during WWII and someone tried to repair it with a lick of paint, realised the futility of this and haven't bothered in the 70 years since.
If the fact that it looks like a shithole full of dossers is a cunning disguise to keep out anyone with the slightest bit of discernment, then very well done to them!
I hope they enjoy their success.
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