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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2023 17:56:44 GMT
A quick dip in your back pocket, Bernie? Maybe Maidstone United should buy it as a town centre money spinner. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2023 17:58:08 GMT
Didn't know there was a Phoenix bar in Bank Street🤣🤣 It’s actually OK in there. More of a clubby weekend thing, but cafe during the day. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2023 20:12:43 GMT
What was the ‘pub’ name for Muggletons before it was Muggletons. I see it written in some news article the other week as it is being refurbished but just can’t remember.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2023 21:12:50 GMT
I thought it was an Irish themed bar before being taken over by Wetherspoons. I can’t remember the name and can’t find any reference to it between being the Royal Insurance building and The Muggleton. The name was what Dickens called Maidstone in Pickwick Papers.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2023 21:33:50 GMT
I only know that before the Royal Assurance took the building it was known as The Old Mitre Inn.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2023 3:36:21 GMT
One website has it listed as a Lloyds No 1 pub, which is an offshoot of Wetherspoons.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2023 16:03:22 GMT
One website has it listed as a Lloyds No 1 pub, which is an offshoot of Wetherspoons. Became a full Wetherspoons a few years ago |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2023 17:40:45 GMT
Went straight from former office building to a Spoons. The Lloyd's branding was just where certain Spoons would become more music oriented of an evening.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2023 17:42:30 GMT
I only know that before the Royal Assurance took the building it was known as The Old Mitre Inn. Nope. Mitre was round the corner. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2023 17:44:54 GMT
I only know that before the Royal Assurance took the building it was known as The Old Mitre Inn. Nope. Mitre was round the corner. The Mitre and the Royal Insurance building were built during the 18th century and one of the buildings that was demolished to make way for them was The Old Mitre Inn |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2023 17:45:50 GMT
I thought it was an Irish themed bar before being taken over by Wetherspoons. I can’t remember the name and can’t find any reference to it between being the Royal Insurance building and The Muggleton. The name was what Dickens called Maidstone in Pickwick Papers. The Irish themed bar was what is now The Stag, once upon a time The Sun. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2023 18:14:47 GMT
The Stag was O Neills at one point.
Muggletons was NatWest wasn’t it?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2023 19:34:34 GMT
Went straight from former office building to a Spoons. The Lloyd's branding was just where certain Spoons would become more music oriented of an evening. Yes, but it had a different name to Muggletons for a while. I remember when we ate there we would be kicked out of the downstairs left hand side around 7’ish as it had a dance floor and do would be turned into some sort of ‘nightclub’ area. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2023 22:27:00 GMT
The Stag was O Neills at one point. Muggletons was NatWest wasn’t it? Nat West's building is still there. I'm pretty sure that the Royal Insurance building was actually pupose-built for Royal Insurance, and was used for that purpose right up to when it as no longer needed. Then, after standing empty for a while, it was taken over by the mad Tory. Natwest's building was also purpose-built - but not for Nat West, obviously, as the modern (combined) bank didn't exist then. It was probably the National Bank. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2023 23:22:02 GMT
I only know that before the Royal Assurance took the building it was known as The Old Mitre Inn. Nope. Mitre was round the corner. You are probably right I'm usually round the bend. |
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